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.

Leading Sectors

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The RTT Market Timer highlights signs of strength (SOS) in the SP500 that usually result in a change in trend from bearish to bullish. The Richard Wyckoff way to select the leading sectors, then the leading stocks. On the charts below are colored triangles, the reader must understand not all are selected for trading, each is judged on its merits and the news of the period. Site members are of course free to act as they wish. (more…)

Dow Jones Forecast Based on Past Cycles

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W D Gann was a master at finding patterns in the past to guide the future.
Gann

W D Gann forecasters are following this chart:

Dow Past

Two patterns from the past with a correlation greater than 90% below. The more data in the pattern with a high correlation is more significant than short time frames, simply as they are rare.

shrink!INDU correlation

 

Investing Quote…

…”In the long run commodity prices are governed by one law – the economic law of demand and supply”..

Jesse Livermore

..”If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn’t be in stocks”..

John (Jack) Bogle