Download of Historical Currency

[joesmo]

Hello,
I am trying to set up the software in multiple currencies to track capital gains. I have followed the directions and tutorials on the the topic. However I am unable to download the historical exchange rates from the Yahoo server, I only can get the current days from the regular Yahoo Server, which should suggest my symbols are correct. When I try to use the Yahoo (Historical) or (Adjusted Historical) it times out and says unable to retrieve any data from server. The status of the server is working.

[Mark]

Hi joesmo,

Yahoo doesn't have historical exchange rates, only current. There are other options for getting historical exchange rates. Please read:

http://www.fundmanagersoftware.com/faq_ ... wnload.php

[joesmo]

Hi Mark,
Thanks I got this part working with Bloomberg historical.
A bit of feed back on the currency tutorial, it would be helpful if it covered the server selection. The tutorial does not mention server selection and also uses the Yahoo symbols to get historical currency data which is were I got off track. I am guess Yahoo used to provide historical currency data when the tutorial was made?

[Mark]

Hi joesmo,

Good point, that would make better sense. We'll see about improving this tutorial.