This is my blog about the StockFighter on-line programming challenge. Stockfighter is an online programming "game" that requires you to write an automated trading system ( or several of them ). This will be a difficult assignment, so I am writing this blog to serve as a quick reference and to motivate myself to complete the challenge. The blog will almost certainly contain spoilers so don't read it if you want to find the answers yourself. My technique will evolve as I go along so I don't know what language I will write in or what systems I will use. The only thing I am sure of is that I do not wish to use any hints or assistance. I have almost no experience in programming or stock markets so this will be a real education. I expect that it will take me a long time to finish. I hope that I will not be the last one to finish the challenge, but if I am the last one, then I will become "The Last StarFighter" ;-)