getMetals              package:quantmod              R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Download daily metals prices from oanda.

_U_s_a_g_e:

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

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  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 

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     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 <URL: http://www.oanda.com>
     for details on specific pricing issues.

     See 'getSymbols' and 'getSymbls.oanda' for more detail.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     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.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jeffrey A. Ryan

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Oanda.com <URL: http://www.oanda.com>

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'getSymbols', 'getSymbols.oanda'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     ## Not run: 

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

     getFX("plat",from="2005-01-01")
     ## End(Not run)

