Comments for Ray Acayan http://www.RayAcayan.com A Geek of All Trades Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:50:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on The Scrolling Stock Ticker Project by Ray Acayan http://www.RayAcayan.com/projects/the-scrolling-stock-ticker-project/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Ray Acayan Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:50:17 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=58#comment-227 I found everything I needed on this site: http://lmgtfy.com/ I found everything I needed on this site: http://lmgtfy.com/

]]> Comment on The Scrolling Stock Ticker Project by MeloWise http://www.RayAcayan.com/projects/the-scrolling-stock-ticker-project/comment-page-1/#comment-224 MeloWise Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:59:27 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=58#comment-224 How did you find out what the url was to get the information? Thanks How did you find out what the url was to get the information?
Thanks

]]> Comment on The Mobile Cloud Project, Part 1.1: Basic AWS by Andy http://www.RayAcayan.com/projects/the-mobile-cloud-project-part-1-1-basic-aws/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Andy Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:33:01 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=940#comment-217 I always enjoy learning what other people think about Amazon Web Services and how they use them. Check out my very own tool CloudBerry Explorer that helps to manage S3 on Windows . It is a freeware. http://cloudberrylab.com/ I always enjoy learning what other people think about Amazon Web Services and how they use them. Check out my very own tool CloudBerry Explorer that helps to
manage S3 on Windows . It is a freeware. http://cloudberrylab.com/

]]> Comment on The QuantLib Ruby Project, Part 1 by Ray Acayan http://www.RayAcayan.com/projects/the-quantlib-ruby-project-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Ray Acayan Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:17:10 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=253#comment-205 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> Comment on The QuantLib Ruby Project, Part 1 by Mark Richard-Fogg http://www.RayAcayan.com/projects/the-quantlib-ruby-project-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Mark Richard-Fogg Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:04:26 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=253#comment-204 Ray, Excellent tutorial, clean and precise. Well done. Ray,
Excellent tutorial, clean and precise. Well done.

]]> Comment on The Scrolling Stock Ticker Project by Ray Acayan http://www.RayAcayan.com/projects/the-scrolling-stock-ticker-project/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Ray Acayan Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:49:26 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=58#comment-135 The stock ticker code is in javascript, so you can view it using Firebug (http://getfirebug.com). Look for the section called "/blog/RayScripts/RayScripts.php". When I have time, I'll create Mercurial repositories for all the source code in this blog... The stock ticker code is in javascript, so you can view it using Firebug (http://getfirebug.com). Look for the section called “/blog/RayScripts/RayScripts.php”. When I have time, I’ll create Mercurial repositories for all the source code in this blog…

]]> Comment on The Scrolling Stock Ticker Project by ABhi http://www.RayAcayan.com/projects/the-scrolling-stock-ticker-project/comment-page-1/#comment-103 ABhi Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:21:49 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=58#comment-103 Hi Can you provide the source code for the Ticker. I didnt get output Hi Can you provide the source code for the Ticker. I didnt get output

]]> Comment on Basic Trade Analysis by Ray Acayan http://www.RayAcayan.com/trading/basic-trade-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Ray Acayan Sun, 03 May 2009 13:54:35 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=816#comment-92 QuantPlus, I agree with your comments regarding quant trading on an intraday basis. However, they are not relevant to this particular blog. Here, I am mostly referring to "swing trading" which I use interchangeably with "investing" due to the longer timeframes involved. This may not be clear from the article, but my example uses a *daily* chart as well as 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Daily charts spanning several months are not as relevant in your short-term intraday trading with 400 trades per day. Similarly, your bid-ask spreads are simply irrelevant to most swing traders and long-term investors. You also mention the number of trades you make, which is also irrelevant in terms of the amount of money you actually make from trading. There are infinite ways to make money from trading and investing. If you have discovered only 2 of them, good for you, but you may want to expand your knowledge a bit more. QuantPlus, I agree with your comments regarding quant trading on an intraday basis. However, they are not relevant to this particular blog. Here, I am mostly referring to “swing trading” which I use interchangeably with “investing” due to the longer timeframes involved.

This may not be clear from the article, but my example uses a *daily* chart as well as 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Daily charts spanning several months are not as relevant in your short-term intraday trading with 400 trades per day. Similarly, your bid-ask spreads are simply irrelevant to most swing traders and long-term investors.

You also mention the number of trades you make, which is also irrelevant in terms of the amount of money you actually make from trading.

There are infinite ways to make money from trading and investing. If you have discovered only 2 of them, good for you, but you may want to expand your knowledge a bit more.

]]> Comment on Basic Trade Analysis by QuantPlus http://www.RayAcayan.com/trading/basic-trade-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-78 QuantPlus Sun, 03 May 2009 04:05:03 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=816#comment-78 As a Quant who makes > 100,000 trades/year... most of this is nonsense. You would have to be deprogrammed before you could build a successful trading enterprise. There are EXACTLY two ways to make money trading: (1) Exploit the bid-ask spread. (2) Exploit a "market inefficiency". In addition, since this is common knowledge among Pro Traders, you must have some sort of "competitive advantage". Discipline matters ONLY after you have the other pieces in place... and, in fact, can be a dangerous thing. Using "discipline" to lock yourself into a sub-optimal, mechanical strategy is virtually defines the Amateur. Experienced Pros are highly flexible withing a general framework... and it's their hard-earned judgment that separates the 2-3% winners from the 97-8% losers in ANY Zero Sum Game. As a Quant who makes > 100,000 trades/year… most of this is nonsense. You would have to be deprogrammed before you could build a successful trading enterprise.

