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.
Roll Out the Barrel
I’ve blathered on endlessly in past months about what a beautiful “waterfall” tumble Cracker Barrel is performing, but I never did anything about it. Well, today I did. For the first time, I bought puts on CBRL. They announced earnings pre-market, and it had a big bounce, so I figured this was a good time to get in.

Eli Lilly Gap
I took on a bearish position on Eli Lilly (LLY) today. I think the days of Big Pharma just printing up profits out of thin air are over.

Non-Lethal Shorting
I’ve decided to take on a big short position in AXON, which a stop-loss at $653:


