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Too All My Readers,

This unexpected event occurred over a week ago and my regular readers may have noticed that I was not posting, responding to mail or calls. Last Saturday my health took a turn for the worse and I have spent some time in hospital and am still recovering at home. My focus over the coming weeks and months will be on health and doing everything I can to ensure a speedy recovery. My posting will be very sporadic if at all over this time. Thank you to all who have emailed me and posted comments. With any luck I will be fitting fit in no time and back to posting on a regular basis. This has been a great time for introspection, self-examination and re-evaluating life goals.

Many Thanks

Mark

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These images are taken from and advertising campaign for the Gazeta Mercantil newspaper. The print campaign was undertaken by JWT and depicts historical events on the Dollar, Yen and Euro notes. It is extremely well laid out and striking. These images are shown below: (Click on the Image for a detailed view) 
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When it comes to writing computer programs or in this case automated trading systems translating English into programming code can be fraught with danger. Pseudo Code on the other hand refers to a more structured English for describing a process or program. It is important that you learn to write quality pseudo code as it will make a big difference when you come to coding your system your self or hiring a programmer.

There are many benefits in writing your algorithms or trading logic in pseudo code these include:

• You will gain a detailed understanding of the program or algorithm you are developing.
• Errors in logic picked up early.
• Not constrained by a single programming language.

Below is a brief example of pseudo code:

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