getMetals {quantmod} | R Documentation |
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 |
Details
A convenience wrapper to getSymbols(x,src='oanda')
.
The most useful aspect of getMetals is the ability 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.
Value
Data will be assigned
automatically to the environment specified (the parent environment by default).
If auto.assign = FALSE
, the data from a single metal
request will simply be returned from the function call.
If auto.assign = TRUE
is used (the default)
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 https://www.oanda.com
See Also
Examples
## Not run:
getMetals(c("gold","XPD"))
getMetals("plat",from="2005-01-01")
## End(Not run)