Get prices for a given ticker from the Yahoo Finance API

Get prices for a given ticker from the Yahoo Finance API. Wrapper around get_ticker_prices with further arguments. E.g., select the stock exchange.

get_prices_from_yahoo(ticker, from, to, preferred_exchange = "Xetra",
                             stock_exchanges = c(".DE", ".F", ".SG", ".MU", ".DU"),
                             method = "simple", user_specific_exchange = TRUE)

Arguments

ticker

A single character string. Ticker symbol.

from

A single character string. Start date.

to

A single character string. End date.

preferred_exchange

A single character string. Stock exchange (default is Xetra)

stock_exchanges

A vector of single character strings. Possible stock exchanges to get prices from.

method

A single character string (default: simple). The method how to get prices from Yahoo. Use the R package quantmod or a simple and fast solution.

user_specific_exchange

Logical indicating whether prices are taken from exchange that is preferred by the user (i.e., stored in the user's profile). Default is TRUE.

Value

A data frame containing dates, prices (open, high, low, close, adjusted) and volume.