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R: calculations involving months

July 7, 2011 | nsaunders

Ask anyone how much time has elapsed since September last year and they’ll probably start counting on their fingers: “October, November…” and tell you “just over 9 months.” So, when faced as I was today with a data frame (named dates) like this: How to add a 7th column, with ... [Read more...]

White Bumblebee Implemented in R

December 18, 2010 | Milk Trader

White Bumblebee is a trade system based on a simple moving average crossover, but with a special twist. Imagine your thermostat triggering your furnace to shut off or turn on every time a temperature crossed a threshold. If the thermostat didn't have a...
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White Bull, An Algorithm in R

December 11, 2010 | Milk Trader

Algorithms are curious creatures. They behave in a very predictable way. They do as they are told and do it the same way every time. What they lack in imagination, they make up in reliability. You cannot talk an algorithm into saying something it's not...
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