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.
Oil and Gas ETF
In recent days, one particular point of frustration for me has been XOP, the oil and gas producers fund, which lurched higher on a daily basis for weeks. I am confident, however, that this rally has ceased, and I am amping up my bearish position on XOP as well as the individual stock COP.
Take a look at the relationship between the price of XOP and its trio of exponential moving averages (50/100/200). I’d say the risk/reward on a bearish trade is appealing right here.

Is China About To Wreck Tech?
Partisan Collaborators
Not a bad day so far! After some initial wiggling and waggling, we’ve got a bit of selling going on, with the /NQ down over 1% (which these days is considered a crash). Here are five charts that are doing particularly nice about-faces, which I appreciate.

The Full Bear Pen
The good folks at AT&T deigned to provide Crescent Park with fiber access again, so I wanted to make one, nice, big ol’ fat video for my paying members (ALL of ’em) before I signed off for the night. All paying members will be able to see the video below, and for the rest of you, please consider giving the wonderful world of membership a try and get immediate access to this gem.

