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.

Fakeout, Not Breakout

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My only options position right now is puts on DIA, so naturally I watch the /YM futures closely. They were down a little pre-open, but the moment the bell rang, they exploded higher for No Particular Reason ™. Just as suddenly, they did a hairpin turn south and plunged triple digits.

Everyone’s on edge about tomorrow’s absolutely meaningless interest rate drop, which I think is going to be one of the “Buy the Rumor/Sell the News” events of all time.

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Centre of Gravity

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The largest shopping mall in the city of San Francisco is the aptly-named San Francisco Centre (the “r” preceding the “e” indicating it is elegant and marvelous). It opened in 1988 and expanded in 2006, and it was connected directly to the BART station (which is our local subway system). For years, the place was jam-packed and one of the most successful malls to ever exist.

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