Usage
getTicks(security, eventType = "TRADE", startTime = Sys.time() - 60 * 60, endTime = Sys.time(), verbose = FALSE, returnAs = getOption("blpType", "data.frame"), tz = Sys.getenv("TZ", unset = "UTC"), con = defaultConnection())
Arguments
security
A character variable describing a valid security ticker
eventType
A character variable describing an event, default
is TRADE.
startTime
A Datetime object with the start time, defaults
to one hour before current time
endTime
A Datetime object with the end time, defaults
to current time
verbose
A boolean indicating whether verbose operation is
desired, defaults to FALSE
returnAs
A character variable describing the type of return
object; currently supported are data.frame (also the default),
data.table, fts, xts and zoo
tz
A character variable with the desired local timezone,
defaulting to the value TZ environment variable, and
UTC if unset
con
A connection object as created by a blpConnect
call, and retrieved via the internal function
defaultConnection
.