19 August, 2024
Exam Technique To Get The Best Results
Exam technique is simple and can make a huge difference to the grade you achieve in an exam. By practicing good exam technique you give yourself a free option to do the best you possibly can in an exam.
20 October, 2023
Mastering Video Recording - Post-Production Essentials for Polished Videos
From video editing to video recording learn how to create videos that you can share on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter (x.com). Learn how post-production excellence can help you to become a successful creator of polished videos.
6 October, 2023
Mastering Video Recording - Recording Techniques for Engaging Videos
From video editing to video recording learn how to create videos that you can share on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter (x.com). Learn the recording techniques to become a successful creator of engaging videos.
22 September, 2023
Mastering Video Recording - Setting Up Your Equipment for Optimal Video Quality
From video editing to video recording learn how to create videos that you can share on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter (x.com). Learn how to set up your equipment for optimal video quality and become a successful video creator.
25 August, 2023
Mastering Video Recording - Pre-Production Tips for Successful Video Recording
From video editing to video recording learn how to create videos that you can share on youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter (x.com). Learn the art of pre-production to become a successful video creator.
28 July, 2023
10 Simple Tips to Make Your Phone Video Go Viral on Social Media
Do you want your followers to download your youtube videos because they love your content? Unlock the secrets to creating engaging videos on your smartphone that drive massive engagement and shares on social media platforms such as youtube, instagram, tiktok, facebook and x.com (twitter). Learn from my experience as a creator of educational short form video apps.
14 July, 2023
The Langchain Framework And How It Enables Real-World Generative AI Applications
Langchain is an open source framework that enables GPT LLM's to be deployed with ReAct capabilities. Langchain enables the development of generative ai technologies that use LLM's and which are context-aware, have the ability to reason and to take actions. If you are looking for LLM based solutions this article provides you with the key information you need to make progress on your AI journey.
30 June, 2023
Implementing The Perxeive Servers In The Cloud As A Secure REST API Via AWS VPC And Fargate
The recently released version 2.0 of the Perxeive app in the Apple App Store required a complete rewrite of the backend servers to support the quantum leap in functionality. To help you in your cloud hosting journey, this is the authors first-hand experience of implementing AWS Fargate in a VPC to deliver both low latency and security.
16 June, 2023
RAG - Retrieval-Augmented Generation To Deploy Real-World Applications Of LLMs
Retrieval-augmented generation is a technique that combines GPT LLMs with an external knowledge source, such as a database or a collection of documents, to generate more accurate and informative responses. If you are looking for LLM based solutions this article provides you with the key information you need to make progress on your AI journey.
19 May, 2023
The Ultimate Guide To Downloading Videos From Apps And Websites
If you want to know how to download videos then this is the how to guide for you. Learn how to: download a video from youtube; download a video from instagram; download a video from tiktok; download a video from facebook; download a video from reddit; download a video from a website. From Twitter video downloader to youtube video downloader all angles are covered for you.
5 May, 2023
ReAct: A New Framework for Prompt Engineering in Large Language Models
Andrew Li et al. proposed the ReAct (Reasoning and Acting) framework for prompt engineering in LLMs. This innovative approach combines reasoning abilities with the capacity to execute real-world actions through API calls, enabling LLMs to perform tasks on behalf of users and significantly enhancing their utility. If you are looking for LLM based solutions this article provides you with the key information you need to make progress on your AI journey.
21 April, 2023
How We Implemented User Generated Video Recording And Playback In Perxeive
This article is for sotware engineers who are looking to implement video playback in an iOS. In the article we discuss how we overcame one of the key challenges of delivering the video feature to meet Apple's strict standards on video playback based on our first-hand experience of implementing video in Perxeive an iOS app.
7 April, 2023
Unlocking the Reasoning Potential of Large Language Models: A Deep Dive into Chain-of-Thought Prompting
A new and highly useful technique called "Chain-of-Thought (CoT) prompting," has been proposed that opens up an exciting set of opportunities to apply generative AI to real world challenges. If you are looking for LLM based solutions this article provides you with the key information you need to make progress on your AI journey.
