The performance of our $30k portfolio from June 4th, net of hedging and trading costs.
(more…)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.
Let Me Put It This Way
With an eye toward the new year, I’ve entered eight small Put positions, as shown here. These are a mix of Jan, Feb, and Mar expirations. Incidentally, this screen shot is from Slope itself, since it is capable of showing brokerage information (and letting you trade) if you are on Tradier.
Backtesting LIVE!
I am very pleased to announce another exciting addition to the Slope portfolio of analytical tools, and this one is specifically for options traders out there. This one is a doozy, and it’s exclusively for Diamond members: Options Backtesting!
For those of you wanting to treat yourself to a holiday gift of a Diamond membership, I’ve got a surprise for you here – – it is an instant and permanent discount of nearly 40% from the normal price of membership. I very rarely do “sales” like this, but this will get you the Diamond membership for the price of Gold, so jump on it while it’s live!
Performing historical back-tests on options strategies is one of the most computing-intensive and complex tasks in the trading world. Through the Options Backtest Page, the Slope website provides an easy-to-use method to execute what is, behind the scenes, an exceptionally complex task with daily options data going back to 2007.
(more…)Finding Alpha
The Seduction Worked
Up until Thanksgiving, Palantir looked like the strongest, most reliable stock on the planet:
