Sharing
I read multiple newspapers, social media posts, subscription services, and research emails on a daily basis. There is a natural tendency to want to share some of the more interesting charts, tables, and signals with you, my readers. The issue I have with this is that there is no process around this type of behaviour. It is simply random sharing, as and when I see something that grabs my attention.
One of my key objectives with S2N, the newsletter, and the research portal is to create a process around making investment decisions. If I share a chart from some 3rd party subscription or newspaper that impresses you and inspires you to make a trading or investment decision, then there is a risk that this same chart will never cross my or your path again and that your decision was simply made from a random sharing of something we both found interesting.
What I aim to do is mainly (not exclusively) share charts, tables, and signals from the S2N toolshed. I want you and me to become intimately familiar with the tools we use at S2N. Each symbol, each indicator, and each strategy have their own personality and peculiarities.
The S2N platform dynamically updates all the charts, tables, and signals on a daily basis. This is also why a subscription to the newsletter comes automatically with access to the research portal. I have a limited amount of space to share the key news in the daily newsletter. This means that you, the reader, would be at my mercy to see an update of a chart that you find interesting.
I don’t want to control your investment process; my newsletter may not be your cup of tea. If you don’t feel you are getting value from my newsletter but still find the research portal useful, that is fine.
I would like to share a link to a site where I capture interesting bits and pieces each day: notes. As you will see in my notes, I am constantly evaluating whether the stuff that grabs my eye should make its way into S2N’s toolshed. I am very open to feedback and requests. You will see links on the site that give visitors the opportunity to share ideas and make feature and research requests.
As you can see in the notes, there are literally 100’s of interesting things that grab my fancy. The problem is that my time is limited, and what might be relevant to me may not be to you. So the more you provide feedback, the better the S2N product will be.
Data Access
There is an enormous amount of data that is freely available. The issue I have found over the years is consistently accessing and dynamically pulling the data, cleaning the data, and storing it in a format that one is able to regularly use. I have taken on that task for you and believe it or not quite enjoy it.
Data can be so expensive and is one of those things that sometimes gives people with money an unfair advantage over those who cannot afford a Bloomberg terminal or any other fancy data subscription.
I have spent so much time researching this subject, as I have tried my best to access data that is freely available and just requires a little bit of programming effort. I really hope that S2N provides that bridge to many who don’t have the budget or programming ability to do the tasks themselves.