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Could somebody please detail how to access historical futures data in the research environment and specifically how to return data for the contract with the highest open interest?
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Varad Kabade
Hi Kieran Flynn,
We recommend going through the following thread to explain using future historical data in the research environment. We have implemented an example notebook to get historical data and sort the contracts according to open interest
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Varad Kabade
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