Recent posts detailed observing market data during pre-, current, and post-market sessions. The post View Pre and Post Sessions for Stocks detailed the steps to displaying a chart that included… more
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This post, View Pre and Post Sessions for Stocks, detailed creating a custom session in CQG IC or QTrader to view on a chart pre-market and post market Bid and Ask activity for stocks.
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Excel users with RTD links to both market and study data can design a real-time dashboard that can monitor a portfolio of instruments and the status of various studies. This is the topic of this… more
Traders who look to forward curves for analysis can create forward curves using Excel RTD calls. This post details some ways to create forward curves and some "tricks" to make the forward curves… more
The forward curves dashboard displays futures contracts White Maize (symbol: WMAZ), Yellow Maize (symbol: YMAZ), Wheat (symbol: WEAT), Soybeans (symbol: SOYA), and Sunflower Seeds (symbol: SUNS),… more
The Excel MAXIF function returns the maximum value from a range of cells and a criteria range. For example. The downloadable sample at the bottom of this post is determining the best performance… more
The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence indicator (MACD) was invented by Gerald Appel over 40 years ago. The study is an unbounded oscillator with two lines: MACD and MACDA.
MACD =… more
This posts details the use of two Excel functions: AVERAGEIFS and COUNTIFS. To start, a simple example of using the AVERAGEIFS function is presented.
In the image below column cells A2:A10… more
CQG IC and QTrader offer the ability to set recalculation rates for studies. In addition, RTD study formulas have a recalculation rate parameter.
In CQG select a chart and then Setup/Chart… more
CQG offers institutional pricing data across 430+ currency pairs of market data. Sourced directly from tier-1 banks and non-bank market makers worldwide, the feed provides up to 50 years of… more