Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Powerful Layered Example

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Since I don’t trade the futures markets, I have been monkeying around with the site to while away my time as I wait for the opening bell tomorrow. I created another really powerful example of a Layered Chart that I wanted to share with everyone.

What I did was chart $BIGSUM which is the summation of advance/declines and plotted it against the S&P 500 cash index. I used the “Synch” function to line these up, and a very cool chart ensued.

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Ken’s Dream House

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Back around the year 2000, I was strolling around the neighborhood when I saw an Open House sign about a block from where I live. It was a Sunday, the traditional day for open houses, so I thought I’d just look around and see what it was like and what it cost.

In the backyard there was the smiling real estate agent, but what caught my eye was something which surprised me: a coffee cart. A really nice one, too, with a barista at its side. There was a short menu of drinks he could make, and I thought to myself, “Cool, a free drink!” So I got myself a latte and pretended to be a potential buyer as I looked around. At the time, I thought it was pretty clever for a real estate agent to spend the extra money to make a house visit something pleasant.

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