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.
Introducing Volume Profile
From time to time, I’ll ask Slopers what features they’d like to see on the site. For years now, always near the top of the list, was the same thing: Volume Profile.
I resisted adding this, principally because of the challenges of finding a data source. Even the most ardent volume profile fans couldn’t articulate how to get the data. But I cracked that nut, and I’m delighted to say we’ve now integrated this into SlopeCharts. In a few days, this will be limited strictly to my beloved Gold and Platinum users, but for this initial rollout, I’m letting everyone try it so I can get feedback.
Volume Profile is accessed via the same Technical Indicators dialog box where all the other studies live. You have several controls: the ability to change the color of the volume profile, the opacity, and whether or not the profile is anchored to the left or right side of the screen.
Fantastic New Page
Recently I stumbled upon a website which had one purpose and one purpose only: it showed a ranked list of the largest public companies, ordered by their market cap. It also shows a handy little 30-day chart, their latest price, and their latest price change. Remember, that’s the entire website. So, little old me decided we could do that, no problem, but instead of being the whole website, it’s just the 523rd thing that Slope does on top of the 522 other things.
Virtual Wipeout
I have lost about $300 billion dollars over the past few weeks (not for real; who do you think I am, Cathie Wood??) I’m talking about in my virtual account. The last time such a thing happened was in March. You can see what happens next. I hope to hell we see some repetition here!
Check Your Preferences!
Happy New Week, everyone. I’ve got the smallest bit of bad news for you. When we added the latest improvement to the Preferences in SlopeCharts (namely, the ability to show a grade for options liquidity), we reset some of the Preferences to the default. Therefore, I urge you to click the Preferences icon……
And just give a look at the various Preferences tabs to make sure they’re the way you like them. If you’re anything like me, you’ll stumble across features you didn’t even realize were there anymore. It’s a good exercise, whether any preferences were lost or not. Thank you! (And sorry………..)
