Category Archives: Products

Statistics – An Introduction to R

I’m sure you’ve noticed that I put Google Ad’s back on this site. Don’t worry, I’m doing this on a temporary basis because I want you guys to help support my book habit! I admit, I’m a book junkie. These … Continue reading

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Another Genetic Algorithm Addin For Excel

I downloaded and started to fool around with another genetic algorithm addin for Excel.  This one is called xlbit and is created by Xlpert.  What I like about it is that it has a better interface than Gentik Solver, but its … Continue reading

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My Morning Trading Routine – About 30 Minutes A Day

My life is extremely busy these days and I've gotten my "trading" down to about 30 minutes every morning, before the market opens. Unless I initiate a new position, my daily trading routine is as follows: Download End of Day … Continue reading

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50% Off On TraderXL Till December 31, 2009

If you're itching to buy TraderXL and have put it off, now's the time to do it.  They are offering a 50% coupon code for TraderXL and other codes for individual packages. TraderXL is the only XLS addon package that I … Continue reading

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Real Estate Still Sucking

As I wrote in my Feb 2009 post,  “Where’s the Market Bottom,” I believe the real estate and equity markets have more downside coming.  Now someone’s IYR model , is setting up for a possible test of its March lows. … Continue reading

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Testing Out EWS Model

I’ve been working on updating my various stock and forex models, both in Rapidminer and other platforms, and just built a test model for EWS using Stock Neuromaster. It seemed that it had some false signals at the most recent … Continue reading

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Using ClassifierXL to Find the Right Stock to Buy

Granted, this example was a fast way of doing a complex data analysis but the ClassifierXL module helped simplify the process. The neat thing about this module is that it does all the heavy lifting for you and organizes the data in an easy to use spreadsheet! Continue reading

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Product Review: EasyNN Plus

I highly recommend this product overall and its perfect for the user who has a basic understanding of neural nets but wants to dabble more in the addicting world of financial modeling. Continue reading

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Achieving Financial Critical Mass (FCM)

I left work late on Friday because I got distracted running Monte Carlo simulations on our 401k accounts. I’m on a quest to refine my retirement plan of achieving Financial Critical Mass, something I heard about from Bob Brinker many … Continue reading

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Economics For Real People

I finished reading Gene Callahan’s, Economics for Real People, a while ago but never had the chance to write a blog post about it. I can sum up the book in three words, I loved it! This book lays out … Continue reading

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Apple Inc, (AAPL) Neural Net Model

I built a quick neural net model for Apple Inc (AAPL) and found it to be a pretty good at predicting price direction. Reserving 15 days for testing, and testing the signals for the past 30 days, the model had … Continue reading

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Time To Buy The Malaysia iShares?

Actually its a time to SELL any positions you have in the Malaysia iShares (EWM). My neural net model issued a SELL signal for today’s open. Your estimated gross return for the most recent position is about 1.6% (not incl … Continue reading

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