This was the initial barrier I faced that made me start this thread, the thought that once I collect a ton of data what do I do with it? Guess that's where the edges come from. What I will say is looking at SQL databases, advanced pivot tables analysis tutorials on YT and reading the hints from this thread has given me some good ideas now to move forwards.ruthlessimon wrote: ↑Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:39 pm
How traders utilise their data is such a massive edge!!! Most top traders don't even advertise that they track data (i.e. "Shaungate", i.e. page 8) - they especially don't advertise what they're tracking & how they analyse it. Hence why I posted this (I didn't expect Peter to reply):
Number Crunching After Capturing and Sorting.
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It all starts with "I wonder if thing A as any effect on thing B'. Then ask what info do I need to find out, and how can I make excel show me it. That part usually starts with thinking how you'd do it with pencil and paper, add up this, is it bigger than that etc.
If A does seem to correspond to B in some small way, then try putting thing C on top and seeing if it makes it better or worse. Tada, horses with 3 legs drift unless it's really foggy, in races run on paydays.
Sorry to have become the poster boy for being guarded (thx si) but there's only a finite number of 'things'. Granted they're in a lot of different combinations; it's something to fill those long winter's nights.
If A does seem to correspond to B in some small way, then try putting thing C on top and seeing if it makes it better or worse. Tada, horses with 3 legs drift unless it's really foggy, in races run on paydays.
Sorry to have become the poster boy for being guarded (thx si) but there's only a finite number of 'things'. Granted they're in a lot of different combinations; it's something to fill those long winter's nights.