Seems with html 5 websockets I can now think of the browser as a unix terminal. Instead of serving out flat html files, I can serve out one small bit of javascript that builds the page synchronously & interacts with the user. All good for very fast dynamic web pages, and a great user experience. [...]
When you look at the premium for an option (how much it is trading at now), you should break the price up into two components. Intrinsic value and Time value. Intrinsic value is what the option would be worth if it had to be executed now. If the option is In The Money, then it [...]
A Futures contract requires delivery of an asset at a fixed price at a certain date in the future. The seller must make delivery and the buyer must take delivery of the asset. With an Options contract, the buyer has a choice whether or not to exercise the Option. The seller has the obligation to [...]
The Turtle Trading system as taught by Richard Dennis supposedly returns an 80% annualized return. Well.. that sounds interesting & worth testing. I’ve build a simple database of historical stock prices using yahoo finance. Let’s see how this goes. Update – July 2011: Could not get profitable backtesting so canned automated project. However profitable in real trading [...]
Moved to WordPress from a self-coded rails site. Still hosted at Dreamhost. Why? – use the best tool for the job. More to come..