24 March, 2023
The Nine Key Lessons Learned Transforming A Failing New International Payments Business Into A €200m+ Per Year Success - Part 5
FX4Cash, Deutsche Bank's international payments business, generates over €200m a year in annual revenues on extremely high margins. It's success is taken for granted today. This is the first-hand story of how that success was achieved based on the experiences of the author in leading the business to success. Part 5.
10 March, 2023
The Nine Key Lessons Learned Transforming A Failing New International Payments Business Into A €200m+ Per Year Success - Part 4
FX4Cash, Deutsche Bank's international payments business, generates over €200m a year in annual revenues on extremely high margins. It's success is taken for granted today. This is the first-hand story of how that success was achieved based on the experiences of the author in leading the business to success. Part 4.
24 February, 2023
The Nine Key Lessons Learned Transforming A Failing New International Payments Business Into A €200m+ Per Year Success - Part 3
FX4Cash, Deutsche Bank's international payments business, generates over €200m a year in annual revenues on extremely high margins. It's success is taken for granted today. This is the first-hand story of how that success was achieved based on the experiences of the author in leading the business to success. Part 3.
10 February, 2023
The Nine Key Lessons Learned Transforming A Failing New International Payments Business Into A €200m+ Per Year Success - Part 2
FX4Cash, Deutsche Bank's international payments business, generates over €200m a year in annual revenues on extremely high margins. It's success is taken for granted today. This is the first-hand story of how that success was achieved based on the experiences of the author in leading the business to success. Part 2.
27 January, 2023
The Nine Key Lessons Learned Transforming A Failing New International Payments Business Into A €200m+ Per Year Success
FX4Cash, Deutsche Bank's international payments business, generates over €200m a year in annual revenues on extremely high margins. It's success is taken for granted today. This is the first-hand story of how that success was achieved based on the experiences of the author in leading the business to success.
25 November, 2022
What I Learned Building Successful New Businesses Within Large Companies
Companies face a constant threat of being disrupted by new market entrants. The rapid pace of technological progress only serves to increase the urgency of the threat of disruption. To stay ahead, companies need to foster innovation and build new businesses that leverage the latest technologies to meet customer needs better and at lower cost.
11 November, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 23 - Trigger Forward
Trigger forwards are a popular fx options based hedging instrument in the foreign exchange markets. This article, based on the authors first hand experience from many years operating in the foreign exchange markets, explains what the product is, how it is used in practice and provides you with a step-by-step guide to how a salesperson can price a trigger forward structure for a client.
28 October, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 22 - Basket Option
FX options are used in both hedging and trading strategies. In this section we consider how exposure to a number of currencies can be hedged using a basket option. This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
14 October, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 21 - Average Rate Option
FX options are used in both hedging and trading strategies. In this sections we look at average rate options and how they can be used to hedge periodic foreign exchange exposures. This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
30 September, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 20 - Barrier Option Risk Characteristics And Market Impact
Barrier options are a type of fx option that are a popular hedging and trading instrument in the foreign exchange markets. This article, based on the authors first hand experience from many years operating in the foreign exchange markets, explains the risk characteristics of barrier options such as knockout and reverse knockout options and how these products impact the market in practice.
16 September, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 19 - Barrier Option Intuition
FX barrier options are used in both hedging and trading strategies. In this section we leverage our market experience to help you develop intuition about fx barrier options. This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
2 September, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 18 - Barrier Option Variations
Barrier options are a type of fx option and are used in both hedging and trading strategies. In this section we look briefly at the different variations of foreign exchange barrier options based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
19 August, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 17 - Binary Options And Double Knockout Option
Foreign exchange barrier options are types of fx options that are used in both hedging and trading strategies. In this section we leverage our market experience to help you understand the two main types of binary, or digital options. This covers binary options such as one touch options, one-touch options double one touch options and double one-touch options. Double knockout options can be referred to as double knock out options or double knock-out options. This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
5 August, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 16 - Reverse Knockin Option
Reverse knockin options are a type of fx option that are a popular hedging and trading instrument in the foreign exchange markets. This product is also known as a reverse knock in option or reverse knock-in option. This article, based on the authors first hand experience from many years operating in the foreign exchange markets, explains what the product is and how it is used in practice.
