Thom Hartle

On August 24, 2026, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange began trading E-nano Equity Index futures contracts. The new contracts give 23-hour exposure to the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and… more

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Each Wednesday this article will be updated with the current seasonal study using CQG's Seasonal analysis applied to the Soybean, Wheat and Corn markets. You can download the CQG pac providing the… more

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The Double Dash Operator (--) is formally known as the double unary operator. It is used in Excel to convert non-numeric data like TRUE/FALSE statements or text-based numbers into actual integers… more

Various improvements and bug fixes.

General/ChartingAdded ability to sync drawing tools on different chartsTrading/OptionsAdded symbol description column to Fills widgetStrategy builder now… more
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This post details a macro-enabled Excel Dashboard for monitoring Soybeans, Soybean Meal, and Soybean Oil contracts. The macro is a feature for managing the price axis on the charts. Excel may use… more

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Midweek, the OSE 10 Year JGB, Sep 26 contract is lower by -0.02%. The best performer in the US market is the 30yr US Treasury Bond (Globex), Sep 26 contract, which is higher by +0.78%. The… more

Thom Hartle

This midweek look shows the Nikkei 225 (Osaka), Sep 26 contract, with a loss of -4.00%. The best performer in the US market is the E-mini Dow, Sep 26 contract showing a loss of -0.53%. The… more

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If Microsoft Excel is an app that you utilize for building market screening dashboards then you might periodically require updating the symbols used in the dashboards. For example, using an Excel… more

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This year, 2026, has seen a rotation towards large cap value stock. This post details a downloadable Microsoft Excel dashboard that tracks the current sessions performance of the holdings of the… more

Thom Hartle

This midweek look shows the Nikkei 225 (Osaka), Sep 26 contract, with a gain of +4.40%. The best performer in the US market is the E-mini MidCap 400, Sep 26 contract showing a gain of +0.37… more