Darren Weber wrote: >Hi Patrick, > >thanks for pointing me to your work and Rmetrics. > >I have a few questions on my mind right now. Do you have methods for >automatic download of price quote histories? > Rmetrics and tseries
>I can use python to get >XML data on FOREX price quotes from the NYRB and other sites. >Together with Rpy and matplotlib, that data download could form the >basis for an open source technical analysis platform. I still need >some way to get open source price quote histories for stocks > yahoo internet Bloomberg with R interface exchanges delayed on internet or by direct subscription or through Bloomberg Diethelm Wuertz >and >options. Any ideas? > >Best, Darren > > >On 9/18/06, Patrick Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>The Finance page of the Burns Statistics website tells >>you how to sign up to R-sig-finance. >> >>You want to investigate Rmetrics. >> >>You can see an example of backtesting in R from the >>'evalstrat' package that is in the Public Domain area of >>the Burns Statistics website. >> >>Patrick Burns >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>+44 (0)20 8525 0696 >>http://www.burns-stat.com >>(home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") >> >>Darren Weber wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>are there any good charting and analysis tools for use with >>>currencies, stocks, etc. in R? I have some tools to download currency >>>data from the NYFRB using python and XML. Can we get and parse an XML >>>download using R? Can we have interaction in R plots? Does anyone >>>use R for back-testing trading strategies? Are there any forums for >>>discussion of using R for this specific purpose (apart from this >>>general list)? Is anyone aware of any general open-source >>>developments for these purposes (I don't see any from GNU or google >>>searches)? >>> >>>Take care, Darren >>> >>>______________________________________________ >>>[email protected] mailing list >>>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>>and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > >______________________________________________ >[email protected] mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
