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My video demo and introductory checklist on how to debug with R and Eclipse IDE

My video demo and introductory checklist on how to debug with R and Eclipse IDE Install instructions to debug R with R Install correct Eclipse version plugin from and follow instructions: http://www.walware.de/ Also, ensure to install RJ R package dependency as well at. Ie. Use in R: install.packages(c(“rj”, “rj.gd”), repos=”http://download.walware.de/rj-1.1″) Note during the Eclipse Stat […]

Excellent tutorial on pair trading in R on how to Estimate parameters for back test, Create trading signal,, Back-test performance

Excellent tutorial on pair trading in R on how to Estimate parameters for back test, Create trading signal,, Back-test performance This is an excellent tutorial that shows R’s pair trading capabilities with the PairTrading package. It includes benefits how to do: Estimate parameters for back test Create trading signal Back-test performance http://www.r-bloggers.com/pair-trading-strategy-how-to-use-pairtrading-package/

How to do computation finance with R for newbies

How to do computation finance with R for newbies This is a really good tutorial for R newbies. http://www.rmi.nus.edu.sg/csf/webpages/Authors/firstdraft/Nolan_draft_1.pdf Do note that three R functions are at the end of the document. This includes get.stock.data, get.stock.price, and get.portfolio.returns Give it a whirl but nothing new here for advanced users  

How to use Principal component analysis for financial within R

How to use Principal component analysis for financial within R These two links will help you understand what PCA is within R http://www.r-bloggers.com/principal-component-analysis-use-extended-to-financial-economics-part-1/ http://www.r-bloggers.com/principal-component-analysis-use-extended-to-financial-economics-part-2/ For part 1 to create data, use http://www.nseindia.com/content/indices/ind_cnx500.htm, click Daily Return values and select period. Download as a CSV to be named Returns_CNX_500.csv. It appears to load fine.  You will also […]

An excellent tutorial on how to use the Pairs Trading package in R

An excellent tutorial on how to use the Pairs Trading package in R http://www.r-bloggers.com/pair-trading-strategy-how-to-use-pairtrading-package/ I can verify the above code works from end to end. The impressive thing is it is much simpler tha the Matlab version with their webinar. Here you estimate, generate the signal, and perform a backtest. It shows how easy some […]

R source code example on how to trade using a GARCH Volatility Forecast

R source code example on how to trade using a GARCH Volatility Forecast I found this link: http://www.r-bloggers.com/trading-using-garch-volatility-forecast/ I am using RStudio so I can confirm sthat the code seems to be ok but the plots fail with a message; > plotbt.custom.report.part1(regime.switching.garch, regime.switching, buy.hold) Error in plot.window(…) : Logarithmic axis must have positive limits In […]