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Yikes. I see that my crypto-is-toast musings have been prescient. How ironic that the most calamitous asset failure of our lifetimes is something I never dare short. Anyway……….one last Krazy Konclusion, since these dogs aren’t doing to walk themselves:
I spent part of my Father’s Day doing my favorite thing in the world: dorking around with historical price data and playing around with charts. I have put together three quick posts, inspired by the new futures database we have here on Slope. It’s just a simple chart with a simple conclusion in the caption:

I spent part of my Father’s Day doing my favorite thing in the world: dorking around with historical price data and playing around with charts. I have put together three quick posts, inspired by the new futures database we have here on Slope. It’s just a simple chart with a simple conclusion in the caption:

I spent part of my Father’s Day doing my favorite thing in the world: dorking around with historical price data and playing around with charts. I have put together three quick posts, inspired by the new futures database we have here on Slope. It’s just a simple chart with a simple conclusion in the caption:

Greetings from Revolution HQ in sunny Tennessee. I must say the first half of this year has flown by. It seems like just a moment ago I wrote “A Revolutionary 2021” to give my thoughts on the upcoming year. As we prepare to head into what should be an exciting second half of the year, I wanted to take a moment to examine what I’ll be on the lookout for.
Let’s begin with the broader market, and then I’ll work my way into some of the other sectors that I am involved in. Looking at the past year on /ES we can see that after a bit of consolidation last fall, we have been on a simple, steady ascent higher since. Thus far 2021 has been a series of higher highs, and higher lows. Do I believe that is going to change at any point this year? Yes, but not yet.
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