Retrieve Cryptocurrency Trade Data

Calls the Bitfinex API to retrieve cryptocurrency public trade records.

trades(SYMBOL = "tBTCUSD", start, end, limit)

Arguments

SYMBOL	Character vector containing ticker symbols for cryptocurrencies. Must be prepended with a t or f to specify trading or funding cryptocurrencies, respectively.
start	Millisecond start time
end	Millisecond end time
limit	Number of records (Max 10000)

Value

A tibble. See details for column names.

Details

tibble descriptions:

• SYMBOL: The symbol/ticker of the requested data

• ID: ID of the trade

• MTS: millisecond timestamp

• AMOUNT: How much was bought (positive) or sold (negative).

• PRICE: Price at which the trade was executed (trading tickers only)

• RATE: Rate at which funding transaction occurred (funding tickers only)

• PERIOD: Amount of time the funding transaction was for (funding tickers only)

Examples

if (FALSE) {
    # Get 1000 Bitcoin trades info
    trades(SYMBOL = "tBTCUSD", limit = 1000)

    # Get USD trades info
    trades(SYMBOL = "USD")
}