22 July, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 15 - Reverse Knockout Option
Reverse knockout options are a type of fx option which are popular trading instrument in the foreign exchange markets. The reverse knockout option can also be referred to as the reverse knock out option, reverse knock out or reverse knock-out option. This article, based on the authors first hand experience from many years operating in the foreign exchange markets, explains what the product is and how it is used in practice.
8 July, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 14 - Knockin Option
This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks. The knockin option is also known as the knock in option or the knock-in option. In this section we examine knockin options and how they are used in the foreign exchange market.
24 June, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 13 - Knockout Option Risk Management Considerations
Knockput options are a type of fx option and are used in both hedging and trading strategies. In this section we consider the risk management of foreign exchange knockout options based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
10 June, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 12 - Knockout Option Pricing
Knockout options are a type of fx option that are used in both foreign exchange hedging and trading strategies. In this section we provide a practiioners guide to how to price an fx knockout option. This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
27 May, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 11 - Knockout Option
Knockout options are a type of fx option and are a popular hedging and trading instrument in the foreign exchange markets. A knockout option can also be referred to as knock out option, knock out options, knock-out option or knock-out options. This article answers the questions: what are knockout options, how do knockout options compare to traditional options, what are the benefits of knockout options and what are the risks of knocckout options.
13 May, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 10 - Executing A Trade
FX options are used in both hedging and trading strategies. In this section we provide a step-by-step guide to how a salesperson at an investment bank might execute an fx options trade with a client. This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
29 April, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 9 - More On Volatility
FX options are a popular hedging and trading instrument in the foreign exchange markets. This article on the key input to a financial option, volatility, is based on the authors first hand experience from many years operating in the foreign exchange markets. The article explains what the volatility is and how it is used in practice.
15 April, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 8 - Volatility
FX options are a popular hedging and trading instrument in the foreign exchange markets. This article on the key input to a fx option, volatility, is based on the authors first hand experience from many years operating in the foreign exchange markets. The article explains what the volatility is and how it is used in practice.
1 April, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 7 - Gamma
FX options are used in both hedging and trading strategies. In this section we do a deep dive of gamma, a key derivative of a fx option. This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
18 March, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 6 - Option Risk Characteristics
FX options are used in both hedging and trading strategies. In this section, we examine the risk characteristics of fx options. This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
4 March, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 5 - Option Valuation
This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks. In this section we cover the valuation of fx options.
18 February, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 4 - Option Combinations
This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks. In this section we look at how fx options can be combined to create different payout profiles.
4 February, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 3 - Common Option Strategies
FX options are used in both foreign exchange hedging and trading strategies. In this section we leverage our market experience to help you learn about a number of common fx option strategies.. This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks.
21 January, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 2 - Option Types
This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering a fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks. In this section we detail the different types of fx options.
7 January, 2022
FX Options Guide - Section 1 - Terminology
This post is based on my first hand experience of delivering an fx options training course whilst contributing to building foreign exchange businesses at a number of investment banks. In this first section we start out by reviewing the terminology used to describe fx options and start to answer the questions: what is an fx option and how is an fx option used in practice.
19 December, 2021
Why The Worlds Leading Investment Banks' FX Businesses Have Failed To Realise Their Best Revenue Opportunity
This article is a market practitioners guide to the ways in which the management teams of foreign exchange businesses can grow revenues by delivering mission critical services to clients through new technology.
19 November, 2021
Five Lessons Learned Implementing AI Models Using The OpenAI GPT-3 API
Artificial Intelligence appears to be near an inflexion point. Perxeive is an app that leverages fine-tuned models trained on the OpenAI GPT-3 API to generate an essay style document based on the contents of a suitable webpage, such as a Wikipedia page. In this article I share my first-hand experiences of using the OpenAI GPT-3 API and the key lessons I learned to help you make informed decisions on your AI implementation journey.