
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.
Alpha Beta
From my colleagues at tastytrade, here are the highest beta stocks right now. I’m pleased to have puts in ARM, the top of the heap:

What If This Isn’t The Bounce?
Time For A Contrarian Bet On China
Wh-UPS
From our “Try Not to Overthink Things” department, I offer you the following.
Yesterday, based upon the enormous and well-formed topping pattern in UPS, I decided to buy October $150 puts. I then noticed yesterday that UPS reported earnings this morning (if you need some help with the relationship between yesterday and today, I direct you to Ms. Harris), and that made me a little nervous, so I trimmed back my position a bit out of nothing but cowardice.



