Just a few years back, “learn to code” was considered the surefire elixir to any concerns about employment. Judging from the number of job postings happening for software development, I think a bunch of kids were snookered.
Learn to Code………Not!
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.
Oh, Dash It All……
I have tiptoed back into buying puts (as opposed to just shorting stocks), and one of the tiny number I’ve selected as my victim is DoorDash (DASH), against which I own June $270 puts. They are up 12% so far, and I’ve got great hopes for bigger gains. Below is the stock, shown with an increasingly long time horizon.
Not-As-Small Caps
The never-going-down market keeps on keeping on. The small caps are the leaders today, up more than 1% and at lifetime highs. Here is the Russell 2000 cash index:
Dell Looks Scary
I was already short DELL in anticipation of this pattern, but I’m delighted to report we have completed it, and it’s a beauty.
Tres Ordinaire
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I appreciate everyone’s feedback on the new trading diary. We’ve already made fixes and improvements based on your feedback. I’ll obviously keep you posted as we flesh this product out more. Please keep using it and ping me with any issues, since I think we’ve cleared the board at this point.
As for the markets, I think BTC sums it up best: after the whole Venezuela thing (which already feels like a month ago), the lunkheads were all scurrying around with their typical “WE ARE SO BACK” nonsense, only to see prices hit resistance (again) and fall (again). We’re back in the eighty-thousands.
