History database
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 12:42 pm
Hi Folks; -
I find it most frustrating that the FXCM Trading Station does not give access to adequate historic data.
Sure - you can download from Marketscope - but that is only available at a maximum of 15k rows which is certainly insufficient for long term analysis... and it comes in a much oversized .xml format; - why not straight to .xlsx or .csv?
A few years back, the member Gidien posted a privately written downloader aka Publisher HISTORY which covered the requirement as and when the old Order2Go API was in use - I doubt I need comment on the reliability of that API and the Publisher HISTORY app has long since been unmanaged... well; - why should a private investor maintain his goodwill service?
If FXCM expects traders to risk their equity on the Forex Markets then surely FXCM should have the courtesy of allowing traders to easily observe and process accurate history.
I am well aware that "past performance cannot be relied upon to predict future events"... but
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE will someone at FXCM have the consideration to rewrite the Publisher HISTORY app to function reliably with the FXConnect API... Thank you.
Sincerely, Bebbspoke
I find it most frustrating that the FXCM Trading Station does not give access to adequate historic data.
Sure - you can download from Marketscope - but that is only available at a maximum of 15k rows which is certainly insufficient for long term analysis... and it comes in a much oversized .xml format; - why not straight to .xlsx or .csv?
A few years back, the member Gidien posted a privately written downloader aka Publisher HISTORY which covered the requirement as and when the old Order2Go API was in use - I doubt I need comment on the reliability of that API and the Publisher HISTORY app has long since been unmanaged... well; - why should a private investor maintain his goodwill service?
If FXCM expects traders to risk their equity on the Forex Markets then surely FXCM should have the courtesy of allowing traders to easily observe and process accurate history.
I am well aware that "past performance cannot be relied upon to predict future events"... but
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE will someone at FXCM have the consideration to rewrite the Publisher HISTORY app to function reliably with the FXConnect API... Thank you.
Sincerely, Bebbspoke