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Hi. I have a spreadsheet with 4 columns related to my trading. The columns are A: Fill Price, B: Current Price, C: Long/Short (I have used 1 or -1 as data) and D: Change.

I want to calculate D being a positive or negative figure.

This will need to work both for the situations where I am going Long, so hopefully B will be greater than A producing a positive figure, and also where I am going Short, so that hopefully B will be less than A in order to produce a positive figure.

I am assuming that C will be required as a "switch", but I can't resolve how to do this.

Thanks

 

[jasonb75]

Welcome to the board!

Could you post a sample table of (fictional) data showing some figures and expected results, this will make it much easier for us to understand what you're trying to do.

If you create a table (with borders) in excel, you can copy and paste it in your reply.

Remember to add borders in excel before you copy.

 

[p45cal]

B-a*c
?

 

[de-luded]

Okay P45CAL

If only it were that simple... this works fine with Long positions, but not Short (-1) calcs..


Fill Price Current L/S Change Your answer
1.02740 1.04000 1 0.01260 0.01260
1.04641 1.02000 1 -0.02641 -0.02641
78.3400 79.70000 1 1.36000 1.36000
23.9000 22.76000 -1 1.40000 46.66000
23.4000 26.00000 -1 -2.60000 49.40000

Thanks,

Tony

 

[jasonb75]

Try

Sheet6

<TABLE style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; PADDING-LEFT: 2pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 2pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><COLGROUP><COL style="WIDTH: 30px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><COL style="WIDTH: 63px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"><COL style="WIDTH: 64px"></COLGROUP><TBODY><TR style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><TD></TD><TD>A</TD><TD>B</TD><TD>C</TD><TD>D</TD><TD>E</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">1</TD><TD>Fill</TD><TD>Current</TD><TD>L/S</TD><TD>Change</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">2</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">1.0274</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1.04</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0.0126</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">0.0126</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">3</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">1.04641</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1.02</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">-0.02641</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">-0.02641</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">4</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">78.34</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">79.7</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1.36</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1.36</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">5</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">23.9</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">22.76</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">-1</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1.4</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">1.14</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">6</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">23.4</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">26</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">-1</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">-2.6</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">-2.6</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 18px"><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 8pt">7</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">23.4</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">26</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">-1</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">-2.6</TD><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">-2.6</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: groove; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #00ff00; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: groove; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffcf9; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: groove; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #00ff00; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: groove; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #00ff00"><TBODY><TR><TD>Spreadsheet Formulas</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt" border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2><TBODY><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cacaca; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><TD>Cell</TD><TD>Formula</TD></TR><TR><TD>E2</TD><TD>=C2*IF(B2<A2,-(A2-B2),B2-A2)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Excel tables to the web >> http://www.excel-jeanie-html.de/index.php?f=1

Not sure if row 5 result is wrong or if there was a typo in the sample.

 

[p45cal]

(b-a)*c
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Thanks jasonb75

Thanks p45cal ~ that will do nicely.


Help gratefully received, cheers guys...


Tony