historical

Currency Historical Price. Currency historical data.

Currency historical prices refer to the past exchange rates of one currency against another over a specific period. This data provides insight into the fluctuations and trends in the foreign exchange market, helping analysts, traders, and economists understand currency performance, evaluate economic health, and make predictions about future movements.

Examples

from openbb import obb
obb.currency.price.historical(symbol='EURUSD', provider='fmp')
# Filter historical data with specific start and end date.
obb.currency.price.historical(symbol='EURUSD', start_date='2023-01-01', end_date='2023-12-31', provider='fmp')
# Get data with different granularity.
obb.currency.price.historical(symbol='EURUSD', provider='polygon', interval=15m)

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Parameters

• standard
• fmp
• polygon
• tiingo
• yfinance

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	Union[str, List[str]]	Symbol to get data for. Can use CURR1-CURR2 or CURR1CURR2 format. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): fmp, polygon, tiingo, yfinance.		False
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	Union[str, List[str]]	Symbol to get data for. Can use CURR1-CURR2 or CURR1CURR2 format. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): fmp, polygon, tiingo, yfinance.		False
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
interval	Literal['1m', '5m', '15m', '30m', '1h', '4h', '1d']	Time interval of the data to return.	1d	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	Union[str, List[str]]	Symbol to get data for. Can use CURR1-CURR2 or CURR1CURR2 format. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): fmp, polygon, tiingo, yfinance.		False
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
interval	str	Time interval of the data to return. The numeric portion of the interval can be any positive integer. The letter portion can be one of the following: s, m, h, d, W, M, Q, Y	1d	True
sort	Literal['asc', 'desc']	Sort order of the data. This impacts the results in combination with the 'limit' parameter. The results are always returned in ascending order by date.	asc	True
limit	int	The number of data entries to return.	49999	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	Union[str, List[str]]	Symbol to get data for. Can use CURR1-CURR2 or CURR1CURR2 format. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): fmp, polygon, tiingo, yfinance.		False
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
interval	Literal['1m', '5m', '15m', '30m', '1h', '4h', '1d']	Time interval of the data to return.	1d	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	Union[str, List[str]]	Symbol to get data for. Can use CURR1-CURR2 or CURR1CURR2 format. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): fmp, polygon, tiingo, yfinance.		False
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
interval	Literal['1m', '2m', '5m', '15m', '30m', '60m', '90m', '1h', '1d', '5d', '1W', '1M', '1Q']	Time interval of the data to return.	1d	True

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Returns

OBBject
    results : List[CurrencyHistorical]
        Serializable results.

    provider : Optional[Literal['fmp', 'polygon', 'tiingo', 'yfinance']]
        Provider name.

    warnings : Optional[List[Warning_]]
        List of warnings.

    chart : Optional[Chart]
        Chart object.

    extra : Dict[str, Any]
        Extra info.

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Data

• standard
• fmp
• polygon
• tiingo
• yfinance

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[Union[date, datetime], str]	The date of the data.
open	float	The open price.
high	float	The high price.
low	float	The low price.
close	float	The close price.
volume	float	The trading volume.
vwap	Annotated[float, Gt(gt=0)]	Volume Weighted Average Price over the period.

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[Union[date, datetime], str]	The date of the data.
open	float	The open price.
high	float	The high price.
low	float	The low price.
close	float	The close price.
volume	float	The trading volume.
vwap	Annotated[float, Gt(gt=0)]	Volume Weighted Average Price over the period.
adj_close	float	The adjusted close price.
change	float	Change in the price from the previous close.
change_percent	float	Change in the price from the previous close, as a normalized percent.

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[Union[date, datetime], str]	The date of the data.
open	float	The open price.
high	float	The high price.
low	float	The low price.
close	float	The close price.
volume	float	The trading volume.
vwap	Annotated[float, Gt(gt=0)]	Volume Weighted Average Price over the period.
transactions	Annotated[int, Gt(gt=0)]	Number of transactions for the symbol in the time period.

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[Union[date, datetime], str]	The date of the data.
open	float	The open price.
high	float	The high price.
low	float	The low price.
close	float	The close price.
volume	float	The trading volume.
vwap	Annotated[float, Gt(gt=0)]	Volume Weighted Average Price over the period.

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[Union[date, datetime], str]	The date of the data.
open	float	The open price.
high	float	The high price.
low	float	The low price.
close	float	The close price.
volume	float	The trading volume.
vwap	Annotated[float, Gt(gt=0)]	Volume Weighted Average Price over the period.