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.

Sweet Baby Tesla!

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Good God. I should just stop trading ANYTHING but Tesla. I think every single call I’ve made for the past 14 months has been dead-nuts-on accurate. The latest, which I was too stupid to believe, called for $213.15. It went to $214 and then into a hard reversal. If I had half a brain, I’d have gone ALL IN calls when the stock was about to break $100. I just can’t seem to trust my own insights! Anyway, my puts are happy (I am a total ghey boy, so they are Junes, so the rise is muted). I truly am a limp-wristed sad sack.

Just Like the Old Days

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Last Wednesday, January 18th, was like a cool drink in a horrid desert. Today, a week later, may be exactly the same. This so-called “market” has been raging higher since January 6th with almost no down-tick in sight. Mornings like this are a welcome relief, particularly since the explosive rally driven by Microsoft (see red box) was smeared off the face of the Earth, Epstein-style.

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