Learn R Programming

highfrequency (version 0.5.3)

autoSelectExchangeQuotes: Retain only data from the stock exchange with the highest volume

Description

Function returns an xts object containing only observations of the exchange with highest value for the sum of "BIDSIZ" and "OFRSIZ", i.e. the highest quote volume.

Usage

autoSelectExchangeQuotes(qdata)

Arguments

qdata

an xts object with at least a column "EX", indicating the exchange symbol and columns "BIDSIZ" and "OFRSIZ", indicating the volume available at the bid and ask respectively. The chosen exchange is printed on the console. The possible exchanges are:

  • A: AMEX

  • N: NYSE

  • B: Boston

  • P: Arca

  • C: NSX

  • T/Q: NASDAQ

  • D: NASD ADF and TRF

  • X: Philadelphia

  • I: ISE

  • M: Chicago

  • W: CBOE

  • Z: BATS

Value

xts object