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Thom Hartle

Microsoft Excel 2016 introduced the IFS function. This function can replace using nested IF functions. Below is an example of nested IF functions:

=IF(N2=0,"#",IF(N2=1,"#.0",IF(N2=2,"#.00",IF(… more
Thom Hartle

Excel 365 includes the SORT and SORTBY functions which provide users with a simple way to dynamically sort data on a real-time basis. A common use would be to dynamically sort market performance… more

Thom Hartle

A post titled "Excel Indirect Function and More" was published on February 22, 2022, that detailed using Excel's INDIRECT function, as well as details to automatically format cells for displaying… more

Thom Hartle

Microsoft® Excel 365 includes a Text function that makes pulling text out of a string much easier than before Excel 365 was released. To illustrate, we will review the steps before Excel 365 was… more

Thom Hartle

If you use Microsoft® Excel as part of your workflow with CQG IC or QTrader then you may or may not be using Excel keyboard shortcuts. This post details using keyboard shortcuts in Excel 365 to… more

Thom Hartle

The Net Change Curve chart displays a collection of symbols’ daily net price change or daily net percentage change making it easy to compare on a relative basis each market’s current session’s… more

Thom Hartle

In this post, the aspects of becoming a good rule-based trader are discussed. But first, an illustrative story...

While attending college I worked in warehouses on Seattle's… more

Thom Hartle

CQG One provides an "Active RFQ" widget. A Request for Quote (RFQ) is functionality provided for traders to access electronic quotes on multi-leg options strategies. It is an electronic message… more

Thom Hartle

This post details the use of the CQG function: Time Average (TimeAvg), which calculates the average for values taken at the same time of day over the lookback period.

In this example, the… more

Thom Hartle

CQG IC and QTrader offer charts that utilize volume for the horizontal scale, not time. The first chart type to discuss is Constant Volume Bars.

Constant Volume Bar (CVB)

The Constant… more