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.

Glaring Statistics on New Vol Bull Market

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Before I get started I want to encourage all of you interested in trading options to sign-up for my free weekly newsletter.  Free Weekly Newsletter on All Things Options

You will find educational topics on all things options, options research, options trade ideas, weekly indicators and more each week. I’ve been on Slope for a long, long time and would love your all of your support. Thanks so much. Kindest, Andy.

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Another Premium Selling Opportunity

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Before I get started I want to encourage all of you interested in trading options to sign-up for my free weekly newsletter. Free Weekly Newsletter on All Things Options.

You will find educational topics on all things options, options research, options trade ideas, weekly indicators and more each week. I’ve been on Slope for a long, long time and would love your all of your support. Thanks so much. Kindest, Andy.

On February 23rd, I posted a bear call spread on the S&P 500 (SPY). At the time SPY was trading for 429.57. Now SPY is trading under 422, and our bear call spread is worth far-less than half of our original premium. As a result, our profit target was met.

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Potential Opportunity in Real Estate?

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Before I get started I want to encourage all of you interested in trading options to sign-up for my free weekly newsletter. No, I’m not going to send you more than the one email a week and no, I’m not running a service. I’m a trader. This is completely free from all marketing. You will find educational topics on all things options, options research, options trade ideas, weekly indicators and more each week. I’ve been on Slope for a long, long time and would love your all of your support. Thanks so much. Kindest, Andy.

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Got Some. Missed Some.

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Traders leave money on the table. It comes with the territory. Sometimes the amount they leave on the table dwarfs whatever they were able to capture. This surely applies to me. Don’t get me wrong; I’ve had a lot of great ideas in recent months, and as I stand here now, I am aggressively short, having closed almost no positions (on the contrary, I’ve added).

Before I get to the regret I present to you my top percentage gainers from my existing bearish positions; these are all put options, and I presently have a hodgepodge of them with an average expiration date 104 days in the future. In other words, they’ve got lots of time to get even more profitable.

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