Thom Hartle

This midweek look shows the Nikkei 225 (Osaka), Sep 25 contract with a +0.10% gain. The best performer in the US market is the E-mini NASDAQ 100, Sep 25 contract showing a gain of +0.47%.… more

The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment such as a security or portfolio compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. It is the difference between the returns of… more

This function is available in the Add Study window and in the Formula Toolbox.

The function measures the strength and direction of the price movement of two symbols over a defined number of… more

This midweek look shows the Nikkei 225 (Osaka), Sep 25 contract with a +0.35% gain. The best performer in the US market is the E-mini NASDAQ-100, Sep 25 contract showing a loss of -0.05%.… more

This macro-enabled Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet tracks the holdings of the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX). The ETF tracks the investment results of an index composed of listed US equities in the… more

This post details bringing in the Pivot Points study values from IC or QTrader into Excel.

The pivot point is the arithmetic average of the high (H), low (L), and closing (C) prices of the… more

This midweek look shows the Nikkei 225 (Osaka), Sep 25 contract with a -1.14% loss. The best performer in the US market is the E-mini MidCap 400, Sep 25 contract showing a gain of +2.21%.… more

The Excel VSTACK function appends arrays vertically and in sequence to return a larger array.

Syntax:

=VSTACK(array1,[array2],...)

As an example, the post "Market Performance Dashboard… more

One important step when building Excel market dashboards is managing screen real estate. For example, in a recent post "CQG CME Markets Dashboards" a section displayed Corn 1-month Calendar… more

This midweek look shows the Nikkei 225 (Osaka), Sep 25 contract with a +1.49% gain. The best performer in the US market is the E-mini NASDAQ-100, Sep 25 contract showing a gain of +2.82%.… more