tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32571243882852004382012-02-16T01:31:01.320-08:00ferzolBack to the basicsSam M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14265773865312282841noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257124388285200438.post-51641287469452880892011-07-19T07:58:00.000-07:002011-07-19T08:58:53.955-07:00Live Forex Market Hours (auto-refresh every minute)<script language="javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script><br /><div id="aboveChart"><b>IMPORTANT:</b> this is only accurate for the PST time zone at this point.<br />The red marker shows the current time and will update automatically every minute.</BR><br /></div><div id="chart"></div><div id="belowchart">Copyright © 2011 ferzol.com<br /></div><script type="text/javascript"> var queryString = ''; var dataUrl = ''; var dataTable = null; var marker = null; function onLoadCallback() { if (dataUrl.length > 0) { var query = new google.visualization.Query(dataUrl); query.setQuery(queryString); query.send(handleQueryResponse); 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vis.draw(dataTable, options); } } function pad(num, size) { var s = num + ""; while (s.length < size) s = "0" + s; return s; } function formatTime(h, m) { if (h < 12) return pad(h, 2) + ':' + pad(m, 2) + 'a'; if (h == 12) return pad(h, 2) + ':' + pad(m, 2) + 'p'; return pad(h - 12, 2) + ':' + pad(m, 2) + 'p'; } function showCurrentTime() { draw(dataTable); setTimeout("showCurrentTime()", 1000) } function handleQueryResponse(response) { if (response.isError()) { alert('Error in query: ' + response.getMessage() + ' ' + response.getDetailedMessage()); return; } draw(response.getDataTable()); } google.load("visualization", "1", { packages: ["imagechart"] }); google.setOnLoadCallback(onLoadCallback); </script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3257124388285200438-5164128746945288089?l=ferzol.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14265773865312282841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257124388285200438.post-39202416491608682852011-07-17T22:44:00.000-07:002011-07-17T22:58:58.696-07:00Forex Market Hours PST (GMT-8)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Following is a useful chart that shows the Forex Market H</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ours in the PST zone</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>London 12:00 midnight to 9:00 am PST</b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">New York</span> 5:00 am to 2:00 pm PST</b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Sydney 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm PST</b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Tokyo 4:00 pm to 1:00 am PST</b></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">The most active trading period is called Power Hours and lasts only four hours; that is when the London and New York market hours overlap.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>Power Hours</b> run from <b>5:00am to 9:00am PST</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span><br /><div style="font-size: small; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gWLrnIZMceE/TiPGOvEz3fI/AAAAAAAAACU/i4fScc_E31s/s1600/forex_hours_pst1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gWLrnIZMceE/TiPGOvEz3fI/AAAAAAAAACU/i4fScc_E31s/s400/forex_hours_pst1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 15px;"><div style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3257124388285200438-3920241649160868285?l=ferzol.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14265773865312282841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257124388285200438.post-20130366130044126342011-07-12T22:25:00.000-07:002011-07-12T23:09:24.659-07:00Doubling time and the Rule of 72<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To <b>estimate the time </b>(number of periods) required <b>to double</b> an original quantity, <b>divide 72 by</b> the expected <b>growth rate</b>, expressed as a percentage.</span></div><ul style="list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For instance, if you were to invest $100 with compounding interest at a rate of 9% per annum, the rule of 72 gives 72/9 = 8 years required for the investment to be worth $200</span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">If you can consistently make 12% per month trading the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Forex </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.5em;">market, you will need 72/12 = 6 months to double your initial investment.</span></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Moreover, to estimate the <b>time </b>it takes <b>to triple </b>the original quantity, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">use <b>114 </b>instead of 72. </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">To estimate the <b>time </b>it takes <b>to </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>quadruple </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">the original quantity</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, use <b>144</b>.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3257124388285200438-2013036613004412634?l=ferzol.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14265773865312282841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257124388285200438.post-1911654233682552892011-07-12T21:55:00.000-07:002011-07-12T22:38:32.176-07:00IntroductionThis blog is meant to touch on different subjects that are of interest for the current online community and specially for those people who are looking into a fresh, concise and unconventional view.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The main focus will be Finance, Math and Programming but other subjects will be covered as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>All posts will be short and concise so a busy and/or lazy reader wouldn't get annoyed or lost.</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3257124388285200438-191165423368255289?l=ferzol.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14265773865312282841noreply@blogger.com0