Same Data, Different Language

Labeling some blog data, I came across Wall St. Warrior. I was attracted by the temporal data graphics which are of a variety I hadn’t come across before.

However, looking in more detail, the language which goes with them is pretty interesting:

The tail end of the range bound market was difficult to trade. One strategy that worked well was buying/selling a head fake lower/higher. Using PDH/L as trigger points, look for reversal candlestick patterns shortly after trigger point has been breached - ideally this happens in the first/last hour of the trading session when volatility is highest.

Of course, I’m sure the author would feel just as confused reading the technical details of algorithmic invariants and computational complexity.

Comments

[jbr]

Hah, I'm a CS guy in finance so understand your perspective. I was initially confused to see this chart on your blog.

Just in case you are interested, these charts are from www.stockcharts.com as it says on the top right corner. You may also want to check out freestockcharts.com for a cool (well, since you are from microsoft) silverlight implementation of stock charts.

Also, there's http://chart.ly and http://www.stocktwits.com - you may (or may not) find them interesting.

[jbr]

Hah, I'm a CS guy in finance so understand your perspective. I was initially confused to see this chart on your blog.

Just in case you are interested, these charts are from www.stockcharts.com as it says on the top right corner. You may also want to check out freestockcharts.com for a cool (well, since you are from microsoft) silverlight implementation of stock charts.

Also, there's http://chart.ly and http://www.stocktwits.com - you may (or may not) find them interesting.

[Alex G]

translated to english: "we're not going up as fast as on the last rally". the rest are voodoo variations of measuring 1st derivatives, which are right just often enough as other finance voodoo "techniques". unfortunately i'm in the voodoo industry :)