The other day I was able to find a source that had the Commitment of Traders information in a more usable format. It gave the COT data week by week (52) and changes just by scrolling mouse over it.
Similarly, I am looking for historic price data by currency pair (definitely one calendar year but going back to January 1, 2010 or even 2009 would be great. I’d like to be able to specify the currency pair and time frame and be given: open, close, high, and low, information. It would be great to be able to export (like on a table) to Excel, but am hoping this information can be obtained quickly, without having to mouse over things, write them down repeatedly etc. My broker software has historic data, but it is not as easy to manipulate or see what I’m looking for all at once. Free is always a plus. Can anyone recommend a good source for getting historic data to be able to study trends / play with the numbers and build stats. Thanks.
If you open a MT4 account you can export historical data as you suggest.
As for the COT, could you please share this source as I found one in chart format but interested in a useable raw format. Thanks
Apologies. My initial email had the link, but Babypips required one more posting from me brefore I could post with a link. Here it is:Euro - Commitment of Traders Chart. It’s called: trading charts . com
On the subject of MT4, I currently use Dealbook360 which is provided by my broker. It seems like most of the trading community uses MT4. Is there anyone who has used both, that has an opinion as to which is the stronger trading package. DB has a lot of cool things, but any kind historic research seems tedious. Also, is there any way (like a website) that posts historic price / pip information by currency pair, that is pretty usable.
If I download MT4 and use it with my broker and then decide to go to another broker, do I have to re-download, or is it just an easy address change withing MT4, where I would point it someplace else.