How To

This post details the different techniques for pulling Depth-of-Market (DOM) data into Excel.

There are three ways:

C&P RTD formulas for Level 1 DOM data from the various quote… more

October 14, 2024, the Cboe launched weekly options on the Cboe VIX futures. To find the symbols in IC or QTrader, open the Symbol Search, select Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE), sort the Asset column… more

In the March 2025 issue of Technical Analysis of STOCKS & COMMODITIES magazine John Ehlers, President of MESA Software, presented "A New Solution, Removing Moving Average Lag."

The… more

The PriceToDollar function converts the prices of the particular market to their value. For example, below the E-mini S&P 500 futures contract's last price is 6003.75. And 6003.75 multiplied… more

Two recent posts CQG Primer: The Level Function and Level Function Using Excel RTD Formulas detailed using the Level function available in CQG IC and QTrader. The Level function plots two lines,… more

This post covers two topics: Details using the Chart Analog Overlay Study and the Percent Bar chart type.

Traders use the analog study to compare how markets are trading relative to each… more

This post "CQG Primer: The Level Function" introduced the Level Function. The Level Function plots two lines, which identify the highest and lowest levels attained over a defined period. The… more

Strategy builder was added in Version 9.9 and replaces Spread Builder.

Strategy Builder

Improved synthetic strategy supportAdded keyboard navigationCustomizable toolbars

This video by… more

This recent post "Quote Spreadsheet 2.0 TTM Squeeze and More" provided a page installed via a CQG PAC that included a CQG QSS V2 for monitoring the markets. The benefit of the Quote Spreadsheet 2.… more

The CQG XL Toolkit, which uses CQG's WebAPI to connect to CQG's servers for data. (unlike the CQG RTD Toolkit which connects to CQG IC or QTrader), has been updated to include pulling in… more