quantmod (version 0.3-4)

getMetals: Download Daily Metals Prices

Description

Download daily metals prices from oanda.

Usage

getMetals(Metals,
      from = "2007-01-01", to = Sys.Date(),
      base.currency="USD",
      env = .GlobalEnv,
      verbose = FALSE,
      warning = TRUE,
      auto.assign = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

Metals

metals expressed in common name or symbol form

from

start date expressed in ISO CCYY-MM-DD format

to

end date expressed in ISO CCYY-MM-DD format

base.currency

which currency should the price be in

env

which environment should they be loaded into

verbose

be verbose

warning

show warnings

auto.assign

use auto.assign

...

additional parameters to be passed to getSymbols.oanda method

Value

• Data will be assigned automatically to the environment specified (global by default). If auto.assign is set to FALSE, the data from a single metal request will simply be returned from the function call.

  If auto.assign is used (the default) a vector of downloaded symbol names will be returned.

  See getSymbols and getSymbols.oanda for more detail.

Details

A convenience wrapper to getSymbols(x,src='oanda').

The most useful aspect of getMetals is the ablity to specify the Metals in terms of underlying 3 character symbol or by name (e.g. XAU (gold) , XAG (silver), XPD (palladium), or XPT (platinum)).

There are unique aspects of any continuously traded commodity, and it is recommended that the user visit http://www.oanda.com for details on specific pricing issues.

See getSymbols and getSymbls.oanda for more detail.

References

Oanda.com http://www.oanda.com

See Also

getSymbols, getSymbols.oanda

Examples

getFX(c("gold","XPD"))

getFX("plat",from="2005-01-01")