Trading Wiki

None of this is investment advice. It is basically a scrapbook for me in which I write notes based on research I've recently read. Sometimes, I will think the thesis is so compelling I'll open a small position, but mostly it's just for interest, and so I can evaluate the track record of the analysts (and other sources) that I follow.

I would welcome feedback. Just email me or, if you're very interested, ask me for access to the repository.

This is where my blog is hosted. To see the source, look at the 'content' branch.

Pelican

My blog is just some static HTML, generated from some markdown documents. I use pelican to generate the HTML. Markdown is a nice compromise between expressivity and complexity. It's easier to create than using MS Word, but it's a bit more expressive than plain text. Anyone who has used github or bitbucket will already know markdown. It's basically just the old-fashioned formatting one used to use for emails before HTML email bodies were a thing. It means that I can write an entry in vi. Yes, vi, that olde worlde unix editor (which now also runs on everything, including your IoT webcam).

Git and Github pages

What can I say about git? It's a pig to learn, but it runs on everything and allows collaboration. Well, the latter is slightly academic for me, although it does open up the possibility of someone else creating content here. To be honest, I was attracted to github pages because of the ability to upload via git and keep the working files on different PCs (my desktop and my laptop(s)). I am not a git guru. I'm barely passed the novice stage. Again, git works because every possible question it is possible to ask about how it works has been answered already on stackoverflow.

Github pages

Github offers web hosting. Cool, eh? Free, as well. What's not to like? You can even use your own domain name.