[R-sig-finance] Is oanda.com data trustworthy?

[Krishna Kumar]

Does Oanda provide an indication of how the closing price in a market 
that never closes is computed ?
I think it would be best to use quotes/trades at the most liquid time of 
the day (for EUR/USD around a.m. EST) if available.




Ajay Narottam Shah wrote:

>>But as you know, FX markets operate 24hrs, and are broker-based implying that
>>there will be a) different quotes throughout the day and no "final" one and
>>b) different sources may well disagree about quotes at one point [ though
>>arguably not by the margin you show there ]. Oanda may report London fixings
>>whereas the US Fed probably calls up US banks and end-of-day US time.
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>I was aware of the 24hour issue. I thought it may lead to some clear
>leads and lags. Read on.
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>>As for the question above, maybe time to test some Granger causality between
>>Oanda and the FED sources. :-)
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