NAME
Finance::Exchange - represents a financial stock exchange object.
VERSION
version 0.01
SYNOPSIS
use Finance::Exchange;
my $exchange_symbol = 'LSE'; # London Stocks Exchange
my $exchange = Finance::Exchange->create_exchange($exchange_symbol);DESCRIPTION
This is a generic representation of a financial stock exchange.
USAGE
my $exchange = Finance::Exchange->create_exchange('LSE');
is $exchange->symbol, 'LSE';
is $exchange->display_name, 'London Stock Exchange';
is $exchange->trading_days, 'weekdays';
is $exchange->trading_timezone, 'Europe/London';
# The list of days starts on Sunday and is a set of flags indicating whether
# we trade on that day or not
is $exchange->trading_days_list, [ 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0 ];
is $exchange->market_times, { ... };
is $exchange->delay_amount, 15, 'LSE minimum delay is 15 minutes';
is $exchange->currency, 'GBP', 'LSE is traded in pound sterling';
is $exchange->trading_date_can_differ, 0, 'only applies to AU/NZ';
...create_exchange
Exchange object constructor.
ATTRIBUTES
display_name
Exchange display name, e.g. London Stock Exchange.
symbol
Exchange symbol, e.g. LSE to represent London Stocks Exchange.
trading_days
An exchange's trading day category.
For example, an exchange that trades from Monday to Friday is given a trading days category of 'weekdays'.
The list is enumerated in the exchanges_trading_days_aliases.yml file.
trading_timezone
The timezone in which the exchange conducts business.
This should be a string which will allow the standard DateTime module to find the proper information.
trading_days_list
List the trading day index which is defined in exchanges_trading_days_aliases.yml.
An example of a 'weekdays' trading days list is as follow: - 0 # Sun - 1 # Mon - 1 # Tues - 1 # Wed - 1 # Thurs - 1 # Fri - 0 # Sat
market_times
A hash reference of human-readable exchange trading times in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The trading times are broken into three categories:
1. standard - which represents the trading times in non Day Light Saving (DST) period. 2. dst - which represents the trading time in DST period. 3. partial_trading - which represents the trading breaks (e.g. lunch break) in a trading day
delay_amount
The acceptable delay amount of feed on this exchange, in minutes. Default is 60 minutes.
currency
The currency in which the exchange is traded in.
trading_date_can_differ
A boolean flag to indicate if an exchange would open on the previous GMT date due to DST.