Recent content by blange

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. To be clear, I'm not looking for websites with the data. I already know where to get most of it. It's just that I want to easily pull all of them into Excel or R or at least a single database for some statistical analysis. I'm not a programmer so I don't know...

Additionally, are there any research firms or newsletters out there that produce really excellent macroeconomic summaries and forecasts?

Is there a service out there that aggregates fundamental macroeconomic data and presents it in time-series format? For example, I'm looking for historical information on GDP, CPI, Capacity Utilization, Trade Deficits, Retail Sales, Non-farm payrolls, etc and also on sentiment indicators like the...

Hello, Can anyone recommend a professional resume review service that specializes in the financial services industry, preferably with expertise on trader resumes? I am transitioning from a different industry and can use help tailoring the presentation of my skills and background for an...

Hello fellow traders, Can anyone suggest user-friendly platforms or technologies that I can use to rapidly build, backtest, and deploy automated options trading systems? I've looked at NinjaTrader, which doesn't appear to have too much support for options trading, and also TradeStation, which...

Can anyone suggest any blogs or newsletters that provide good/interesting commentary on the global macroeconomic situation. Just trying to find something I can read to keep a pulse on the big picture economic situation. Thanks.

Hello, Can anyone suggest a firm (prop shop, hedge fund, bank, etc) that trades multiple assets and has a rotational trading program for assistant traders? I'm looking to get broad product and strategy exposure. Thanks - Brandon

I am looking for Excel plugins (preferably free) that can pull real-time data from Interactive Brokers' TWS platform and can automatically pull historical data from Yahoo Finance. Can anyone suggest plugins I should look into? So far, I have found the IB-Excel Adapter from cyberxpert fo real...

Any ideas as to why crude spiked this morning? Also, are there any good blogs that follow/analyze oil and energy?