Importing market data into Excel is the first step in building a trading model. Market data such as prices, volume, spreads, dividends, etc. is needed to feed a trading model’s calculations.
Manual entry or copy and paste is the most rudimentary way to get price-volume data into Excel. Simply enter prices manually, or copy them from another spreadsheet, file, or website and paste (or paste-special-values) them to the desired location in your spreadsheet.
Manual entry only works for a very limited amount of data. It works for prototyping models, doing visual data cleanup, and similar activities.
If you want to learn more about how to automate data imports into excel click the link below to go to Part 2.
