Five ways to get stock quotes in Excel in 2026, from STOCKHISTORY and the Stocks data type to MarketXLS formulas like =Last("AAPL") and streaming =QM_Stream_Last.
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Expert insights on stock market analysis, investment strategies, and Excel techniques for smarter investing.
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- Stock data in Excel · 6 articlesExcel Stock Plugin: Compare Stock Data Add-ins for Excel
- Dividends and income · 11 articlesDividend Tracker Spreadsheet: Google Sheets and Excel
- Options in Excel · 12 articlesOption Greeks in Excel: Delta, Gamma, Theta and Vega
- ETFs and funds · 6 articlesCompare ETFs: Costs, Holdings and Live ETF Data in Excel
- Portfolio analytics in Excel · 12 articlesPortfolio Optimization Excel: Efficient Frontier and Solver
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 7 articlesDCF Model Excel: Discounted Cash Flow and Terminal Value
- Google Sheets · 12 articlesGoogle Sheets Stock Price: Stocks, Funds and Options
- AI assistants · 9 articlesStock Data in Claude: Live Prices Through the MarketXLS MCP
- Market dashboards in Excel · 10 articlesEarnings Data in Excel: EPS, Estimates and Season Trackers
- Investing guides · 5 articlesTrading Conferences and Resources for Options Traders
- India · 8 articlesIndian Stock Prices in Excel: Live NSE and BSE Data
- Product updates · 12 articlesMarketXLS Release Notes: Versions 9.1 to 9.4
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- Stock data in Excel · 4 articlesYahoo Finance API Alternative: Licensed Data for Excel
- Options in Excel · 8 articlesOptions Profit Calculator Excel: P&L, Breakeven and Payoff
- Options in Excel · 7 articlesOptions Trading Spreadsheet: Templates, Logs and Journals
- Options in Excel · 6 articlesSPXW Options: Weekly SPX Options and SPX vs SPY
- Options in Excel · 5 articles0DTE Options: Zero-Day SPY and SPX Options with Live Data
- Options in Excel · 4 articlesOption Expiration Calendar: Monthly and Weekly Expirations
- ETFs and funds · 9 articlesMutual Fund Comparison: Compare and Track Funds in Excel
- Stock data in Excel · 5 articlesThinkorswim RTD Excel: Broker Data Feeds and Integrations
- Stock data in Excel · 4 articlesFutures Prices in Excel: Futures, Commodities and Crypto
- AI assistants · 10 articlesChatGPT Stock Analysis: AI Equity Research with Live Data
- Options in Excel · 7 articlesOption Pricing Explained: Premium, Intrinsic and Time Value
- Options in Excel · 7 articlesCall Option Calculator: Long Calls and LEAPS in Excel
- Options in Excel · 10 articlesSelling Options for Income: Puts, Calls and Excel Trackers
- Options in Excel · 6 articlesWheel Strategy Spreadsheet: Puts to Covered Calls in Excel
- Options in Excel · 6 articlesVertical Spread Options: Debit Spreads in Excel
- Options in Excel · 8 articlesCredit Spread Calculator Excel: Bull Put and Bear Call
- Options in Excel · 6 articlesCalendar Spread Calculator Excel: Calendars and Diagonals
- Options in Excel · 11 articlesStrangle Option Strategy: Straddles and Guts in Excel
- Options in Excel · 5 articlesIron Condor Strategy: Condors and Butterflies in Excel
- Options in Excel · 9 articlesCollar Option Strategy: Protective Puts and Collars in Excel
- Options in Excel · 8 articlesVolume vs Open Interest: Options Volume and Unusual Activity
- Dividends and income · 11 articlesDividend Stock Screener Excel: Yield, Payout and Safety
- ETFs and funds · 9 articlesETF Portfolio Analysis: Build and Hedge in Excel
- Portfolio analytics in Excel · 5 articlesSharpe Ratio of a Portfolio: Sortino and Drawdown in Excel
- Portfolio analytics in Excel · 4 articlesPortfolio Beta Calculator: Stock Beta and Hedging in Excel
- Portfolio analytics in Excel · 5 articlesCorrelation Matrix in Excel: Correlation and Pairs Trading
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 9 articlesFundamental Analysis of Stocks in Excel: Ratios and Research
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 5 articlesPiotroski F-Score Excel: Plus Altman Z and Beneish M Scores
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 7 articlesMagic Formula Investing in Excel and Classic Value Screens
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 6 articlesWarren Buffett Portfolio: Berkshire and 13F Trackers
