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Heat mapping is a data visualization technique that highlights market performance using colors. Typically, bright green for the top performers and bright red for the weakest performers and… more

This post introduces using Excel's Quick Analysis Tool. First, a walkthrough of a typical application of one of Excel's data visualization features (heatmapping). In the image below heatmapping… more

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This post offers two topics: An introduction to the website FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and CQG's XData functionality, which is the… more

The pivot point is the arithmetic average of the high (H), low (L), and closing (C) prices of the active instrument, Pivot Point = (H+L+C)/3 or Pivot Point = HLC3. The study applied to a chart… more

Pie charts are a popular visual presentation used by analysts for detailing a percentage of a whole, with a circle representing the whole and slices representing the categories that make up the… more

This post presents "how to" rank and sort market data using Excel's SORTBY, CHOOSECOLS, and TAKE functions. This method is a replacement for applying RANK and VLOOKUP functions for ranking and… more

CQG offers institutional pricing data across 430+ currency pairs of market data. Sourced directly from tier-1 banks and non-bank market makers worldwide, the feed provides up to 50 years of… more

Excel's SWITCH function is similar to Excel's IF and IFS functions and is the topic of this post. First, a review of the IF and IFS functions.

Users of Microsoft Excel may utilize the IF… more

This post details how to extract data from a large array, such as a correlation matrix, to make your workflow more efficient.

First, as the LAMBDA function is used, a brief overview is… more