TWS API

I am trying to automate some of my investing actions to make it easier by using the interactive brokers API. I actually really like the model of asynchronous programming, but I am slow at it. I also decide to learn a new way of storing data. I am using pandas instead of sql this time. I also could not use my usual language of PHP and have to use Python.… read more “TWS API”

Lucky Timing

For years I have been saying that the markets are way overpriced and should come down. I have had most of my money and bonds and things like that for the last four years and missed out on the big run up in the market. However, a few weeks ago I decided the market was totally unsustainable and ended up putting a third of all my investments into puts on the most overpriced stocks in the market.… read more “Lucky Timing”

Math

I find myself doing a lot more math for business now. Not easy accounting math. Math like multiple variable power regression analysis. I really wish I’d understood more in school and paid more attention and had someone that showed me the practical purpose of math.

New Laravel Project From Existing Files for Laravel on Existing Homestead

I already set up one project on Homestead using Laravel and have been working on it. Now I want to set up a second project also on Homestead and using Laravel, but want a separate setup. I already updated my Homestead.Yaml and did vagrant provision –reload:

Now just set up with local server on local root (default option when setting up project from existing files).… read more “New Laravel Project From Existing Files for Laravel on Existing Homestead”

Mark Sanford – a Good Boomer on Our Debt

Finally, our growing debt makes the American dream more elusive, and in doing so weakens us all. A trillion-dollar deficit is nothing more than a deferred tax bill for $1 trillion. For a country that was in part founded on the notion of no taxation without representation, how does this pilfering of future generations’ wealth possibly make sense?… read more “Mark Sanford – a Good Boomer on Our Debt”