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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
Having access to real-time price data is crucial for making informed decisions. Unsurprisingly, many financial analysts and traders use Microsoft Excel to stay on top of their portfolio, track stock and crypto performance, asset details, profit and loss, return on investment (ROI), among other metrics. In order to fetch live price data conveniently, we’ll be utilizing Excel’s native Stocks integration feature and CoinGecko’s crypto API.This step-by-step guide will walk through: How to import real-time stocks data into Excel How to import live crypto data into Excel (including coins in trending categories) Bonus: Setting up a P&L tracker for your investment portfolioLet’s jump in!Disclaimer: This guide is prepared for Microsoft Excel users operating on Windows, and Microsoft’s Stocks data is an Office 365 subscription-only feature. Google Sheets users can alternatively refer to this guide on importing crypto data into Google Sheets.Fetching Real-time Stocks Data in ExcelFirst, create a new spreadsheet on Microsoft Excel, labeling it ‘Stocks’. On cell A1, make a list of stocks you’re currently holding or that’s on your watchlist. This is the tab where you’ll import all stocks-related data using Excel’s native Data integration.Once you’re done, select ‘Data’ in the top navigation bar. Highlight the row of stock tickers, and click on ‘Stocks’, which will activate the integration with Microsoft Bing’s database.Next, click on the top right icon (‘Insert Data’), and a drop-down menu will appear:Select all fields you’d like information on - for each selection, a new column will appear and populate accordingly. In this guide, we’ve
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