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.

XVIII

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On this solemn day, I wanted to republish what I wrote on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Here it is:

Today the entire nation will be transfixed on the tenth anniversary of the vicious attacks on the United States. And rightly so, as the events of that day permanently altered the history and trajectory of our nation.

I just did a search of my email archives for anything written that day, and I was surprised to actually find some items. I was, on that morning, in front of my screen at home making sure – as I always did – that all the systems were running smoothly at my company, Prophet.net

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The McClellan Twins!

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Great news, SlopeCharts users! We now have both the McClellan Oscillator and the McClellan Summation Index!

The McClellan Oscillator is a breadth indicator in SlopeCharts which is based on the components of the S&P 500. This is an important distinction from other studies, since it will appear consistently from chart to chart, irrespective of what is being charted. The reason is that the calculation is based on the components of the S&P 500 and the quantity among those stocks that are advancing or declining.

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Future Trend Focus

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Although the future trend feature in SlopeCharts is exclusively for the Diamond membership, I thought everyone would be interested in a few examples of how this feature can be effective (or not) depending on the symbol.

For this little experiment, I chose the bottom item from the dropdown, Show Prior Future Trend and Future Trend. As stated on the information page, ” An even more interesting aspect is to “dial back” time and see what would have been predicted in the past and compare it to what actually happened. Choosing Show Prior Future Trend allows you to use the second dropdown to choose how far back in time you want to test.“

CHOICES
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Yodel For Me, You Sap

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FUN FACT: This is Slope’s 24,000th post! And it’s a good one:

Let’s say you went up to a grown person and told them that, if they would try to yodel for you for 15 seconds, you would give them twenty dollars. They might hesitate at first, but most people would, within a pretty short amount of time, figure that was a fair trade and try to warble out a few yodel-a-ee-hoos for you.

You say “thanks” and walk away without paying them. They would probably leer at you and mutter an obscenity under their breath.

The next day, you find the same fellow and make him the same offer. I suspect at that point, instead of accepting your offer, he would make a very specific anatomical suggestion which not only you’re not interested in performing, but is itself impossible to perform. Needless to say, no yodeling would be forthcoming.

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