The CQG API and cqg_helper
Just as I have done for Interactive Brokers, I am also sometimes asked to build interfaces to CQG. While it is not as developed as Interactive Brokers, I have decided to offer what I have to the open source community.…
Just as I have done for Interactive Brokers, I am also sometimes asked to build interfaces to CQG. While it is not as developed as Interactive Brokers, I have decided to offer what I have to the open source community.…
I often build trading systems for users of Interactive Brokers. Rather than build the common utilities over and over, I have developed a small “toolbox” that contains what I often need. I have decided to make this toolbox available to…
… let me help. Trading is hard, especially for the retail trader. To put it bluntly, large institutions will always have the advantage. While there are many mountains to overcome, I am attempting to help myself and others with some…
In my previous post I mentioned I have been working on moving a routine that handles many hashing tasks at once to the GPU. The preliminary results are encouraging, although I cannot say they are apples-to-apples to the actual task…
I love writing in C++. The reasons are performance (I am a speed junkie) and learning opportunities. If necessary, I can tune a routine to seek out the fastest way to achieve the result. Each time I do, I learn…
I switched back from Visual Studio Code to vi (I tire of switching from keyboard to mouse). As my memory is not very good, here is my cheat-sheet for using :Termdebug Starting a debug session: Termdebug [executable_name] Navigating the 3…
One of the subjects that many in the crypto universe speak of is centralization. Most speak of it as something that must be destroyed. But it does provide services. Here are my thoughts: Pros of Centralization I have several bank…
The komodostate file contains “events” that happened on the network. The file provides a quick way for the daemon to get back to where it was after a restart. Some of the record types are for features that are no…
An issue recently popped up that required a review of notarization OP_RETURNs between chains. As I hadn’t gone through that code as yet, it was a good time to jump in. NOTE: Consider this entry a DRAFT, as there are…
This post is mainly for me to keep track of which hardforks did what. The main hardforks in Komodo are for the election of notaries. But there are other purposes. I will add to the list as I learn more.…