I see a silhouette of this Jack-in-the-Box every morning at 1:30.
Larger Than Life
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.
How the QID Slid
Here’s a bit of drama over a very short span of time: the ultra-short NASDAQ fund symbol QID which, from February 19th until today, doubled in price (peaking April 7th of course) and then proceeded to lose all its pop and push to lifetime lows. That’s the magic of leverage!
Volatility Nearing Support
This trendline neatly contains a bull market in volatility that started half a year ago. Higher lows. Higher highs. An unbroken supporting trendline. It all suggests there isn’t much more VIX to bleed out at this point.
Stop Loss Wiggle Room
Here’s a bit of a sad tale! I was short COST with a stop at 1018. I set the stop based on its price gap just below that level. I have drawn a red line to show where 1018 is, and as you can see, it traded briefly above this area, executing my stop-loss order, and then……….well…………..
Want Some Fine China?
Since China is looming large in the American mind these days, here is a diagram of the most valuable Chinese companies that trade in the U.S.
