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.

The Egg

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A friend of mine shared this brief tale written by Andy Weir, which I think is brilliant. I believe there is tremendous truth here, and it aligns very closely to what I currently accept as reality. Enjoy!

You were on your way home when you died.

It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.

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Chart of the Year

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This is the part of the job I love the most: telling you about new products and features. And this one is a doozy. It took much longer than I thought, and was far more complex than originally anticipated, so we’ve rolled out a beta version (buggy, but quite usable) that I’m delighted to announce. The new feature in SlopeCharts is called Annual Overlay. (Let me say at the outset that I’m not crazy about that name, so if you think of something better, please email me!!)

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Dealing with Disaster

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Before I begin, I wanted to mention at the outset that we’re planning on taking the site down tonight for 20 minutes (hopefully!) as an important step in speeding up everything. The speed improvement won’t be done for about another week or so, but at 1:00 a.m. EST we’re going to be shutting things down, so please know this is planned. Now, on with the post…….

When I started the trading day on Monday morning, I was puzzled and startled by a rather large loss, because the ES and NQ were only up a little bit. It only took a moment or two for my eyes to land on the culprit:

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