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.
Debt in Visceral Terms
Disgusting. Appalling. And the sown seeds of our demise.
Saturday Triple Feature
It’s showtime! On both Saturday and Sunday, Slope will offer the first video to everyone, the second video to all paying members, and the third video to Gold and Platinum members. You will see whatever videos are appropriate for your membership level. Enjoy!
Mark, My Word

Playing the Probabilities in Oil
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Every week I post my High Probability, Mean-Reversion Indicator of roughly 25 ETFs with the most liquid options. The indicator provides a quick glance into the current overbought/oversold levels along with current levels of implied volatility and the associated IV rank.
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