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.
Sullen Sunday
Given its insane movements, who knows where $BTC will be by the time you read this, but as I’m typing this on Saturday evening, the cryptocurrency has lost a full 25% of its value in the span of just a few days. I remain slack-jawed they are rolling out derivative trading instruments on this thing. I mean, look, I don’t have a dog in this fight, but what if $17,300 was the peak, and this thing just craps itself back down to $1,000? The hype will vanish.
Party Pooper
The Dark Index Shows Selling
The Dark Index (DIX) is a simple metric that tells us whether investors are using dark pools to buy or sell shares of S&P 500 component stocks. When it’s high, investors are buying. When it’s low, they’re selling.
Volatility Smothered to Death
Any time someone tries to tell you that September is a bearish month………just punch them.
