Symbol type

This function is useful to know what kind of asset target symbol is.

It can be used for several symbols at once using a character vector.

This function will automatically manage if the sSymbol is in marketwatch. Not advisable for huge vectorized uses, use a loop instead for safer handling.

MT5.SymbolType(sSymbol)

Arguments

sSymbol

character(); target symbols.

Value

Returns int vector, with follow information:

  • -1: not found

  • 0: stock

  • 1: options

  • 2: future contracts

  • 3: Forex

  • 4: CFD

Examples

if (FALSE) {

MT5.SymbolType("EURUSD")

## Returns
# 3

MT5.SymbolType(c("CADJPY", "UK Oil"))

## Returns
# 3 4

}