Closed syshi88 closed 1 year ago
I tried to use getSymbols("VIX") but failed to fetch the data. There was an error message of HTTP error 403. Could someone advise how to fix it?
getSymbols("VIX")
HTTP error 403
library(quantmod) getSymbols("VIX") #> Warning: VIX download failed; trying again.Error in getSymbols.yahoo(Symbols = "VIX", env = <environment>, verbose = FALSE, : #> Unable to import “VIX”. #> VIX download failed after two attempts. Error message: #> HTTP error 403.
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You want getSymbols("^VIX") (note the "^" prefix).
getSymbols("^VIX")
Description
I tried to use
getSymbols("VIX")
but failed to fetch the data. There was an error message ofHTTP error 403
. Could someone advise how to fix it?Minimal, reproducible example
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