Markets move through phases: An uptrend (higher highs preceded by higher lows), a downtrend (lower lows preceded by lower highs) and sideways or consolidation price action.
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Recent posts detailed observing market data during pre-, current, and post-market sessions. The post View Pre and Post Sessions for Stocks detailed the steps to displaying a chart that included… more
This post, View Pre and Post Sessions for Stocks, detailed creating a custom session in CQG IC or QTrader to view on a chart pre-market and post market Bid and Ask activity for stocks.
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CQG IC and QTrader users can chart bid and ask orders activity for stocks during pre-market trading hours and after-market trading hours. This requires a custom session and setting the chart data… more
Excel users with RTD links to both market and study data can design a real-time dashboard that can monitor a portfolio of instruments and the status of various studies. This is the topic of this… more
Traders who look to forward curves for analysis can create forward curves using Excel RTD calls. This post details some ways to create forward curves and some "tricks" to make the forward curves… more
The forward curves dashboard displays futures contracts White Maize (symbol: WMAZ), Yellow Maize (symbol: YMAZ), Wheat (symbol: WEAT), Soybeans (symbol: SOYA), and Sunflower Seeds (symbol: SUNS),… more
The Excel MAXIF function returns the maximum value from a range of cells and a criteria range. For example. The downloadable sample at the bottom of this post is determining the best performance… more
Entering a spread symbol in CQG One's Quote Spreadsheet offers the feature where the first symbol is entered, such as ZSES1 for the one month soybean calendar spreads and selecting the arrow a… more
The Excel Treemap chart displays a hierarchical view of the data. The Treemap chart below displays the annualized performance of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The size of the… more