Historical Stock Data Download (alternate Method)

Retrieves historical stock data from Yahoo Finance by parsing html pages instead of .csv download.

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Captain Awesome (2026). Historical Stock Data Download (alternate Method) (https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/37502-historical-stock-data-download-alternate-method), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired by: hist_stock_data(start_date, end_date, varargin)

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
6.0.0

fixed typo

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6.0.0-0

Cleaned it up and fixed a few bugs noted by people in the comments.

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3.0.0

Updated to handle new format of data from yahoo.

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1.0.0

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