getFX {quantmod}R Documentation

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

Details

A convenience wrapper to getSymbols(x,src='oanda'). See getSymbols and getSymbls.oanda for more detail.

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.

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Ryan

References

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

See Also

getSymbols, getSymbols.oanda

Examples

## Not run: 

getFX("USD/JPY")

getFX("EUR/USD",from="2005-01-01")
## End(Not run)
[Package quantmod version 0.3-6 Index]