Posted in Financial, Programming/Software on Jan 31st, 2009 1 Comment »
Here are a couple screenshots of the stock charting application I’ve been working on (click to enlarge):
As you can see, I still have some minor layout issues to sort out as the graph is resized, but that’s easy enough.
So far, the main features include:
- Line, Bar, and Candlestick charts
- Download of historical stock data from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2009 No Comments »
… I’d have a cat by now.
They’re pretty similar in a few ways — the whirring of the little cooling fan is much like the sound of purring and they’ll both fall asleep pretty much anywhere if you leave them alone for a bit.
Posted in Financial, Programming/Software on Jan 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
I wrote an application to harvest historical stock data from Yahoo. It’s an interesting piece of homebrew and has allowed me to build up a database of 3 gigabytes of historical data so far using SQL Server Express 2008. Since Yahoo! data is specifically “for non-commercial use” I can’t exactly sell the database to anyone, [...]
Posted in Programming/Software on Jan 21st, 2009 No Comments »
As a programmer in the home automation industry I’m exposed to all sorts of devices from a wide array of manufacturers. Much of the hardware is pleasant to work with. I’ve enjoyed writing code for pieces by Samsung, Extron, Hitachi, KeyDigital, Gefen, Sharp, Panasonic, and many others. However, every time I get [...]
Posted in Financial on Jan 19th, 2009 No Comments »
I’ve never been particularly interested in forex trading, always focusing more on stocks and options, but it seems to be about time to become an expert. Don’t be surprised if in the near future you see me posting about books I’ve read, resources I’ve found, and the huge sums of money that I’ve acquired and [...]
Posted in General on Jan 18th, 2009 1 Comment »
I am a cryophobe. Winter is a debilitating time for me. If there’s snow on the grown I practically shut down.
After doing hundreds of hours of research I’ve found that the best future destination for me is going to be San Jose and the Silicon Valley area. After all, I’m a computer programmer and a [...]
Posted in Financial on Jan 13th, 2009 No Comments »
I’m reading the book “Bear Market Investing Strategies“by Harry D. Schultz. It’s a few years old (written in 2002), but there’s a wonderful quote in the book that definitely applies to current governmental tinkering with the economy:
“Economics can be government influenced in a mild way, without huge damage. But if governments try to control them [...]
Posted in Business Ideas, Financial, Writing/Publishing on Jan 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Because one wasn’t enough…
I’ve filed the papers and now have a new company: Champion Analytics, Inc.
It will primarily be a company focused on investment analysis, publishing investment guides, and developing software for data analysis. I have a lot of ideas in the works, and filing the papers to make it real is a significant motivator, [...]