Show  For example, a stock's price fluctuated widely in past time, you recorded these fluctuations and want to forecast the price trend in Excel, you can try the moving average or rolling mean. This article will introduce a couple of ways to calculate moving/rolling average for a specific range and create a moving average chart in Excel.
Calculate moving/rolling average with the Average function in ExcelWe can apply the Average function to easily calculate the moving average for a series of data at ease. Please do as follows: 1. Select the third cell besides original data, says Cell C4 in our example, and type the formula =AVERAGE(B2:B4) (B2:B4 is the first three data in the series of data) into it, and the drag this cell’s AutoFill Handle down to the range as you need. See screenshot: 2. Keep selecting these formula cells, and click the Decrease Decimal button to adjust the decimal places of moving average results as you need. See screenshot: Tip: Save a range as AutoText entry (remaining cell formats and formulas) for reusing in futureKutools for Excel provides a cute workaround of AutoText utility to to save the range as an AutoText entry, which can
remain the cell formats and formulas in the range. And then you can reuse this range with just one click in any workbook. Full Feature Free Trial 30-day! Kutools for Excel- Includes more than 300 handy tools for Excel. Full feature free trial 30-day, no credit card required! Get It Now Calculate moving average with Analysis tool of Moving Average in ExcelExcel 2010 and 2013's Data Analysis command supports us a group tools of financial and scientific data analysis, including the Moving Average tool which can help you to calculate the average of a specific range and create a moving average chart easily. 1. Click the File > Options. 2. In the Excel Options dialog box, click the Add-Ins in the left bar, Keep Excel Add-Ins selected in the Manage box and then click the Go button. 3. In the opening Add-Ins dialog box, check
the Analysis ToolPak in the Add-Ins available box, and click the OK button. 4. Now you get back to the main interface of Excel. Click the Data > Data Analysis. 5. In the popping up Data Analysis dialog box, click to highlight the Moving Average in the Analysis Tools box, and click the OK button. 6.
Now in the throwing out Moving Average dialog box, please: (1) Put cursor into the Input Range box, and then select the range you want to calculate the moving averages. In our case, we select the Range B2:B13. (2) In the Interval box, enter the interval you want to calculate moving averages based on. In our case, we enter 3 into it. (3) Put cursor into the Output Range box, and then select the range you want to output the moving averages. In our case, we select the Range C2:C13. (4) Check the Chart Output option, and click the OK button. Now you will get the moving averages in the specified cells, meanwhile, a moving average chart is created besides the moving averages. See screen shot below: Note: This method does not work in Excel 2007 because the Analysis ToolPak is not available in Excel 2007. Add moving average trendline for an existing chart in ExcelIf you have created a column chart in Excel before, you can add a moving average trendline for this existing chart easily as following: 1. Select the chart,
and then click the Design > Add Chart Element > Trendline > More Trendline Options in Excel 2013. Notes: (1) If you do not need to specific the interval of moving averages, moving average names, etc., you can click the Design > Add Chart Element > Trendline > Moving Average directly. (2) In Excel 2007 and 2010, you can click the Layout > Trendline > More Trendline Options. 2. In the opening Format Trendline dialog box/pane, check the Moving Average option and specify the Interval of moving average in the Period box. See screen shots:
Excel 2013 and higher version: Excel 2007 and 2010: 3. Close the Trendline dialog box/pane. Now you will see the moving average trendline is added in the
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Comments (1) No ratings yet. Be the first to rate! How do you calculate a rolling average?A rolling average continuously updates the average of a data set to include all the data in the set until that point. For example, the rolling average of return quantities at March 2012 would be calculated by adding the return quantities in January, February, and March, and then dividing that sum by three.
How do you calculate a 12 month rolling average?The 12-month rolling sum is the total amount from the past 12 months. As the 12-month period “rolls” forward each month, the amount from the latest month is added and the one-year-old amount is subtracted. The result is a 12-month sum that has rolled forward to the new month.
How do you calculate 3 month moving average in Excel?Determining the moving average of a data set with Excel. First, click Microsoft Excel's Data tab. ... . Under the Analysis section, click on Data Analysis. ... . From the above list, select Moving Average and click Ok. ... . Enter the data range on the Input Range field.. |
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