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Excel's REGEXEXTRACT function enables enhanced text extraction based on patterns using regular expressions (regex) rather than fixed positions. This function enables you to pull specific data from text strings.

The REGEXREPLACE function replaces parts of a text string using regular… more

This post details a CQG PAC that can be downloaded and installed to track the day's performance of the holdings of the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (Symbol: ITA)

From the iShares website regarding the objective of the ITA: "The iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF seeks to… more

This post offers two Excel dashboards for tracking the holdings of the iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (Symbol: ITA).

The iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the aerospace and defense sector.

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This macro-enabled Excel dashboard pulls in futures call and put options data for a specific underlying contract. There are two tabs: Call Data and Put Data.

Each tab has the following columns:

Symbol: The options symbols with strikesLast: Last traded PriceNC: Net change of the last… more

Microsoft Excel's PROPER Function simply "Capitalizes the first letter in a text string and any other letters in text that follow any character other than a letter. Converts all other letters to lowercase letters." The function is:

=PROPER(Text)

CQG IC and QTrader users who connect to Excel… more

This post details a CQG PAC that can be downloaded and installed to track the day's performance of the holdings of the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (Symbol: IGV).

From the iShares website regarding the objective of the ETF: "The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF seeks… more

This post details a Microsoft Excel dashboard that tracks the day's performance of the holdings of the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (Symbol: IGV).

From the iShares website regarding the objective of the ETF: “The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF seeks to track the… more

This video, presented by CQG Product Specialist Helmut Mueller, walks you through using his Super Template for developing and testing a trading system.

The Super Template is installed in CQG’s Trade Systems under the Formula Builder.

Topics in this video include:

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The previous post: "Excel 365 REDUCE and LAMBDA Functions" detailed using Excel's REDUCE and LAMBDA functions to display a table of markets that are sorted by the contract month from a table of a number of futures contracts sorted by the symbols.

This post is an update. The sorted table… more

This post details using Excel's REDUCE and LAMBDA function to extract particular data from an Excel dashboard tracking many different markets. For example, the image below displays market data for Equities, Energy and Grains.

What might be helpful is a table that lists contracts by… more