Algorithmic trading for dummies – part 2

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Hi and welcome back to my blog! This is a follow up to my previous article which introduced some of the basic concepts in trading and how they related to MetaTrader 4, which I’ll be using in this series of … Continue reading

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Algorithmic trading for dummies

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Hi guys, I’m back with something completely different for this article! This one is about algorithmic trading; as in writing a trading algorithm which will automatically make trades on your behalf on currency exchange markets. Why algorithmic trading? “This is … Continue reading

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How to make a Facebook social game

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Hi and welcome back to my blog! This time I’m going to talk about the process of making a very basic social game as a Facebook app. It’s my hope that if you know how to make a Flash game … Continue reading

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How to make a multi-player game – part 2

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Hello and welcome back to my blog! This is part 2 in the series where I talk about making a multi-player game. Last time we built a TCP socket server in node.js and we’re able to send and receive complex … Continue reading

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Understanding binary

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Hello and welcome back to my blog! In a kind of follow up to 10 steps to becoming a better programmer, this time I wanted to write about binary and binary operations, because I’ve been rather surprised by the number … Continue reading

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Fixing security sandbox violation in Flash AS3

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Hello and welcome back to my blog! This time I wanted to talk about the dreaded Security sandbox violation error which Flash will sometimes throw at you when you’re working with external websites, or sockets, or file access across local/web. … Continue reading

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10 steps to becoming a better programmer

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Hi and welcome back to my blog! I wanted to cover 10 of the things I’ve learned over the years being a professional programmer that really helped me improve the quality of my code and my overall productivity. 1. Never … Continue reading

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