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We’re in the midst of substantial improvements in our streaming charts, including crypto. On top of this, I suspect most of you don’t realize just how much crypto data we’ve got on an intraday basis – – not just one day, or five, but MONTHS of it. Here, for instance, is the intraday erosion of Bitcoin from $65,000 to well less than half that amount! Click the chart for a huge-ass version.
The past couple of days, I have breathed a sigh of relief at what’s been going on with oil and energy stocks. For weeks now, I have been excitedly watching the Oil Index creep toward major resistance, and the moment it touched the resistance trendline, bang, it reversed. That was a terribly close call. The long-term setup is mesmerizing.
Well, in the spirit of “put your money where your mouth is”, below are the individual equities in my personal account on which I am long puts, whose expirations range from October through next January.
In late January and early February, failing game retailer Gamestop was the hottest investment on the planet. It exploded from $5 to over $500. Lately, however, things have calmed way, way down. Incredibly, most of those gains are still intact, but the volatility has taken a dive. I thought this would be an opportunity to show some of the SlopeCharts features related to this.
If there are any dyed-in-the-wool Monty Python fans out there, I have something for you that I bet you haven’t seen before: a bit that didn’t make it into The Meaning of Life. It’s pure Python.
