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.
Current Options Positions
The name says it all! My portfolio value with this account has nearly doubled over about the past few months, and I intend to keep systematically building this up. It is a conservative portfolio, as you can see, with in-the-money puts whose expiration dates are months away. Click the image for an easier-to-read version.
Index Review
When I began this post, I already knew it had been an amazing week but having taken the time to scrutinize the index charts more closely, I am more impressed than ever at the clarity of what is happening. The tops are clean, complete, and suggest tremendous downside potential for the balance of 2026.
Starting with the NASDAQ Composite, you can see the sensational top as well as the very clean price break between Thursday and Friday which has set up the most proximal level of resistance.
Ratio Charts Update
The pairs charts, or ratio charts, which I follow did an amazing job predicting the explosive move higher by precious metals relative to stocks. Recent weeks, however, have seen metals get clobbered, and there have been other important shifts to ratio charts that are worth checking in on.
The gold versus US dollar index chart shows the blast-off which took place with gold following the recent bullish base shown in green. It has burned off some of this ascent since gold has taken a recent tumble.
