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.

Ungodly Busy

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Just a comment cleaner, since I have a show to prepare for.

  • I got stopped out of a bunch of individual positions this morning, ALL of which I regret
  • I have been re-entering almost all of them (at worse prices, sadly)
  • My OPTIONS portfolio is doing the best, since it has no stop losses and the market’s V-turn is helping
  • I will post some crucial long-term charts later.

Vanquishing Disappointment

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I was so bummed yesterday evening. I had increased my short exposure substantially late in the day, and in spite of TSLA and GOOGL falling after hours, the semi/memory space that I was so short didn’t care. In fact, semi/memory was quite strong, as illustrated by what was going on with SMH. I was pissed off: how could a giant like GOOGL get whacked and other tech stuff still celebrate?

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