Thom Hartle

This midweek look shows the Nikkei 225 (Osaka), Sep 26 contract, with a loss of -0.26%. The best performer in the US market is the E-mini Dow, Sep 26 contract showing a gain of +0.30%. The… more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This post is an update to: Excel 365: S&P 500 Screening Dashboard.

The original post offered an Excel dashboard that screened the holdings of the S&P 500 for market performance… more

This post is an update to: Excel 365: NASDAQ 100 Screening Dashboard.

The original post offered an Excel dashboard that screened the holdings of the NASDAQ 100 for market performance… more