I have a worksheet showing daily stock market advances and declines.

One column shows how much the market advanced/declined from the
day before. For example, if the market went up 5 points on Monday,
10 points on Tuesday and 20 points on Wednesday I would like my running
total column to show a running advance of 35 points. If the market goes
down 10 points on Thursday and 10 points on Friday I would like the running
total column to show a consecutive decline of 20 points.

I want all advancing days to show the amount of the total advance until a
negative day appears and then keep a consecutive count of negative days until
a new positive day appears. If would also be ok to keep running totals in two
columns --- a positive total column and a negative total column. However,
once the direction changes I want a new running total to begin.

Your help is appreciated.

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I have a worksheet showing daily stock market advances and declines.

One column shows how much the market advanced/declined from the
day before. For example, if the market went up 5 points on Monday,
10 points on Tuesday and 20 points on Wednesday I would like my running
total column to show a running advance of 35 points. If the market goes
down 10 points on Thursday and 10 points on Friday I would like the
running
total column to show a consecutive decline of 20 points.

I want all advancing days to show the amount of the total advance until a
negative day appears and then keep a consecutive count of negative days
until
a new positive day appears. If would also be ok to keep running totals in
two
columns --- a positive total column and a negative total column. However,
once the direction changes I want a new running total to begin.

Your help is appreciated.