Meteor: closer to the future of web frameworks

Back in April last year I was writing about my recent discovery of the full stack javascript frameworks, and at the time I was thinking this was maybe going to be the way of the future in web development.

Well almost a year later, I have kept reading articles on these libraries and I have to admit I never really tested anything, and stuck to Django for my web projects.

Until this week where I heard about Meteor from a friend. And now I have to admit that even if I am a little reluctant to fully dive into this new tool due to the lack of a proper debugging for Javascript, I was more than impressed by the features it offers: fully responsive, live update, easy deployment, package system, thriving community, etc…

It will not kill Django and Rails overnight, they keep an edge for the backends, but if you have not already done so, try the demo project: a persistent collaborative todo list.

Some guys even wrote a Trello clone on github.

VIX Historical Term Structure

Trading volatility is particularly interesting these days: it is back and easy to buy using ETFs such as VXX or TVIX.
But these instruments are not following the VIX index directly.
I have found it useful to look at the VIX term structure available on the CBOE website.
But the historical VIX term structure has proven to be even more helpful to me in finding entry points.

I am now sharing on my Historical VIX Term Structure page the charts I am generating with a Python script and watching everyday.

The blue line is the rolling front month future, the green line the rolling second month future etc… You can clearly see the contangos and backwardations.

Let me know if you have any improvement you would like to see.