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As most of you know, SlopeCharts is the crown jewel of the Slope of Hope, and it is the only charting product I use. Let’s face it, though – – none of us are getting any younger, and sometimes the data line and the axis labels can be difficult to read.
I am delighted to announce a new feature in SlopeCharts that I dreamed up a few days ago; Custom Events.
This feature allows you to add a marker to any part of a chart with a note in it. The note might pertain to the stock (“Elon Musk announces intention to buy Twitter“) or earnings (“Big earnings disappointment“) or news (“Hurricanes shut down refineries and push up energy prices“) or anything you like (“Bought my first 50 shares on this day.”) You can make any note about anything you chart on any particular date, and it will be remembered for your later reference.
To add a custom event, just right-click on the chart on whatever date is appropriate for your note, and choose this from the pop-up menu:
About a week ago, I was looking at someone’s account history and it occurred to me just how long they had been on Slope. Some of you may not know this, but the Slope of Hope has been around since 2005, and so have a lot of the people here!
In order to honor their tenacity, I commissioned the creation of some special badges that declare for all to see how many years anyone has been on the site. It’s just another little way to tip my hat at those who have made Slope part of their lives for a very long time.
Hey, Fibonacci fans! I’ve got good news. We have added the ability to change individual COLORS on whatever retracement levels you like. I know this sounds trivial, but when you get serious about these things (as I have done recently), it’s truly useful.
My approach to trading is verystraightforward. I mostly focus on Trendlines, Exponential Moving Averages, Candlestick patterns, and Fibonacci Retracement Levels. There are a lot of other technical trading tools out there, but I find that some are overly complex for my mind and/or designed more for the extreme analytical minded-traders, so I stay away from those and just use what works for me. I wanted to write specifically about Fibonacci levels as they can be a useful tool in identifying some interesting spots to watch in your trades.
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