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.

Never Argue With Price

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For when it comes to trading the financial markets price is the ultimate arbiter of truth. Period. We can whinge and whine all we want about what the market ‘should be doing’ based on a laundry list of technical evidence suggesting that it is ‘overbought’. But in the end, the market will simply do what it wants to do. And when it wants to go up – we aim high – especially during a bull market.

So as you may recall from my previous update I keep seeing quite a few alarm signs flashing hot red, one in particular is excessive SKEW across SPX and SPY options. But then there’s this:

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Was This The End Of The Crypto Bull Market?

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After the turbulent sell off across the entire crypto sector on Wednesday I decided to put together a comprehensive market review in order to address the big elephant in the room: Did we just mark a top in BTC and a new bear market is afoot? Or was this merely a much overdue correction inside a secular bull market that will extend beyond 2021? Watch the video to find out:

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Lambo For Sale – Low Mileage

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If you think equities are looking droopy then feast your eyes on the train wreck that’s unfolding across crypto right now. Bitcoin dropped below $35k and Ether crashed 40% – the same guys who were cruising to buy new lambos last week are running in circles with their hair on fire. Cue the usual muppets smugly telling us they ‘were right all along’. Just like in 2019 when BTC dropped from $14k to $6k.

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Don’t Panic

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I sure know how to pick dates for hosting webinars or launching new products, don’t I now? Mole’s Travel Curse move aside – we’ve got a new put punter in town! Despite being well positioned ahead of time it still pained me to miss out on most of the action, but much to my chagrin it seems that none of you guys were having any fun either. Which irks me even more to be honest. Step it up guys!

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