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.

Little China Girl

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As most of you know, my largest options position is the China ETF symbol FXI. I have quite deliberately chosen March 2027 $37 puts to give me gobs of time to be right (there are presently 219 days left on these, and let’s face it, in the world we live in today, that’s about two centuries from today).

The FXI is a plodding price mover, but in my estimation, we have hammered out the sixth top in this long-term chart and are heading lower. All five preceding tops produced excellent results. It also helps that a certain someone on Pennsylvania Avenue doesn’t have a vested interest in propping this market up.

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Bitcoin Leading the Way

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As most of you know, I’m bearish on Bitcoin, and I’ve actually got three positions geared toward that idea.

I am pleased to see that Bitcoin, which I consider the last organic market on the planet, is NOT buying this b.s. data that the government is hurling at us, claiming inflation is like two percent when it’s more like fifteen percent. I believe before the year is out, BTC is going to swoon lower.

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