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Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/07/mytrade.htm

stockcoaster — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:05:09 -0000

I truly believe in position sizing. I also believe in quantitative analysis. I tried your links to better understand your model but they don't appear to be working. Do you plan on revealing your dirty little secrets anytime soon? :-)

This is directed at 2sweeties. Doh! Firefox...

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/08/eights.htm

stockcoaster — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:55:56 -0000

I'm confused. You don't have RUT odds at what it's currently trading at, 730? What is 20, 55, 80?

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/08/quixotic.htm

stockcoaster — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:46:45 -0000

It gave you the same signals at the end of May and June too. Rising MACD vs. falling price if that's what your showing. Convergence/Divergence is by definition falling peak-to-peak in the histogram with falling prices, of which, June into Julys peaks are actually same height or stronger depending on which market.

Believe me, I think a LOT of people missed that turn. This is when the buy-n-holders say "see, told ya!". :-)

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/09/now_we_wait.htm

stockcoaster — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:25:21 -0000

I think Obama should drop Biden and add Tina Fey and then have the VP debates.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/09/yay_bulls_go_go_go.htm

stockcoaster — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:52:47 -0000

Thursday/Friday is what I'm guessing. Do they really want to work all weekend again? :-P

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/10/a_very_short_leash.htm

stockcoaster — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:05:13 -0000

Before the open on Wed. JP Morgan Chase First Call -0.13

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/10/24/a_tough_read.htm

stockcoaster — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:27:03 -0000

I did buy yesterdays "pump-n-dump" scandal, POT. Did not sell first thing, but still took a grand off the account when I finally decided to sell.

Thought process was to play the "double-bottom" on the indices by buying single issue, worst-case I lose 2-3%...actual was 6% yikes! But if that line broke, it's going lower, which it did. So I'm out.

No matter how the close is today: Monday is fraught with peril.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2008/12/23/flatlined.htm

stockcoaster — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:58:30 -0000

This isn't me, but somebody got screwed! Nothing like losing $13 in 13 minutes
This is exactly why you do not place market orders.

http://img218.imageshack.us...

Edit: It would appear this has been corrected. What a ride.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/01/02/ignoramus_mundae_est_non_excusam.htm

stockcoaster — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:56:15 -0000

"W hite Boy Tim Gone Crazy

Catch ya in the Slope lines."

This just struck me funny. I'm not dissing here, just having fun. :-)

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/01/04/current_bear_rally.htm

stockcoaster — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:35:43 -0000

LOL. Classic. (@DMA Trader)

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/01/06/tuesday_tally.htm

stockcoaster — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:25:08 -0000

Is that a log chart?

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/01/06/tuesday_tally.htm

stockcoaster — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:41:48 -0000

Reason I ask is that on my charts, the log trendline broke long ago and the test your showing is on my non-log chart.

non-log
http://img525.imageshack.us...

log
http://img291.imageshack.us...

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/01/06/tuesday_tally.htm

stockcoaster — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:25:22 -0000

Mine is coming from Yahoo! Finance ^IXIC.

And my chart is confirmed by this:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/...^IXIC&t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&p=&a=&c=

I will admit that this a homegrown charting tool that I use and I was conerned about errors, but now I'm more conerned about following which one: $COMPQ or ^IXIC

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/01/16/again_with_the_860.htm

stockcoaster — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:55:29 -0000

I was with you on this, but this about face has me wondering.
Currently own Feb 75 Puts

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/01/16/again_with_the_860.htm

stockcoaster — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:07:46 -0000

Definately support is there at 121-123. Unfortunately I don't have a good feel if that's going to hold or not.
Earnings isn't til 25th. AXP is next week.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/01/23/guideposts.htm

stockcoaster — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:23:23 -0000

Because this is around the lows it put in the 2002 bear market.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/01/24/outliers.htm

stockcoaster — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:18:50 -0000

I feel you. I'm right there with you. Being a software guy with an engineering job makes it very difficult for me cause I tend to overanalyze. But I was the opposite ot you timing-wise. I had difficulty making in the bull run because I overanalyzed and premonitioned the demise. And I couldn't win big like our buddy Tim on the downward slope because I overanalyzed the rebounds and took profits WAY too early.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/02/03/morning_focus.htm

stockcoaster — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:20:15 -0000

DIG is pretty strongly correlated to IEO

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/02/06/candle_scans.htm

stockcoaster — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:58:49 -0000

Question: I am a software developer looking for real-time intraday data feeds of Open/High/Low/Close data, ie. not charts but the data. Googling seems to turn up a lot of "services" costing $$$. My current provider provides this data at no extra charge but it comes in "chart" form and not in a friendly downloadable/ftp-able/tcp/whatever transport mechanism. Is there anyone here who does this sort of thing on an individual basis and not as an institution? With who and for how much if you don't mind me asking? Hopefully I'm not breaking any of Tim's blog "cannot do"s.

Thanks for any help or info on this.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/02/27/we_built_this_citi_on_rock_n_roll.htm

stockcoaster — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:58:08 -0000

I'll be watching the lines in the sand so to speak:
http://coasternuts.blogspot...

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/03/17/low_plateau.htm

stockcoaster — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:56:49 -0000

I was just in an AAPL store this weekend and "HOLY CRAP!, COULD THERE BE ANYMORE PEOPLE IN HERE!".
Of course I couldn't tell if they were actually buying anything, but I did buy an iPod Touch for my wife, so they are at least getting $400 in revenue this month.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/03/19/financial_toilet_paper.htm

stockcoaster — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:18:49 -0000

I would like to say that controlling emotions is key as Tim pointed at in an earlier post. I believed as Tim did and tried the game yesterday with FAZ. Got stung and emotions took over even though I knew the 24 and some change was the low, I did not reenter. I could have had my money back and then some. Grrrr.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/03/21/right_and_wrong.htm

stockcoaster — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:33:01 -0000

URE - Ultra Long
SRS - Ultra Short
IYR - Underlying

As far as Proshares site says, there is no non-leveraged other than IYR which is long.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/03/29/foreshadowing.htm

stockcoaster — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:44:31 -0000

It's important at these levels to look at price history, through the eyes of the DOW c.1930.
http://coasternuts.blogspot...

It's interesting to see where the recent highs just posted vs. the bear market rallys in the past.
It's also interesting to see just how dreadful things can get.

Re: http://slopeofhope.com/2009/03/30/good_night_and_good_luck.htm

stockcoaster — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:07:55 -0000

I used Photoshop on these charts in this post just recently.
http://coasternuts.blogspot...

There not the best, but I spent only about 20minutes on them.
I had to layer annotations over price history over the background gradient.

GIMP is an open source alternative.

The key is in the layers as Covered suggests.