Archive for February, 2009
Securities Identification Codes: SYMBOL, CUSIP, ISIN, SEDOL, RIC Code
Posted on22. Feb, 2009 by khader.
I have been thinking of gettting some details of all the security codes together from a while. In this article I have explained some fundamental details of each identifier. These are heavily used in daily life of the technical and nontechnical staff of the financial firms.
List different security Identifier used in financial marktes are:
SYMBOL
CUSIP
ISIN
SEDOL
RIC Code
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My FIX Protocol Videos on YouTube, finally!
Posted on16. Feb, 2009 by khader.
Finally, I could post my FIX Protocol introduction videos on YouTube. The video is in 4 parts each around 7-10 min long. I tried my best to cover the complete introduction. You can download the presentation here (PPT/PDF). I hope any one who is new to the subject can easily get the whole big picture. Please [...]
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Market Data – Ticks – Uptick – Downtick
Posted on08. Feb, 2009 by khader.
I just wanted to clarify few basic terms that are used very often to indicate market movements.
Plustick/Uptick
Security is Trading at higher than the previous sale price
Minustick/Downtick
Security is trading at lower than the previous sale price
Zero plustick
Security is trading at same as last sale price but previous tick was a plustick
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Financial Markets & Products – Introduction
Posted on06. Feb, 2009 by khader.
One day workshop
Covers fundamental elements of Financial markets and products. Topics like:
Overview of Financial markets
Players and Structure of Financial markets
Buy Side Firms
Sell Side Firms
Exchanges
Regulatory Bodies (SEC)
Clearing Firms, Commercial banks
Categories of financial products
Equities
Fixed Income
Options & Futures
Other Derivatives
Regulatory agencies and their role
Securities Exchange Commission
Self regulatory Agencies (NYSE etc)
Download class presentation (ppt/pdf) : insidefinmkts_ksv_full
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Introduction to Hibernate
Posted on04. Feb, 2009 by khader.
Hibernate – 1 day workshop:
Hibernate is the most popular open source ORM in Java world. It is also picking in .Net world (NHibernate). This quick covers what you need to get started.
Download Classroom material – hibernate
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Spring Framework Workshop
Posted on03. Feb, 2009 by khader.
Workshop:
Here’s the material and contents of the Spring Framework half-day workshop.
Download Spring Framework Introduction (PDF)
Contents:
Background
J2EE Vs Spring
Framework Mission
Inversion of Control (IoC)
Various Modules (Spring Core, Spring MVC, Spring DAO, Spring ORM, Spring Web, Spring Context, Spring AOP)
Application Development Process
Sample Application
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Unix Internals – 1 day Workshop
Posted on03. Feb, 2009 by khader.
Something that scares many programmer is Unix internals. I have put created this 1 day course to make it easy. It covers the Unix operating system design, architecture and various aspects just as much as you need.
You can download the course presentation here – Part 1 Part 2.
Course contents:
Unix Operating System Design
Boot Process
Shutdown Process
Process Management
Memory Management
File System
Networking
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FIX Protocol Training
Posted on01. Feb, 2009 by khader.
As I promised, another one day FIX workshop will be conducted on Feb 15 ‘09. This is going to be one day course from 10AM to 4PM. (You can also watch my FIX Protocol video on YouTube)
I will be covering the following topics:
Part – 1 (Download Material -PDF)
FIX Protocol Introduction
Overview
History
Usage / Players
Message Types
Message Format
Communication Model
Anatomy [...]
