API for Downloading Chart Data

[Guest RichB-Trader]

Hello,

 

I need a way to download the type on information I get when I click the “Show HLOC” option. This is things like market price, MACD and RSI indicator data.

 

I believe I can use API for this but it is not clear from the Labs website how I actually do it. I have some technical computer knowledge but only some. 

 

I am using the IG web based trading platform. Thank you for any help, it is much appreciated.

 

[Caseynotes]

Hi @RichB-Trader, if you are meaning downloading historic data via API this video below might help.

 

[Guest RichB-Trader]

Hello,

 

Thanks you thats really helpful. Historic data is useful and I do need it but I am also interested in the live (ish) data, anything up to 4 hours old. 

 

Also I need to be able to download values for my indicators like Moving Averages, MACD and RSI. When I turn on “Show HLOC” with my indicators on a chart it shows me values for these. Such as RSI oversold at 82, or MA at 3094. Do you know how I can get this information out of IG?

 

 Thank you so much for your help.

[Caseynotes]

Looks like that might be problematic, https://labs.ig.com/node/500

 

[Guest RichB-Trader]

Ahh yes that looks like it may not be possible. Have you ever come across ta.lib.org?

 

Also do you know how I download the raw data? Or is that the video you posted previously? 

 

Thanks.

[Caseynotes]

That vid is the best one I've seen on how to get the raw data, don't know too much about  ta.lib but they do give a free trial period and use excel spreadsheets same as in the video so seems compatible.

It sounds like you are looking for something to use for backtesting rather than developing a bot to use to trade via API, would a simulator program using historic data be of use? 

[Guest RichB-Trader]

Hello,

 

Sorry I should give some context. I use a spreadsheet to input technical indicators such as RSI, MACD and MA, which I have weighted appropriately to help give me a view of the trend which supports my chart pattern trading. 

 

I an am trying to get the raw data for price and the above indicators so I can download into my spread sheet to automate the analysis which I can then go an manually trade off. 

[Caseynotes]

oh ok, the price data is obviously not a problem but for the indicator data http://ta-lib.org/  would seem your best/only? bet.

 

[Guest RichB-Trader]

Thanks. I imagine if I can use the API to get HLOC data for prices I can programme Excel to calculate my indicators without having to buy ta-lib.

[Guest RichB-Trader]

Thanks for your help Caseynotes, has an issue downloading on Mac so have done another post asking about that.

[Caseynotes]

Hopefully someone will be able to help out @RichB-Trader.