confused, i may have read it on another way

I need A1 to add only through E1,
but the sum addition needs
to include cells F-G because
THEY may change to a negative number
when I change ANOTHER calculation.

then you may try either of the two..

=sum(A1:E1)+sumif(F1:G1,"<0") if either F or G is a negative to qualify in
summing with A:E

or

=sum(A1:E1)+if(and(F1<0,G1<0),F1+G1,0) if needs both F and G as negative in
order to qualify for summing with A:E...

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"nkhelp" wrote:

I need help with the formula to stop adding when the cell number becomes a
positive number. I am looking at different senarios for a breakeven point.
I need one cell to add only numbers that are negative.

EXAMPLE
A B C D E F G
SUM -10 -5 -4 -1 2 4

I need A1 to add only through E1, but the sum addition needs to include
cells F-G because they may change to a negative number when I change another
calculation.

Make Sense?