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Excel as a daily data source

Author: haytac

Creation Date: 7/13/2020 2:42 AM

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haytac

7/13/2020 2:42 AM

Hi,

This is a WLD question:
- Yahoo provides daily historical data going back a few years
- One can download this as an Excel file

Can one point WLD to such a file on disk and run day strategies on this data?
It does not have to be Yahoo.

Thanks!

Eugene

7/13/2020 5:03 AM

Hi,

Nice idea and you're in luck! Already created such data provider some 10 years ago ;)

Excel Static

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