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Trading A-Z #2: Downloading Historical FX Data in Python

Article #2 on Download OHLC Data in Python for Back-Testing Purposes.

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Sofien Kaabar, CFA
Sep 17, 2021
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In research, we need the idea generation phase to have enough time to deliver good results and this cannot be done if we have a long process of transforming the ideas into visible results. One thing we can do is automating the import of historical data and this precisely the point of this article. By creating a few simple functions, we will be able to c…

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