StrategyXL StrategyXL

Evidence-based investing, in Excel.

Surface ideas from nightly research, pressure-test them against decades of data, analyze options income, and manage every position through to the close — all in the spreadsheet you already use. No new platform to learn; your data stays yours.

From $19.99/month, or $199/year — the full research, backtest, options, and trade-log workbench, right inside Excel.

Everything you need — from idea, to tested decision, to a position you manage

StrategyXL lives where you already work. Nightly research surfaces the ideas, decades of history stress-test them, options tools turn the best into income, and the Trade Log follows every position — stocks and options — through to the close. No new app to learn, no exported CSVs, no platform lock-in.

The StrategyXL ribbon in Excel — Data, Trend, Momentum, Breakout / Volatility, Mean Reversion, Results, Research, Live Data, Trade Log, Index Holdings, Defaults, and Settings groups, all in one tab
One add-in, one ribbon — from price data and backtests to live options and a full trade log.
Find

Research feed →

Nightly studies over the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and major ETFs measure how technical events — golden crosses, 200-day reclaims, RSI recoveries, breakouts, drawdowns — have actually played out in each instrument. Vetted Ideas, seasonality, and the full landscape, refreshed every market day.

Prove

Backtesting →

Pressure-test any rule across decades of history — eight signal types with composable stop, target, signal-reversal, and time exits, on a single ticker or in batch across hundreds of names. Every run is auto-saved to Results History.

Act

Options income →

Read an options chain as insight, not a data dump: covered-call and cash-secured-put yield, Buy-Write and called-away math, an earnings overlay, a live Setups Monitor, and a Roll Analysis board that lines up every roll, adjustment, or assignment against simply closing now.

Manage

Trade Log →

Record or import your real stock and option trades, follow them as campaigns, and value your whole portfolio as of any date. Live Option Monitoring tracks every open position in real time — days to expiration, assignment coverage, and campaign-adjusted breakeven. A real trade log a bare market-data add-in doesn't give you — kept in a local database on your PC, and always yours.

Price History & Advanced Charting

Fetch OHLCV for any ticker and open a full-screen, TradingView-style chart — indicator overlays, dividend markers, benchmark compare, and a fund-style annual-returns table.

Live Data — your Schwab account

Bring options and stock data straight from your own Charles Schwab account. Strictly read-only, bring-your-own credentials, encrypted on your PC.

Results History, Dashboard & Compare

Every backtest is queryable, with a visual return-vs-risk dashboard and a side-by-side comparison of up to six runs.

Index Holdings

SPY and QQQ constituents with sector drill-down and a market-breadth chart, refreshed nightly.

Save Defaults

Lock your favorite parameter sets per template and reload them on demand — no re-typing dates and tickers.

Your data stays yours

Bring your own free Tiingo key (and, optionally, Schwab); every fetch, backtest, and trade record stays on your own PC. Your Trade Log sits in a local database you can always back up and restore — even if a subscription lapses.

The roadmap

Built with you, not just for you.

StrategyXL is built by one person who trades with it every day — so I build what users actually ask for, not features to fill a release. The roadmap is open: see what's coming, send your own ideas, and help shape what I ship next.

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