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.

Your Worst Enemy in Options Trading?

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Look in the Mirror

By the time you finish reading this, you’ll either nod in quiet agreement or scoff in denial. But the truth remains: trading is not about the market—it’s about you.

Most traders spend years chasing the perfect strategy, the magic indicator, the secret formula that will make their account grow in a straight line. They burn through books, forums, YouTube videos—convinced that success is a matter of finding the right “edge.”

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Tesla Toldya

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The phrase “world’s richest man” is uttered 50,302 times every second these days, but that moniker might not be used for much longer for the party in question. In just two months, almost 30% (hundreds of billions of dollars) of Tesla market cap have been laid waste, as people are voting with their dollars. Anti-Musk fever is spreading, and honest, this could be a brand-wrecker.

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