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.

MetaSymbols Portfolio

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I am continuing to experiment with our exciting new MetaSymbols feature in SlopeCharts. One idea I had was – – what would it be like to construct a chart of the fourteen symbols which constitute my portfolio of puts. Well, it only took a minute to create, but here is the world premiere of this chart: looks pretty bearish, right? Just to be clear, this is an equally-weight amalgamation of all fourteen ticker symbols which have been used to create an entirely artificial instrument representing my entire portfolio.

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@ Marks the Spot!

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This is a minor bug fix, but important enough to warrant a post.

As many of you know, if you want to get the attention of a person in SlopeTalk or the Classic Comments, you can just use the “@” sign and start typing their screen name, and a suggestion list will appear. Clicking on the name you want will complete the task, and you can say what you want to say.

However, in the past, it wasn’t quite working right. For instance, if I wanted to send a message to Roz, I might type @roz but Roz was nowhere to be found!

You will now find this feature works As God Intended. The community here is key, and I don’t want anything to be an obstacle to your free-flowing communications!

Neatnik

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I’m a neatness and order freak, which runs through Slope’s DNA extensively (and explains why I got nauseous at the idea of re-introducing ads, but instead reverted to pleading for donations). I mention this because the Preferences dialog box for SlopeCharts was becoming a complete mess, what with all the new features and choices. We have completely tidied this up for you, and I’m sure my fellow OCD sickos will appreciate it.