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.

Overnight Success

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I don’t think I’ve ever learned so many things, so fast, in my life. I knew zero about NFT a month ago (except to deride it, as most people here still do). Now it’s making a splash! And, hey, I’ll never push Bored Apes or CryptoPunks aside, but it’s a great start! Explore ticker.art and see for yourself. To see us on any list in just a week’s time amazes me, even if it’s 817th place!

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A Perfect Pair

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Well, I’ve done a lot worse than this before. There’s no doubt about that.

I came into the day with the entirety of my IRA account in one and only one thing: short-dated GDX calls. This is very unlike me. I usually spread my risks, and I usually am so nervous about what’s going to happen that I only buy options with MONTHS left to go. And yet here I was, with 100% of my account in call options had seven trading days of life left. I did a premium post about this to our Gold and Platinum members yesterday, and I did a follow-up post today after I went screeching out of the position with a fat overnight profit. Maybe I closed too early, but I don’t care.

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Pilgrim’s Progress

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I have been absolutely delighted at the success of ticker.art, which is my five-day-old website that sells original NFTs based on ticker symbols. In its very short history, ticker.art has……

  • Sold 60% of the pieces it has posted so far (I am truly amazed at this);
  • Enjoyed its first resale (which means someone “flipped” an NFT for a personal profit);
  • Had its fastest sale ever yesterday (it was Facebook);
  • Has garnered over 200 followers on its Twitter feed @tickerart

In fact, one fellow who bought AMD appears to be very ambitious about his own ability to make a profit, but you never can tell……….

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