Option Prices in Google Sheets, the one live formula most traders never build
Published by MarketXLS Limited
About this tutorial
Option Prices in Google Sheets can be pulled live, refreshed automatically, and organized into a clean decision dashboard without any manual data entry or copy-pasting from a brokerage screen. This broadcast shows options traders and active investors exactly how to set that up from scratch using MarketXLS inside Google Sheets, so every call and put price you need updates in real time as the market moves. What you'll see: - Entering the MarketXLS option price formula for a specific ticker, expiration date, and strike to return a live bid, ask, and last price in a single cell - Building a strike ladder that lists 10 or more strikes for one expiration and auto-populates the corresponding call and put prices down the column as the market ticks - Adding columns for implied volatility, open interest, and volume alongside the price columns so you see the full option chain snapshot, not just the premium - Using a dropdown input cell for ticker symbol and a second dropdown for expiration date so you can switch the entire dashboard to a different underlying in seconds - Calculating the mid-price in a helper column and flagging wide bid-ask spreads with a conditional format so illiquid contracts stand out immediately - Freezing header rows and setting a timed refresh so the sheet re-pulls option prices on an interval without you touching a key Why this matters: option premiums move fast, and traders who rely on static screenshots or manual lookups are always working with stale data. A live option price sheet in Google Sheets lets you monitor several strikes and expirations simultaneously, compare premium levels across different tickers at the same time, and make entry or exit decisions based on current market conditions rather than data that is already minutes old. It also means your position sizing math, break-even calculations, and spread width checks all recalculate automatically because they are tied to live inputs, not numbers you typed in by hand. Whether you trade covered calls, cash-secured puts, vertical spreads, or simply want to check whether an option is fairly priced before you buy, having a structured live feed inside a spreadsheet you control is far more flexible than any brokerage interface. Built live in Google Sheets with MarketXLS real-time data during this broadcast. Follow along, copy the formula structure, and have your own option price dashboard running before the session ends. Demo link and template in the description below.