Tag: trading

The success of ChatGPT brings the Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) technique under the spotlight. RLHF is a type of machine learning approach that combines reinforcement learning (RL) and human feedback (HF) to improve the learning process. This post will give you a comprehensive un...

Proprietary trading firms, which include recognizable names like Jane Street and Hudson River Trading, are known for their ability to generate abnormal profits on in-house capital year-after-year: While it is common knowledge that these firms exist and make money, very little is known about the b...

In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency trading, the difference between success and failure often comes down to strategy. Finding a winning approach can be a game-changer, but not all strategies are created equal. Traditionally, creating a profitable trading bot demanded in-depth technical anal...

Volume can sometimes provide hidden patterns that point to the market’s direction. This article discusses the main volume technical indicator and applies a simple strategy on it using Pine Script, Trading View’s coding language. For a detailed and thorough collection of trend followin...

Software engineers within the world of low-latency automated trading (colloquially known as “high-frequency trading” or HFT) obsess over speed. From purchasing private bandwidth between microwave towers to analyzing x86 instructions from different compiler versions, those with experience...

Sentiment Analysis is a vast and promising field in data analytics and trading. It is a rapidly rising type of analysis that uses the current pulse and market feeling to detect what participants intend to do or what positions they are holding. Imagine you are planning to go see a movie and you wa...

The attempt to predict accurately the future course of market prices and thus the appropriate time to buy or sell a share must rank as one of investors’ most persistent endeavors. This search for the golden egg has spawned a variety of Strategies , ranging from the scientific to the occult. Th...

Pattern recognition is a vast field and can have many innovative ideas or unexplored techniques. This article sheds some light on a type of pattern that can be applied in a different way. The Fibonacci Trading Book is finally out! Filled with Fibonacci-based trading methods (tools, indicator...

For the past 20 month or so, I’ve been building a quantitative trading algorithm in Python by myself. It’s been quite a journey, and here are the main steps and learnings. Introduction I started coding in Python in June 2020 by having to do some web scraping while in an internship ...

I’m John Renne, the DevOps lead within BUX. Having been in the field of development and infrastructure since 1998 I’m still passionate about new technology. I’m a strong infrastructure as Code advocate and dedicated to automate as much as possible. One of the fun parts op my job, i...

That island is Malta, and to compensate our shortfall here, we import 90% of all our needs, including food, leaving it particularly vulnerable to overseas market changes. The recent surge in inflation, primarily triggered by post-pandemic disruptions and the war in Ukraine, has presented c...

It should be apparent now that volatility is extremely important in the financial markets and being able to predict it will greatly improve trading skills, let alone enabling the trader to use pure volatility-betting strategies (i.e. straddles and variance swaps). A derivative is an instrument or...

Day trading. We’ve all been warned against it. We’ve been told “95% of day traders lose money”. Couple that with an over-abundance of micro-influencers who publish click-bait content claiming to make 100% returns or 10k per week, only to find that they want to sell you some o...

My journey into day trading began as a part-time endeavor, a side project to supplement my regular income. I had a full-time job that provided financial stability, but day trading offered an exciting opportunity to grow my wealth. I started small, investing time in learning the intricacies of the st...

As we have been reading, we know, 5th house represents Creativity, Romance, Hobbies, Children, Innovation, Stock Trading, Gambling and Betting, Risk Taking Ability, Education etc. 5th house lord should always be checked for career matters as it can indicate where our happine...

Hedge Funds and Investment Banks have literal teams of PhD Biochemists as Research Analysts and Portfolio Managers that have studied chemical compounds for years (trust me I know some of these individuals — you do NOT want to compete with them in a zero sum game that is the Stock Market). P...

Investing in stocks with a long-term perspective is a popular strategy for those looking to build wealth gradually. This approach involves researching fundamentally strong companies with solid growth potential and holding onto them for an extended period, typically years. Long-term investors focus o...

In recent years, the world of finance has witnessed a remarkable revolution with the emergence of cryptocurrencies. These digital assets, powered by blockchain technology, have opened up new avenues for investment and trading. Cryptocurrency trading, in particular, has gained immense popularity, dra...

In algorithmic trading, mean reversion strategies are widely used to identify and exploit deviations from the average price of a financial asset. These strategies assume that prices will eventually revert back to their mean or average value. By taking advantage of these price movements, traders can ...

In algorithmic trading, mean reversion strategies are widely used to identify and exploit deviations from the average price of a financial asset. These strategies assume that prices will eventually revert back to their mean or average value. By taking advantage of these price movements, traders can ...