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 12 articlesTrading Indicators: RSI, MACD, Bollinger, VWAP in Excel
- AI assistants · 7 articlesOptions Data in ChatGPT and Claude: Live Option Chains
- Options in Excel · 6 articlesRatio Spread Options: Ratio Spreads and Backspreads in Excel
- Options in Excel · 4 articlesConversion Arbitrage: Put-Call Parity Trades in Excel
- Stock data in Excel · 7 articlesExcel Stock Price: Live Quotes and Prices on Any Date
- Stock data in Excel · 5 articlesExcel STOCKHISTORY: Its Limits and Years of Daily Prices
- Stock data in Excel · 8 articlesYCharts Alternatives: Bloomberg, FactSet, Koyfin Compared
- Stock data in Excel · 5 articlesStock Portfolio Tracker Excel: Build a Live Tracker
- Google Sheets · 5 articlesGoogle Finance Alternative: Live Market Data in Sheets
- AI assistants · 9 articlesBest MCP Servers for Financial Data: Compare and Connect
- Options in Excel · 10 articlesOption Data in Excel: Live Chains, Prices and History
- Options in Excel · 11 articlesOption Pricing in Excel: Black-Scholes and Binomial Models
- Options in Excel · 8 articlesCovered Call Spreadsheet: Track, Screen and Roll in Excel
- Options in Excel · 11 articlesOptions Trading for Beginners: Terms, Symbols and Moneyness
- ETFs and funds · 4 articlesBest Performing ETFs: Top Funds, Value, Gold and Bitcoin
- AI assistants · 8 articlesOptions Data MCP Server: Live Chains and Greeks for AI
- Options in Excel · 12 articlesOptions Trading Strategies in Excel: Pick a Strategy
- Options in Excel · 9 articlesImplied Volatility in Excel: IV Rank, Surfaces and VIX
- Options in Excel · 6 articlesOptions Trading Brokers: Compare Platforms, Trade from Excel
- Dividends and income · 5 articlesBlue Chip Dividend Stocks: Aristocrats and Kings in Excel
- ETFs and funds · 6 articlesETF Screener Excel: Filter ETFs and Pull Live ETF Data
- Portfolio analytics in Excel · 8 articlesPortfolio Risk Management in Excel: VaR and Monte Carlo
- Portfolio analytics in Excel · 5 articlesPortfolio Rebalancing in Excel: Allocation Targets and Drift
- Portfolio analytics in Excel · 4 articlesPortfolio Wealth Management: Retirement Planning in Excel
- Portfolio analytics in Excel · 6 articlesFactor Investing in Excel: Carhart and Multi-Factor Screens
- Portfolio analytics in Excel · 6 articlesFinancial Calculators in Excel: CAGR, TVM and Stock Splits
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 8 articlesStock Valuation Calculator Excel: Multiples and Comps
- Market dashboards in Excel · 6 articlesStock Market Valuation in Excel: CAPE and Buffett Indicator
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 5 articlesROIC Screener Excel: Quality Compounders and Rule of 40
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 5 articlesOperating Margin Screener Excel: Margins and Pricing Power
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 9 articlesFree Cash Flow Yield Screener Excel: FCF and Buyback Yield
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 6 articlesBalance Sheet Screener Excel: Net Debt and Interest Coverage
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 6 articlesCustom Stock Screener in Excel: Build Screens with Live Data
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 4 articlesSmall Cap Stocks in Excel: Value, Mid-Cap, Russell Screens
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 9 articlesTechnical Indicators in Excel: Live Indicators and Screens
- Valuation and screening in Excel · 10 articlesPenny Stock Screener in Excel: Volume, Volatility, Sectors
- Market dashboards in Excel · 9 articlesBank Earnings Tracker in Excel: Banks, NIM and Lenders
- Market dashboards in Excel · 9 articlesTech Earnings Tracker in Excel: Mag 7, Chips and Software
- Market dashboards in Excel · 7 articlesAI Infrastructure Stocks in Excel: Capex, Chips and Power
- Market dashboards in Excel · 7 articlesConsumer Earnings Tracker in Excel: Retail, Staples, Travel
- Market dashboards in Excel · 5 articlesHealthcare and Insurance Stocks: Earnings and Hurricane Risk
- Market dashboards in Excel · 6 articlesIndustrials Earnings Tracker in Excel: Transports to REITs
- Market dashboards in Excel · 10 articlesEnergy Stocks in Excel: Oil Sensitivity, ETFs and Earnings
- Market dashboards in Excel · 7 articlesInflation Hedge Portfolio in Excel: Gold and Safe Havens
