Excel Based Trading

[jhclctcrc]

when did Excel Based Trading really start?
+ this would include using Excel DDE, Excel RTD, etc

would it be envisaged that Excel Based Trading will get more popular from now on?


as is understood, there are broker platforms which allow one to extract eg OHLP Prices directly into Excel, instead of have to configure an Excel DDE spreadsheet, or Excel RTD spreadsheet
+ any comments on this?

[jhclctcrc]

On 06/02/2023 at 20:32, jhclctcrc said:

when did Excel Based Trading really start?
+ this would include using Excel DDE, Excel RTD, etc

would it be envisaged that Excel Based Trading will get more popular from now on?


as is understood, there are broker platforms which allow one to extract eg OHLP Prices directly into Excel, instead of have to configure an Excel DDE spreadsheet, or Excel RTD spreadsheet
+ any comments on this?

may I ask if anyone knows where is a good place where there is a forum on Excel Based Trading?

[andysinclair]

I don't think the IG spreadsheet is supported anymore and like you have discovered it is tricky and time-consuming to get working.

I've lots of experience using Excel for financial markets/trading purposes as well as using the IG API.

I've built an Excel Add-in which makes using Excel with IG much easier, you don't need to deal with DDE, RTD etc. you can just use standard Excel formulas: https://www.excelpricefeed.com/

I think Excel is great for analysing prices, backtesting, modelling, generating signales etc. but I would not suggest that you try to use it for actual trading.

Andy

[jhclctcrc]

6 hours ago, andysinclair said:

I don't think the IG spreadsheet is supported anymore and like you have discovered it is tricky and time-consuming to get working.

I've lots of experience using Excel for financial markets/trading purposes as well as using the IG API.

I've built an Excel Add-in which makes using Excel with IG much easier, you don't need to deal with DDE, RTD etc. you can just use standard Excel formulas: https://www.excelpricefeed.com/

I think Excel is great for analysing prices, backtesting, modelling, generating signales etc. but I would not suggest that you try to use it for actual trading.

Andy

thanks Andy, will checkout your Excel Add-In (but a bit later, as I have to clear a few things first)