dejan -

The simplest way to normalize is to divide each value in a time series by
the starting value of the time series (and multiply by 100 if you want an
"index" instead of a percentage).

- Mike
http://www.MikeMiddleton.com


"dejan" wrote in message
...
how does one normalize two or more time series, so as to make them start
with
ie 100, or for that mattern any other value?
I would like to see two time series starting from the same point, ie from
the first data point of the first series. On other words, i would like to
normalize one series with another.
How can it be done in excel?
thanks a lot

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Normalize the data that feeds the chart. To normalize your data to MIN
= -1
and MAX = 1, use a formula like this:

=2*(B2-MIN(B$2:B$1000))/(MAX(B$2:B$1000)-MIN(B$2:B$1000))-1

where your data is in B2:B1000, and this formula is to normalize the
first
point, in B2.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
_______


"WA" wrote in message
...
I have the graph of the historical prices of a stock. I was wondering
whether
it can be normalized. To clarify, I would like to see a graph with (-1)
to
(1) on the y axis and time on the x-axis. The trend line of the stock
price
data would be considered zero and the moves above or below that line
would
be
depicted between -1 and 1.

If anyone knows whether there is a function/graph type in excel to
perform
this task, your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.