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.
Dead Nuts On, Squid
Netflix (NFLX) reported earnings after Tuesday’s close, and in spite of some insane reactions immediately following it, at the moment it seems things have died down to virtually unchanged, which means all the short-dated call and put owners are going to be mightily peeved (and all the sellers mightily pleased).
Turns Out The World Still Needs Coal
A Liebherr mining truck at dusk at Peabody’s North Antelope Rochelle Mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming (photo via Peabody).
(more…)A Few Questions and a Trade
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(more…)Now That Retail is Out
If you’ve been itching go to bearish on retail, there are a few good reasons to do so now:
- The latest retail figures are out, dispatching that uncertainty;
- The IV rank and the implied volatility are very low (see below);
- There’s a squeaky-clean price gap at 94.72 on XRT which would act as a sensible stop-loss
