Just a comment cleaner, my friends. I need to go through all 45 of my positions and do some housekeeping. See you in a bit!
Time to Freshen Up
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.
Wake Up Call
Interesting experience just now, my friends: I was fast asleep, and at around 4 in the morning (just minutes ago) I decided to check in how the markets were going. I had been berating myself for lightening up on Friday and, in particular, getting rid of my inverse BTC position. I glanced at the screen, and oh-my-God:
This is Brilliant!
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.
