I have attached a worksheet to illustrate a "Before" (raw data) and "After" (desired results).
Each row contains data on a forex trade. The variables which must be assessed in each row are:
Currency Pair (e.g. GBP/USD).
Opening Time
Closing Time
What I need to do is delete many rows in the raw data because they reflect a condition I do not want in my analysis, which is having multiple open trades of a single currency pair during the same time period.
To perform my analysis I need to delete all trades (rows) which meet the above condition.
The worksheet provides examples, along with a rudimentary tool I've used to help me sort/delete rows manually.
Since I am looking at thousands of trades, a manual sort/delete is impractical. (my eyes don't like this kind of work!)
The rudimentary tool I've used in manual sorts/deletes is simply to have a column which returns a "1" if a trade opens before an older trade has closed. I do this by first sorting the data by (a) currency pair then (b) date opened. Then I must manually go through multiple iterations of deleting trades until there all of the "1's" have disappeared.
I'm hoping someone can show me a macro which might do this sorting/testing/deleting automatically, at least to the point where all I have to do is repeatedly press a "macro" button until there are no "1's"
Thanks much for any help!
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