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S&P 500 on Google Finance uses the ticker .INX or INDEXSP:.INX. Learn how to find the S&P 500 live quote, pull it into Google Sheets, and why MarketXLS gives you deeper data with 1,000+ financial functions in Google Sheets and Excel.

SPXW options are weekly and daily S&P 500 index options that give traders flexible, short-term exposure to the broad market. Learn how SPXW settlement works, how they differ from standard SPX options, key trading strategies, and how to analyze them in Excel with MarketXLS.

Theta Decay Calculator guide — learn how to measure, track, and profit from options time decay using MarketXLS in Excel.

MarketXLS Version 9.3.7 brings up to 10x faster refreshes, XLSolve AI, Real-time Intelligence functions, and ChatGPT integration.

Calculate option Greeks in Excel with MarketXLS opt_ functions: opt_Delta, opt_Gamma, opt_Theta, opt_Vega, opt_Rho and opt_ImpliedVolatility. Syntax and example.

MarketXLS vs ThinkOrSwim for streaming data in Excel: MarketXLS works without a trading platform open and adds indicators, option chains, Greeks and fundamentals as formulas.

How to pull a live option chain into Excel with MarketXLS: strikes, bid/ask, volume, open interest, and Greeks for US stocks and NSE options.

Get live Nifty futures prices in Excel with MarketXLS India: build the contract with =FuturesSymbol, then pull the price with =zerodhaLast through your Zerodha connection.

Get NSE option chain data for Nifty, Bank Nifty, and stock options into Excel with MarketXLS India and a connected Zerodha or Angel One account, then analyze open interest and PCR.

Get a stock price on a specific date in Excel with STOCKHISTORY or MarketXLS Close_Historical, including weekend and holiday dates.

Discover the top 10 options trading strategies for beginners, including covered calls, spreads, straddles, and more, with clear payoff diagrams and expert insights.

Live stock quotes in Excel: use =QM_Last for on-demand quotes or =QM_Stream_Last for streaming. Real-time needs the Advanced or Business plan; Standard is 15-min delayed.

Annualized rate of return measures investment growth on a per-year basis. Learn how to calculate CAGR manually in Excel and with the MarketXLS =CAGR() function for portfolio analysis.

Option Greeks in Excel can be calculated instantly using MarketXLS functions like QM_GetOptionQuotesAndGreeks and QM_GetOptionChain. Learn how to get Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega, and Rho for any option directly in your spreadsheet.

Get NSE and BSE stock prices in Excel with the Stocks data type or MarketXLS India formulas, including historical data and live prices via Zerodha or Angel One.

The put call ratio (PCR) divides put volume or open interest by call volume or open interest. How to read PCR for Nifty and US markets and track it in Excel.