Data for FOREX Cash Markets

[rburmo]

Hi,

Where can I download cash market data for the EUR/USD? Initially historical is fine, but a real-time feed is what i'm going to need going forward. Opentick would have been ideal with the API but it doesn't have FOREX... Any suggestions gratefully accepted!

regards,
omega

 

[Trader333]

How much historical data do you need ?
What format do you need it in ?
Which broker do you intend using ?


Paul

 

[_coda]

http://freeserv.dukascopy.com/exp/

 

[rburmo]

_code, cheers for the prompt reply - that should get me going.

Trader333, This may sound a bit silly to you but initially I don't intend using a broker, I would like to try my hand for small gains on the binaries. Ideally I intend to try and come up with some short term setups and when they present themselves get in on the binaries. To answer your other questions, a few months of historical will be fine in any format such as csv. Any real-data values / feed that I can import into a .NET Visual Basic application will be fine.

 

[shadowninja]

http://www.livecharts.co.uk/ForexCharts/eurusd.php any use?

 

[rburmo]

Hello shadowninja (a name I see all around this forum!),

Those livecharts are really good and I have been using them. Ultimately though I plan to need a datafeed where I can pipe data directly into my own custom program.

regards,
Robert.

 

[_coda]

livecharts uses the copydukas site. I'm sure I've seen it turn up at a couple of other web sites as well in my search for online historic data.

It has a volume limiter that disables your IP address after a while, so it's not a resource that you can hammer indefinitely. They obviously don't want it to be used as an on-demand data feed which is fair enough.

The data's not perfect. It has the odd missed tick range here and there, but for what I'm doing, it's good enough.