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Simple Black Scholes Calculator

Very simple calculator to find the value of a European call option using the Black-Scholes formula – Black Scholes Calculator

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Helpful Hints for Interviewing Experienced QA/Testing Candidates

Test managers often hold brief phone interviews to screen out candidates for QA/testing positions. With resume in hand, which the test manager has probably not even reviewed, before the interview commences the test manager is expected to determine within an … Continue reading

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Software Testing

Summary In the simplest terms, Software Testing is a process to ensure the accuracy, completeness and quality of any developed software. Rather than limiting this to a formally technical process used to investigate and measure quality of the developed computer … Continue reading

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Software Development Stages

Domain Analysis It is usually the first step in attempting to design a new piece of software. It involves the investigation of the area such as: banking, marketing, retailing, insurance etc., where the software is to be employed. Know The … Continue reading

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Software Testing Strategies

It is impractical and often impossible to find all the errors in a program. This fundamental problem in testing thus throws open the question as to what would be the strategy that you would adopt to test. Two of the … Continue reading

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Open Source Indicators, Components and Their Documentation

Did not post for a while, because was really slammed with work. But could not resist from sharing this very valuable online resource http://www2.wealth-lab.com/WL5WIKI/MainPage.ashx The Wealth-Lab Wiki hosts a Knowledge Base for Wealth-Lab Version 5 (.NET) as well as expanded … Continue reading

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Starting A Hedge Fund

Lets say you want to start a hedge fund. Its not that complicated though you would need some tools and processes set up to run your operations. Off course the variety of tools and processes would depend on the your … Continue reading

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Hedge Fund Average Software Costs Per Year

I saw an estimate of average yearly software related costs of a hedge fund with about 300 mln under management: Statistical Software Licencse Fees – $30,000 Data Feeds – $80,000 Back Office Software (accounting, CRM, etc) – $50,000 Total Comes … Continue reading

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Broker Connectivity and Data Feeds Providers

Interactive Brokers. Patsystems. IQ Feed. eSignal. SmartQuant. Genesis. tick-TS TradeBase. Trading Technologies. MetaTrader. FXCM. FIX Connectivity.

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How Software Companies Die

The environment that nutures creative programmers kills management and marketing types – and vice versa. Programming is the Great Game. It consumes you, body and soul. When you’re caught up in it, nothing else matters. When you emerge into daylight, … Continue reading

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