- Market dashboards in Excel · 7 articlesCPI Inflation Tracker in Excel: Inflation and Fed Dashboards
- Market dashboards in Excel · 4 articlesYield Curve in Excel: Treasury Spreads and T-Bill Ladders
- Market dashboards in Excel · 8 articlesSector Rotation Model Excel: Relative Strength and Breadth
- Investing guides · 7 articlesSector Analysis in Excel: One Primer per Sector
- Investing guides · 7 articlesThematic Stock Screeners in Excel: Defense, GLP-1 and ESG
- Investing guides · 7 articlesHow to Buy Stocks Online: Shares, SPACs and Foreign Stocks
- India · 5 articlesZerodha Excel Integration: Kite, Angel One and Dashboards
- India · 6 articlesNSE Option Chain Excel: Nifty Options, Greeks and PCR
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FactSet alternative — FactSet is the gold standard for institutional financial data, but its enterprise pricing puts it out of reach for most advisors and analysts. MarketXLS delivers institutional-grade data directly into Excel at a fraction of the cost. This guide compares both platforms honestly.
Platform & Product News
MarketXLS is a Capital IQ alternative for public market data in Excel: fundamentals, prices, options, screening, and portfolio risk. It does not replace Capital IQ private company or M&A data.
Platform & Product News
Options data in Excel — pull live greeks, historical prices, implied volatility, and full analytics directly into your spreadsheet with simple formulas.
Options Trading
How to get real-time stock prices in Excel: the Stocks data type, Power Query, broker RTD links, and MarketXLS =QM_Stream_Last streaming formulas compared.
Market Insights
MarketXLS vs Refinitiv (LSEG Workspace): an Excel add-in for equity, ETF, options, and fundamental data from $70/month, versus an enterprise terminal. What each does better.
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Koyfin vs MarketXLS: browser dashboards with a free tier, or 1,000+ Excel formulas for quotes, fundamentals, and options. Features, coverage, and pricing compared.
Platform & Product News
How to get an option chain, option prices and Greeks into Excel: MarketXLS formulas compared with Thinkorswim, IBKR, Power Query, CBOE and Python.
Options Trading
YCharts alternative — both YCharts and MarketXLS serve investors who demand institutional-grade financial data, but they take fundamentally different approaches. This guide compares features, data coverage, pricing, and workflow philosophy to help you choose the platform that fits how you actually work.
Platform & Product News
Stream MCX commodity prices directly into Excel — gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas, copper, and more. Complete guide to getting live MCX futures and options data in Excel using MarketXLS India with Zerodha or Angel One. No coding required.
Market Insights
Excel plugins for the Indian stock market compared: MarketXLS India (Zerodha, Angel One), TrueData, NimbleExcel and free VBA, on streaming, platforms, options data and pricing.
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Build a professional intraday trading dashboard in Excel with live Zerodha data using MarketXLS India. Track watchlists, monitor buy/sell pressure, open interest, and volume — all streaming in real time without any coding.
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Download a free Excel stock price template for Indian stocks with live NSE/BSE data. Pre-built with MarketXLS India formulas for Zerodha and Angel One — includes stock tracker, portfolio tracker, and Nifty option chain with Greeks.
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Calculate live option Greeks for Nifty and Bank Nifty directly in Excel using MarketXLS India. Get Delta, Gamma, Vega, and Implied Volatility with real-time prices from Zerodha or Angel One — no VBA or Python required.
Market Insights
Build a real-time Indian stock portfolio tracker in Excel using MarketXLS India. Stream live NSE/BSE prices via Zerodha or Angel One, calculate live P&L, and track your holdings automatically with no VBA or coding.
Market Insights
Convert option symbols between QuoteMedia, Fidelity, Schwab, Yahoo Finance, E*Trade, TradeStation, eSignal, and MetaStock formats in Excel with =OptionSymbolConvert(symbol, from, to).
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