Paper trading

Paper trading is a stock market simulator. Tradingview enables you to work on paper trading in an easy way: it’s embeeded and you can launch the positions very easily. I have started to use it as part of the tests I’m doing. It has pros and cons. Pros It’s very clear and it’s very intuitive … Read more

Strategy to test: bb-rsi-cmf

The strategy I’m using is very popular and extended. So many people knows it and therea re thousand of variances to the main one. Surprisingly it still works. The name I gave to this strategy is “bb-rsi-cmf” and comes from the 3 indicators I’m using to work on it. These indicators are: Trend indicator = … Read more

Bolsa para Dummies

Un amigo me recomendó leerme este libro, en concreto la parte 3, que recorre un día de trading cualquiera, repasando hábitos y actividades en las cuales nos deberíamos centrar; y la parte 4, que repasa varias estrategias básicas: gap, bandas de bollinger, y cruce de medias. Me sirvió para confirmar algunas cosas que ya había … Read more

Anaconda, configuration

Python Data Science Platform I have installed this Anaconda environment with the purpose of performing the backtesting activities I’m working on with Python. The process It’s easy to install and there is nothing you have to configure. You just need to start coding and working on it. The user adoption for the notebook is quick, … Read more

Depth chart

I have access to GDAX and I found this Depth chart that enables you (in some way) to check the momentum and the volume of demand and supply there is in the market. Tradingview also offers this chart. This post explains how it works. Lessons observing the chart Lesson 1: there are positions that enter … Read more

Trading, risk management

Risk management is one of the key points when you trade in any market I have to mature the risk management mindset and measure how the actions I perform are working with respect a level of exposure that I want to take. Definition of level of exposure Perform operations between 0,5% and 2% of the … Read more

Quantitative trading on cryptocurrency market Q2

This is the second chapter of a learning process that started last September. Second Quarter The second step is defined for the next 3 months, where the main goal is to define a specific strategy of quantitative trading and work on it with real money on crypto currency market. Following the V2MOM model: Vision: Have … Read more

The Ansoff Matrix (by Igor Ansoff)

The life of Igor Ansoff deserves to be reviewed, his origins, his background and his work in the military space. He created an strategic planning tool focused on the growth of the business. In the Wikipedia page of the Ansoff Matrix there are a couple of criticisms mentioned, but interestingly, it’s not mention the lack … Read more

Prestashop admin user does not log in

My Prestashop’s admin user does not log in into the back-office, I have checked the password is right and I still cannot go in. The error message is: “There is one error. the employee does not existor the password is wrong” Reset Prestashop admin password I have followed these steps recommended by different forums: Look in … Read more

Martin Scorsese-style

Looking the things with the right perspective Sometimes the smaller choices we make in daily life add up to patterns so routine, so familiar, that we fail to recognize them. Sometimes we are so busy making choices between what is right in front of us, that we fail to see the potential options that sit … Read more