Oscillators are very popular studies used by traders and analysts alike. Oscillators detrend the price data by calculating differences. The next image displays a simple oscillator named Momentum. It is the close - close 14 days ago. If the closing price is higher than the close 14 days ago then… more
CQG products such as CQG IC, QTrader and CQG One come with a collection of price-based studies which can be applied to charts to facilitate analysis. This post offers insight into the collection of moving average studies. Just what the studies actually do and what do they do not do.
To… more
This Microsoft Excel® macro enabled dashboard pulls in the Three Month SONIA Index Futures Contract which is a cash settled future based on the interest rate on a three month sterling deposit.
The Dashboard enables the user to enter in the symbol for the first contract. Use: SO3+Month+2… more
CQG's Data Quality team has added USDA WASDE Long-Term Projections to the data base. This data is published each February and the report provides projections for the agricultural sector out eleven years.
The easiest way to find the symbols is to select the USDA - WASDE exchange and search… more
This Microsoft Excel® macro enabled dashboard pulls in the 30-Day Fed Funds market data traded on the CME Globex platform.
The Dashboard enables the user to enter in the symbol for the first contract. Use: ZQE+Month+2 digit year, such as ZQEJ23.
There are three forward… more
This Microsoft Excel® spreadsheet presents 3-Month SOFR market data. The data includes nearly ten years of quarterly contracts for outrights and exchange-traded three-month and six-month calendar spreads.
The best bid and ask, queue volume size, last, net change, and traded volume… more
This Microsoft Excel® dashboard pulls in the 3-month SOFR market data traded on the CME Globex platform.
The Dashboard was updated to enable the user to enter in the symbol for the first contract. Use: SR3+Month+2 digit year, such as SR3H23.
More new features are detailed below.… more
The London Metal Exchange (LME) was founded in 1877. The LME is the world center for the trading of industrial metals. The majority of all non-ferrous metal futures business is transacted on the LME platforms.
The LME is popular for its close ties to industry. The aspect of physical… more
The Spread Bar chart displays spread bar values based on a user set parameter for snap shots at certain intervals.
This is a superior method to simply plotting the spread prices. For example, the crack spread 42*HOE-CLE when entered as a symbol on a bar chart is converted into a line… more
Microsoft® Excel has a Text function which is useful for combining text with market data. For example, you may want to have your Excel dashboard display in the same cell the percent net change value of a market with the word “Higher” or “Lower”. You cannot in a cell use the RTD formula for… more