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Have anyone extracted volume data from FX pairs? For example EURUSD at FXCM.
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Jared Broad
We created a downloader but its not deployed to QuantConnecct.com yet - the EURUSD price data itself doesn't have volume.
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Davidii111
Ok!
How do i implement that in my python code?
Jing Wu
Hi David, you could use forex volume data like this
# add volume data in initialization def Initialize(self): self.vol_syl = self.AddData[FxcmVolume]("EURUSD_Vol", Resolution.Hour) # get the updated volume data def OnData(self): volume = data[self.vol_syl].VolumeThis is an algorithm example utilizing forex volume
Davidii111
Thank you very much! :)
Davidii111
Tried to run my algos today. The code above does not work anymore?
Andrea Ardemagni
Hi Jing, I'm a QuantConnect python beginner. Please, I wonder if you could help me with the questions below, related to the code you shared:
1. "self.vol_syl = self.AddData[FxcmVolume]("EURUSD_Vol", Resolution.Hour).Symbol"
why do you use ".Symbol" at the end?
what is the value store inside self.vol_syl? is it the "EURUSD" symbol?
2. "self.vol_bb = self.BB(self.vol_syl, 30, 2, MovingAverageType.Exponential, Resolution.Hour)"
I guess here we are calculating bollinger bands. But to what time series? the price or the volume?
3. what does it mean "if not self.vol_syl in data: return" ?
what's this line item checking?
Andre Stevens
Hey guys,
On the same note--I'm having some difficulty figuring out how to download FXCM volume data (specifically i want EURUSD 1H / 1M resolution).
I see the data downloader in lean, but can't figure out how to use it--i've used the API data downloader before.
Can someone walk me through it?
Thanks!!
Alexandre Catarino
Davidii111
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