There are EXACTLY two ways to make money trading:

(1) Exploit the bid-ask spread.

(2) Exploit a “market inefficiency”.

In addition, since this is common knowledge among Pro Traders, you must have some sort of “competitive advantage”.

Discipline matters ONLY after you have the other pieces in place… and, in fact, can be a dangerous thing. Using “discipline” to lock yourself into a sub-optimal, mechanical strategy is virtually defines the Amateur. Experienced Pros are highly flexible withing a general framework… and it’s their hard-earned judgment that separates the 2-3% winners from the 97-8% losers in ANY Zero Sum Game.

]]> Comment on The Streetcar GPS Simulation Project by octavian http://www.RayAcayan.com/projects/the-streetcar-gps-simulation-project/comment-page-1/#comment-9 octavian Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:43:39 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=265#comment-9 very cool. is this as far as you're gonna go with the project? very cool. is this as far as you’re gonna go with the project?

]]> Comment on Networking in Toronto by Seak Pek Chhan http://www.RayAcayan.com/events/networking-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Seak Pek Chhan Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:03:51 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=56#comment-8 The Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference has held their annual conference in Toronto since 2002. We may be a slightly different and young crowd, but it's also all about Technology~ Typically in January, this year we are held March 12-13th, 2009~ www.cutc.ca Cheers, Pek The Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference has held their annual conference in Toronto since 2002. We may be a slightly different and young crowd, but it’s also all about Technology~
Typically in January, this year we are held March 12-13th, 2009~
http://www.cutc.ca

Cheers,
Pek

]]> Comment on Networking in Toronto by Dave doyle http://www.RayAcayan.com/events/networking-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Dave doyle Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:57:18 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=56#comment-7 If I may add as well, the Toronto Perl Mongers (TPM) meets on the last Thursday of each month. It's a laid back Perl user group with talks followed by libation. http://to.pm.org/ If I may add as well, the Toronto Perl Mongers (TPM) meets on the last Thursday of each month. It’s a laid back Perl user group with talks followed by libation. http://to.pm.org/

]]> Comment on Networking in Toronto by Ray Acayan http://www.RayAcayan.com/events/networking-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Ray Acayan Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:36:01 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=56#comment-6 David, you mean you haven't been doing this for 18 years? ;-) I've moved all the camps to a separate Ad-hoc Events section. David, you mean you haven’t been doing this for 18 years? ;-) I’ve moved all the camps to a separate Ad-hoc Events section.

]]> Comment on Networking in Toronto by Jodi Echakowitz http://www.RayAcayan.com/events/networking-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jodi Echakowitz Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:34:22 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=56#comment-5 Another one to add to this list is Third Tuesday Toronto (#TTT), organized by Joseph Thornley (@thornley). It's a monthly meetup for PR folks. In fact, there's a TTT tonight. Another one to add to this list is Third Tuesday Toronto (#TTT), organized by Joseph Thornley (@thornley). It’s a monthly meetup for PR folks. In fact, there’s a TTT tonight.

]]> Comment on Networking in Toronto by Justin Kozuch http://www.RayAcayan.com/events/networking-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Justin Kozuch Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:26:54 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=56#comment-4 Hi Ray, Excellent post. I've been to a number of these events, and they are excellent. Toronto has a vibrant tech community that loves to meet which makes us a closely knit family of technology enthusiasts. If I may, I'd like to add our organization to the list under the Technology/Networking Events (Weekly/Monthly) list: Refresh Events, http://www.refresh-events.ca/ - 3rd Monday of the month. - Justin Kozuch Founder, Refresh Events Hi Ray,

Excellent post. I’ve been to a number of these events, and they are excellent. Toronto has a vibrant tech community that loves to meet which makes us a closely knit family of technology enthusiasts.

If I may, I’d like to add our organization to the list under the Technology/Networking Events (Weekly/Monthly) list:

Refresh Events, http://www.refresh-events.ca/ – 3rd Monday of the month.

- Justin Kozuch
Founder, Refresh Events

]]> Comment on Networking in Toronto by David Crow http://www.RayAcayan.com/events/networking-in-toronto/comment-page-1/#comment-3 David Crow Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:05:11 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=56#comment-3 DemoCamp as an annual event. Man that's shameful on my part. I guess I need to get off my ass and schedule another F&F. DemoCamp details are coming later today. http://democamp.info DemoCamp as an annual event. Man that’s shameful on my part.

I guess I need to get off my ass and schedule another F&F. DemoCamp details are coming later today.

http://democamp.info

]]> Comment on Social Networks and Employment by Steve http://www.RayAcayan.com/social-networks/social-networks-and-employment/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Steve Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:52:14 +0000 http://www.RayAcayan.com/?p=35#comment-2 Hey! I like the site! Hey! I like the site!

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