How to use
Note: you need to enable Macros for this spreadsheet to work. For help on
enabling Macros, see the Troubleshooting section below.
B1 - Yahoo! Ticker
Enter a valid stock ticker code on which to analyse. If you're not sure of the
stock ticker click on the Symbol Lookup link, which will take you to Yahoo
for you to check.
You can enter stocks from 100's of different exchanges. For example, if you
wanted to look at BHP traded on the ASX (Australia) enter BHP.AX. Or say
you wanted to check India's Nifty Index, just enter ^NSEI.
B2 Calendar Year
For the calculation of volatility you need to decide how many volatility days
are in a year. Usually the number is either 365 or 256 to represent either
standard calendar days or actual trading days.
B3 Volatility Days
This cell enables you to choose how many days to look back to calculate
the volatility.
B4 Start Date
The start date for the historical data.
Troubleshooting
As said previously, you will need to have Macros enabled for the data extraction
and calculations to work. Follow the steps below to enable Macros:
Excel 97 - 2003
Go to Tools/Options
Click on the Security tab
Go to Macro Security
Change the setting to Medium
Close and reopen the workbook. It will ask you if you want to enable Macros, click Yes
Excel 2007
First, make sure that you can see the Developer tab
If there is no Developer tab, click on the Office icon to the top left of the application
and choose Excel Options, which is located at the bottom right of the popup.
Now click on Popular at the top left. Check the box titled "Show developer tab in the ribbon".
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