wind

WDS connection

Description

The wind function creates a wind object, which represents a Wind Data Feed Services (WDS) connection. First, open and log in to the Wind Financial Terminal, then create the wind object. You can use the object functions to retrieve current, historical, intraday, and real-time data from the Wind Financial Terminal. Also, you can create and delete orders and query order and account information in the Wind Financial Terminal. For details about WDS or the Wind Financial Terminal, see Wind Data Feed Services (WDS) .

Creation

Syntax

c = wind

Description

c = wind creates a WDS connection.

Object Functions

WDS Connection

close

Close WDS connection

WDS Data Retrieval

getdata	Current WDS data
history	Historical WDS data
timeseries	Intraday tick WDS data
realtime	Snapshot and subscription WDS data
stop	Cancel subscription WDS data request

WDS Order Management

createorder	Create WDS order
deleteorder	Cancel WDS order
query	Query WDS account and order information
tradelogin	Log in to WDS order management system
tradelogout	Log out from WDS order management system

Examples

Retrieve Current WDS Data for Security

Using a WDS connection, retrieve current data for a single security and display the data. Then close the connection.

Create a WDS connection.

c = wind;

Format output data for currency.

format bank

Using the 0001.HK security, retrieve the current high and low prices.

s = '0001.HK';
f = ["high","low"];
d = getdata(c,s,f)

d=1×2 table
               HIGH      LOW 
               _____    _____

    0001.HK    99.50    98.00

d is a table with one row for the single security. Each variable in the table corresponds to each specified field.

Close the WDS connection.

close(c)

Version History

Introduced in R2018a