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    Count Consecutive Positive/Negative numbers

    Hi.

    I'm trying to count a number of consecutive profit/loss in a collumn
    In another post i found this solution which i addapted for my workbook.

    Let's say in collumn A i have the following numbers from A2:A12
    A2: 0
    A3: 2
    A4: 1.5
    A5: -3.5
    A6: 1
    A7: 5
    A8: 10
    A9: 4.5
    A10: 0.5
    A11:-1
    A12: -2


    Now to get the max of consecutive positive number i put the nxt array formula in B1:
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     =MAX(FREQUENCY(IF(A2:A100>0,ROW(A2:A100)),IF(A2:A100<=0,ROW(A2:A100))))

    And this will give me the result 5, which is the max number of consecutive positive numbers.

    Now, to get the max sum value in that range i put the next array formula:
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    =SUM(OFFSET(A1,SMALL(IF(A2:A100<=0,ROW(A2:A100)),MATCH(B1,FREQUENCY(
    IF(A2:A100>0,ROW(A2:A100)),IF(A2:A100<=0,ROW(A2:A100))),0))-B1-1,,B1))

    And it will say that for the 5 consecutive positive numbers i got the total sum of 21 (1+5+10+4.5+0.5)

    Untill here its ok.

    But how about negative numbers?
    For the first formula its easy. Just replaced the > for < and the <= for >= and it was ok. But for the second formula this was not enough. I don't know if i have to replace the SMALL fucntion or change also the minus on -B1-1 for +. Anyway, just by changing < to > or <= to >= didn't worked, because gave me the error N/A. So, something must be missing.

    So if someone could please help me how to put the formula correct i would be really appreciated.
    Thank you.

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    Re: Count Consecutive Positive/Negative numbers

    Forget about it. Just figured it out. Thanks anyway.

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    Re: Count Consecutive Positive/Negative numbers

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    Re: Count Consecutive Positive/Negative numbers

    It was simple. I just change the > to < in both formulas. The problem i was having in the second formula it was because i was introducing bad references of cells values in the formula. But it is just simples as changing the operators i said above and the formula will work as expected.

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