Recent content by gotalpha

most ppl assume that programming can be "learned" in evening classes or a few months studying during free time. but i think a better idea is to learn the technology rather than the theory and the nitty-gritty details of programming. my point is, knowing what tools to use, i.e. NT vs...

i think FA vs TA is one of the oldest question/flamewar in the trader community. i'm a vol trader, so i do rely on some TA for delta hedging. the most important thing here is that, if enough people believe in TA, it would work, positive feedback loop, as more people pile on to a specific...

ok, lets break it down. which part do you need help the most? implementing your algorithm or getting the data from yahoo/google? here is a excel plugin that will help, it's free! yay http://code.google.com/p/finance-data-to-excel/ regarding writing vba in general. while it would be easy...

actually it's not too difficult, from what you said.. there are a lot of exist helps that will hook up prices from yahoo/google to spreadsheet. the hard part is actually having your trading strategy implemented in VBA. and i'm sure it's not something you would want to share with whomever is...