Here's a streamlined way to calculate stock price volatility directly in one cell:

1. Input your stock prices in column A (let’s say from A2 to A11).

2. Enter this formula in any cell where you want the volatility:

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=STDEV.P((A3:A11/A2:A10)-1)*SQRT(252)

This formula computes the daily returns and calculates the annualized volatility in one step.

same way i want to calculate annulaized daily returns in one step.

Sure thing! To calculate annualized daily returns in one step in Excel, follow these steps:

1. Input your stock prices in column A (let’s say from A2 to A11).

2. Enter this formula in any cell where you want the annualized return:

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=((PRODUCT(1 + (A3:A11/A2:A10 - 1))^(252/COUNTA(A2:A11)) - 1))

This formula calculates the daily returns, computes the product of the returns, annualizes them, and gives you the annualized daily return in one cell.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37639561/how-do-i-dynamically-change-input-cell-in-a-formula-based-on-the-value-in-anothe

For this kind of dynamic reference, you need the INDIRECT function. It takes two arguments INDIRECT(reference,style)

reference, a text string containing a cell, a range of cells text or a named range

and style a boolean that if omitted or TRUE, indicates that reference is A1 style, and when FALSE, the reference is using the R1C1 style.

so in your case you can use

INDIRECT("A"&C1)