Thom Hartle

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 midweek snapshot shows a positive performance for the Equity Index futures markets. However, he best performer in the Japanese market is the TSE REIT Index, Sep 24 contract with a -0.… 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

This midweek snapshot shows a positive performance for the Equity Index futures markets. The best performer in the Japanese market is the TOPIX, Sep 24 contract with a +4.34% gain. The best… more

A Pareto chart is a histogram chart displaying columns sorted in a descending order and a line representing the cumulative total percentage. Pareto charts highlight the largest factors in a data… more

This midweek snapshot shows a mostly negative performance for the Equity Index futures markets. The best performer in the Japanese market is the TSE REIT Index, Sep 24 contract with a +0.78… more

The post "Excel Combining SORTBY, CHOOSECOLS, and TAKE Functions" discusses Excel 365's Dynamic Arrays and the concept of returned data automatically "spilling" into a collection of cells.

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This midweek snapshot shows a positive performance for the Equity Index futures markets. The best performer in the Japanese market is the Nikkei 225 (Osaka), Sep 24contract with a +2.55% %… more

This midweek snapshot shows a mostly negative performance for the Equity Index futures markets. However, the best performer in the Japanese market is the JPX Prime 150 Index, Sep 24… more

Tracking and analyzing cash market data is more difficult because most cash market data is a single print for the day of the report, that is there is no open, high, low or close, just the close.… more