How far back does EUR/USD historical data go?

Daily and monthly candles reach 1973-03-01 in this archive — over 50 years. Tick and intraday data begin 2003-05-04; there is no quote-level record of the earlier decades, from any vendor.

Is EUR/USD data before 1999 real?

The euro launched 1999-01-04, so earlier values are a reconstruction from the pre-euro era — the same is true of any EUR/USD series that predates the currency. Use them for long-regime context, not for euro-specific intraday research.

How big is the full EUR/USD download?

It depends entirely on granularity: the complete daily history is a file your email could carry, while the complete tick archive runs to tens of gigabytes. The file-size calculator on this site estimates any range before you fetch it.

Download EUR/USD Price History

By Martin Buessler · Published 23 August 2026 · Updated 17 September 2026 · 2 min read

EUR/USD is the most traded currency pair on earth and the deepest daily series in this catalogue — candles reach back to 1973-03-01, more than a quarter century before the euro itself existed. That depth is the series' best feature and its one trap, and this guide covers both: exactly what you can download at each timeframe, and where the early data needs care.

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How far back EUR/USD goes, timeframe by timeframe

From the same per-timeframe metadata the EUR/USD instrument page is built from:

Daily and monthly candles begin 1973-03-01 — the deepest start date of any series in the catalogue.
Tick, 1-minute and hourly data all begin 2003-05-04. The thirty-year gap between the two is the single most important fact about this instrument's data.

The consequence: a strategy tested on intraday candles can only reach back to 2003. If your study wants the 1970s–1990s regimes — Plaza Accord, ERM stress, the euro launch itself — it must run on daily candles, because that is the only granularity that was ever recorded that far back.

The 1973 question: what is EUR/USD data doing before 1999?

The euro started trading on 1999-01-04. A EUR/USD series whose daily candles begin in 1973 therefore contains a long span that predates its own currency — a reconstruction from the pre-euro era, as every multi-decade EUR/USD series from any vendor necessarily is. Both dates are verifiable; the practical rule that follows is: treat pre-1999 values as a proxy series. It is internally consistent and fine for long-regime studies, but do not backtest euro-specific microstructure into years when the euro did not exist.

Downloading it

In the desktop app: pick EUR/USD, a timeframe, a date range, CSV or JSON — it fetches on your machine, straight from the source archive, and writes the file where you point it. The file-size calculator tells you before you start that, for example, the full daily history is well under a megabyte while the full tick archive runs to tens of gigabytes.

Every licence tier reaches the whole series — tiers differ by export formats and automation, never by history. From €9, one-time.

Working with the file

The column layout is documented in the CSV & JSON format guide; loading it into pandas with a proper datetime index is three lines, and MetaTrader import is the other common destination for this pair. The other six majors are in the Forex Majors catalogue, each with its own start dates.

Frequently asked questions

How far back does EUR/USD historical data go?: Daily and monthly candles reach 1973-03-01 in this archive — over 50 years. Tick and intraday data begin 2003-05-04; there is no quote-level record of the earlier decades, from any vendor.
Is EUR/USD data before 1999 real?: The euro launched 1999-01-04, so earlier values are a reconstruction from the pre-euro era — the same is true of any EUR/USD series that predates the currency. Use them for long-regime context, not for euro-specific intraday research.
How big is the full EUR/USD download?: It depends entirely on granularity: the complete daily history is a file your email could carry, while the complete tick archive runs to tens of gigabytes. The file-size calculator on this site estimates any range before you fetch it.

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