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.

More Money Than God

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I just finished reading More Money Than God, which is a wonderful overview of the history of hedge funds. It's a really entertaining read – right up there with Market Wizards – and I'd describe it as a combination of financial history, amazing market anecdotes, and a bird's eye view of the 2007-2008 financial crisis. I genuinely enjoyed this book, and if this kind of subject matter interests you, I'd encourage you to get it.

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Speaking of books, thanks to those of you who have ordered my book – – it popped up to the #1 spot of Online Trading Books on Amazon yesterday.

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As for the present market – – groan. The bulls have been punching the bears in the face since Independence Day.

I've drawn the various lines in the sand below on the /ES graph. As each of those levels are crossed – – magenta, cyan, and yellow – – the prospects of any decent down-move get weaker and weaker. It's going to take a violation of last week's low, tinted in somber grey, to give the baton back to the bears. Until then, the bears are going to continue to be the losers in equity markets. It wouldn't take much – – just a cross above that 1130 level – – to give the bulls another turbo-boost to higher prices.

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Tell Me What You Want

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Although my full-time occupation is hedge fund management, I also direct the feature set of my first-born child, ProphetCharts.

We've got some pretty cool features coming out soon, including the ability to place different sections of time on top of one another (like, oh, say, 1937-1942 to the present), perform really good watch list filtering (example: show me all the Chart Toppers, but exclude anything already in my watch lists), as well as some other goodies.

There were some things I was going to add – – like the Carolan spiral calendar – – but I've become so disenchanted with the efficacy of such things that I've simply dismissed them (2009 broke my heart in many ways, and many magic techniques were shown to be a big ol' stinking pile of crap). I therefore am eager to hear what you would like to see in ProphetCharts. Just tell me in the brand-spanking-new comments section, and I'll cull through those.

Speaking of ProphetCharts, some of you may be wondering what's new about the Second Edition of my book. Is it just a nice new cover and an updated copyright date? Nope. It's about 25% larger, three years more up-to-date with respect to features, and it has a lot more with respect to my own trading philosophy.

As I've mentioned, I'm happy to send you a signed copy of the book at a 20% discount. Just sent a $60 check made out to Tim Knight to the address 555 Bryant Street #711 Palo Alto CA 94301. If you'd prefer to use PayPal (which is much better for overseas folks), my account there is [email protected]


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C’est Moi!

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I've got some pretty cool news; I've just received my allocation of Chart Your Way to Profits – Second Edition, and it's ready to ship. If you'd like to buy an autographed copy, read below…… 

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If you'd like me to sign a copy and ship it out to you, just sent a $60 check made out to Tim Knight to the address 555 Bryant Street #711 Palo Alto CA 94301. That's 20% off the retail price, and you get it personally autographed, which easily adds fifty to seventy-five cents of value to the book.

I've never done this before, but I'll be interested to see if any of my readers would like a copy; this is hot off the press, so get 'em while they're hot! If you use ProphetCharts, I think you'll really benefit.

Climbing the Charts!

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Hey, this is pretty cool. The 2nd edition of my new book, Chart Your Way to Profits, isn't going to be shipped for another week or two, but it's already climbing the charts on Amazon. If you use ProphetCharts, you need this book!

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This is kind of exciting for me. I wrote my first book, The World Connection, wayyyyyyy back in 1982 when I was 16 years old. I wrote twenty books total, but I've never had a 2nd edition of anything until now.

By the way, I've updated my Author's Page on Amazon. Some readers decried my original photo choice as – and I'm quoting here – "gay". I hope my boring head shot is more to your satisfaction.