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A process cycle based in a 5 stages: Empathize Define Ideate Prototype Test Empathize Objective: Understand customers’ needs Deep insight into what they need and expect from the solution/product Activities Engage with stakeholders Use innovative methods to collect information Understand the problem/need Record observation to answer what, how, and why Guidelines to follow: Adopt appropriate … Read more
I am participating on different forums and some of them are built with this open source software called: Discourse. From usability point of view it’s the best one I am using. It’s not only the look and feel, it’s the sequence of information offered, the access to the already read threads, and many little details … Read more
I bought this book in 2019 but I was not able to read it till now, with the quarantine I remembered I had this one on a shelf. Very interesting to understand how the different governmental organizations work and how the transitions were completed (or not in this case). I love the personal stories that … Read more
I discovered this shareholders meeting last year and I was willing to review it in detail. Below some notes. First 33 minutes is the formal presentation, after that Q&A. The link to the letter to shareholders: https://www.fundsmith.co.uk/docs/default-source/analysis—annual-letters/annual-letter-to-shareholders-2019.pdf?sfvrsn=6 Minute #10: Why they sold 3M on the one hand, 3M sold its ceramic bulletproof business unit at … Read more
This is a checklist of things to review once just before and after the market is opened. Before market opens (9:15 ET) Check S&P and Nasdaq futures indexes. Previous day closing, Market breadth check, McClellan indicator. How is Europe going on? Check DAX. Check DIX and GEX Index in squeeemeetrics, from previous day. EUR/USD trend. … Read more
Abstract In his book “Mastering the trade”, John Carter proposes a simple system based on the moving averages of 8 and 21. I have implemented the basis of this system and I have changed some behaviors: I added the Squeeze momentum indicator to filter the positive trend and reduce the draw downs. I have not … Read more
I do this list of tips so I review before I do some back-testing analysis. main questions (from John Bogle) What is the rationale or hypothesis? What is the empirical evidence? What are the implementation results? Tips to remind Do a test of your system with 2008. If you look for correlation, you probably will … Read more
I want to safe this picture that reflects very well what is happening this year once the COVID-19 impacted the entire world.
Introduction to SKEW Index The Cboe SKEW Index (“SKEW”) is an index derived from the price of S&P 500 tail risk. It’s similar to Volatility Index (VIX). The primary difference between the VIX and the SKEW is that the VIX is based upon implied volatility round the at-the-money (ATM) strike price while the SKEW considers implied volatility of out-of-the-money (OTM) … Read more
I’m learning about market breadth and I’m trying to organize a mechanic way to analyze the data I have and improve the decisions I do about the best moment to long and short. This post covers the current set of indicators I see and the order of preference. Some basis I use S&P 500 as … Read more