High Grade Copper Historical Data Downloader
A desktop app that downloads High Grade Copper (COPPERCMDUSD) price history on your own machine, written straight to your disk as CSV or JSON. History runs from 2012-03-02 — around 14 years — at every timeframe from raw ticks to monthly candles. A complete High Grade Copper 1-minute series is roughly 5.3M rows, about 263 MB as CSV.
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Windows, macOS, Linux · €9 one-time for the entry licence · get the app
What the app fetches for High Grade Copper
| Symbol | COPPERCMDUSD |
|---|---|
| Instrument | High Grade Copper |
| Asset class | Commodities – Metals |
| History available from | 2012-03-02 |
| Timeframes | Tick → 1s → 1m → 5m → 15m → 30m → 1h → 4h → Daily → Monthly |
| Price types | Bid & Ask |
| File formats | CSV, JSON (MetaTrader, NinjaTrader, Parquet & SQLite/DuckDB from the Pro licence) |
| Coverage | 2012-03-02 → 2026-09-17 (last completed trading day) |
| Retrieval | Local — your machine connects directly to Dukascopy Bank SA |
| Runs on | Windows, macOS, Linux |
High Grade Copper timeframes the app supports
- Tick (every quote)
- 1 second
- 1 minute
- 5 minutes
- 15 minutes
- 30 minutes
- 1 hour
- 4 hours
- Daily
- Monthly
High Grade Copper coverage & file size, timeframe by timeframe
Every High Grade Copper timeframe shares the same 2012-03-02 start date, but not the same scale — coarser candles stay small while tick and intraday files grow fast. Current through 2026-09-17:
| Timeframe | History from | Approx. rows | Approx. CSV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tick (every quote) | 2012-03-02 | very large | — |
| 1 second | 2012-03-02 | very large | — |
| 1 minute | 2012-03-02 | ~5.3M | ~263 MB |
| 5 minutes | 2012-03-02 | ~1.1M | ~53 MB |
| 15 minutes | 2012-03-02 | ~351K | ~18 MB |
| 30 minutes | 2012-03-02 | ~175K | ~9 MB |
| 1 hour | 2012-03-02 | ~87,700 | ~4 MB |
| 4 hours | 2012-03-02 | ~21,900 | ~1 MB |
| Daily | 2012-03-02 | ~3,700 | ~183 KB |
| Monthly | 2012-03-02 | ~170 | ~9 KB |
Counts are approximate, derived from commodity session hours across the available history. Tick and 1-second runs are queued and resumable rather than fetched in one pass. See the data methodology for how candles are built.
Working with the High Grade Copper series
This is COMEX high-grade copper, quoted in US dollars per pound — while the LME benchmark most references quote is per tonne, a 2,200x unit difference that has embarrassed more than one analysis. Copper's macro-bellwether reputation ("Dr. Copper") is earned: the 2024 record highs and subsequent swings tracked electrification demand against China construction weakness. The series starts 2012 and rolls as a continuous CFD.
What's inside the High Grade Copper file
timestamp,open,high,low,closeOne row per candle; tick files instead carry timestamp,bid,ask on every quote. All timestamps are UTC. Worked examples and import steps are in the CSV & JSON format guide.
About High Grade Copper
High Grade Copper (COPPERCMDUSD) is a commodity CFD with 14 years of retrievable history. It is commonly used for backtesting commodity and futures strategies, seasonality and volatility studies, hedging research and quantitative model training. Pick any date range from 2012-03-02 onward, choose a timeframe and the bid or ask side, and the app fetches and writes the files locally — no scripting.
Frequently asked questions
- How far back does High Grade Copper data go?
- High Grade Copper history runs from 2012-03-02 — roughly 14 years — up to the last completed trading day, at every timeframe from raw ticks to monthly candles. Every licence tier reaches all of it.
- How large is a full High Grade Copper download?
- The complete High Grade Copper 1-minute history is roughly 5.3M rows, about 263 MB as CSV. Daily candles over the same instrument are far smaller — around 3,700 rows, 183 KB. Tick and 1-second runs are larger again and are queued and resumable rather than fetched in one pass. Sizes are approximate; nothing is priced by volume.
- What columns are in the High Grade Copper CSV file?
- OHLC files contain a timestamp plus open, high, low and close columns; tick files contain a timestamp with bid and ask prices. All timestamps are UTC. The files import directly into Excel, Google Sheets, Python (pandas read_csv), R, MetaTrader, NinjaTrader and TradingView.
- Do you sell High Grade Copper data?
- No — we sell software. The MarketData Hub client retrieves High Grade Copper (COPPERCMDUSD) on your own machine, under your instruction, directly from the source; we never host, cache or relay it. Your use of the retrieved data is subject to the source's terms.
Guides
- Get the app — Windows, macOS, Linux
- How to download historical commodity data
- CSV & JSON format — columns explained
- Tick data vs OHLC candles
- Backtesting with historical data
- Query with SQL (DuckDB)
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