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quantmod (version 0.3-1)

getFX: Download Exchange Rates

Description

Download exchange rates or metals prices from oanda.

Usage

getFX(Currencies,
      from = "2007-01-01", to = Sys.Date(),
      env = .GlobalEnv,
      verbose = FALSE,
      warning = TRUE,
      auto.assign = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

Currencies
Currency pairs expressed as CUR/CUR
from
start date expressed in ISO CCYY-MM-DD format
to
end date expressed in ISO CCYY-MM-DD format
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

  • The results of the call will be the data will be assigned automatically to the environment specified (global by default). Additionally 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'). See getSymbols and getSymbls.oanda for more detail.

References

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

See Also

getSymbols, getSymbols.oanda

Examples

Run this code
getFX("USD/JPY")

getFX("EUR/USD",from="2005-01-01")

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