quantmod (version 0.4.17)

getMetals: Download Daily Metals Prices

Description

Download daily metals prices from oanda.

Usage

getMetals(Metals,
      from = Sys.Date() - 179,
      to = Sys.Date(),
      base.currency="USD",
      env = parent.frame(),
      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 (parent 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 https://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

# NOT RUN {
getFX(c("gold","XPD"))

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