A pair trade is just like the name implies, trading pairs of stocks. You do it when you notice pairs of stocks that seem related. Coke and Pepsi is a classic pair trade example because they both had market tailwinds but their stocks didn’t always follow the same short term pattern. But longer term had… Read More Extremely Basic Pair Trading Backtest in Python
Let’s face it, no one wants or has time to read all the terms of service when they install some software or go to a website. Most people are just going to click I agree and move on with their lives. Thankfully the courts, at least in the US, agree with you. Terms of Service… Read More Does Anyone Really Read The Terms of Service?
Been a few years, I’m happy to say I’m going to be active on this blog again. What follows is a stream of conscious on various topics and updates since I last posted. I’ve tried to break out the topics into various headings so you can skip around Buying a House During a Pandemic 2020… Read More Yearly Reflection
I like to watch a lot of cooking shows. A while back I saw Ed Lee in Mind of a Chef say he likes get inspired by looking at places at the same latitude to draw inspiration. Kentucky and South Korea are actually on the same latitude so this definitely fits for Chef Ed —… Read More Cooking Across Latitudes
Been a while — I apologize in advance for the quality of this post, it’s a smorgasbord of article drafts combined into a bigger update. Overall it’s been a great year. Full of up and downs but I’m excited about what I’m building for the future. Revisiting The Website Stats Last time I wrote, I… Read More Reflections On A Self-Employed Year
Let’s face it. Web scraping can be a bit boring sometimes. The general process is: Find site that has data Inspect element and see where data lives If in html table, write logic to parse table run for one page run on all pages fix minor bugs done Each and every site has little quirks.… Read More How to Turn Web Scraping Into a Computer Vision Problem
Not long ago, Quantopian allowed you to live trade algorithms developed with their software. Sadly they no longer let you do that. It was a painful process but I’ve figured out how to use Interactive Brokers API to create an algorithmic trading bot and run it on a server. In this post I’ll cover how… Read More How to Create an Algo Trading Bot
When I first made a chatbot, I wanted to communicate to it by texting. First thing I did was google “texting python” and a bunch of articles using Twilio came up. I was so excited that Twilio was well documented and easy to set up. But after a year they booted my free account. So… Read More Texting Without Twilio
It’s been a long time since I’ve been active here. The last few months have been busy with launching Sports Data Direct, starting another blog, and moving yet again. Sports Data Direct Blog Going Great Look at these stats. In 2 months blogging about daily fantasy sports, I got better results than all my Ergo… Read More Aug-Sept-Oct Reflection
Hi everyone. It’s been a while since I posted on here. Today, I’m happy to share that I’ve launched Sports Data Direct. A sports data service for the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB. Go give it a look and let me know what you think. So far it is NFL only. Some of the highlights:… Read More Announcing Sports Data Direct
