XAU/CHF Historical Data Downloader
A desktop app that downloads Gold vs Swiss Franc (XAU/CHF) price history on your own machine, written straight to your disk as CSV or JSON. History runs from 2023-03-14 — around 3 years — at every timeframe from raw ticks to monthly candles. A complete XAU/CHF 1-minute series is roughly 1.2M rows, about 61 MB as CSV.
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What the app fetches for XAU/CHF
| Symbol | XAU/CHF |
|---|---|
| Instrument | Gold vs Swiss Franc |
| Asset class | Forex Metals |
| History available from | 2023-03-14 |
| Timeframes | Tick → 1s → 1m → 5m → 15m → 30m → 1h → 4h → Daily → Monthly |
| Price types | Bid & Ask (with volume) |
| File formats | CSV, JSON (MetaTrader, NinjaTrader, Parquet & SQLite/DuckDB from the Pro licence) |
| Coverage | 2023-03-14 → 2026-08-01 (last completed trading day) |
| Retrieval | Local — your machine connects directly to Dukascopy Bank SA |
| Runs on | Windows, macOS, Linux |
XAU/CHF timeframes the app supports
- Tick (every quote)
- 1 second
- 1 minute
- 5 minutes
- 15 minutes
- 30 minutes
- 1 hour
- 4 hours
- Daily
- Monthly
XAU/CHF coverage & file size, timeframe by timeframe
Every XAU/CHF timeframe shares the same 2023-03-14 start date, but not the same scale — coarser candles stay small while tick and intraday files grow fast. Current through 2026-08-01:
| Timeframe | History from | Approx. rows | Approx. CSV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tick (every quote) | 2023-03-14 | very large | — |
| 1 second | 2023-03-14 | very large | — |
| 1 minute | 2023-03-14 | ~1.2M | ~61 MB |
| 5 minutes | 2023-03-14 | ~246K | ~12 MB |
| 15 minutes | 2023-03-14 | ~81,900 | ~4 MB |
| 30 minutes | 2023-03-14 | ~41,000 | ~2 MB |
| 1 hour | 2023-03-14 | ~20,500 | ~1 MB |
| 4 hours | 2023-03-14 | ~5,100 | ~256 KB |
| Daily | 2023-03-14 | ~850 | ~43 KB |
| Monthly | 2023-03-14 | ~40 | ~2 KB |
Counts are approximate, derived from forex 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 XAU/CHF series
The market's two great havens in one price: gold against the franc. Because both legs attract the same stress bid, this cross moves less in crises than dollar-gold — it isolates gold's monetary story from the generic flight-to-safety trade, which is precisely its analytical value. Listed only since March 2023; synthetic construction from XAU/USD and USD/CHF covers earlier periods.
What's inside the XAU/CHF file
timestamp,open,high,low,close,volume
One 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 Gold vs Swiss Franc
Gold vs Swiss Franc (XAU/CHF) is a spot precious-metals instrument with 3 years of retrievable history. It is commonly used for backtesting forex trading strategies and expert advisors (EAs), spread and volatility analysis, training algorithmic and machine-learning models, and charting currency-pair history. Pick any date range from 2023-03-14 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 XAU/CHF data go?
- XAU/CHF history runs from 2023-03-14 — roughly 3 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 XAU/CHF download?
- The complete XAU/CHF 1-minute history is roughly 1.2M rows, about 61 MB as CSV. Daily candles over the same instrument are far smaller — around 850 rows, 43 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 XAU/CHF CSV file?
- OHLC files contain a timestamp plus open, high, low and close columns (with volume); 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 XAU/CHF data?
- No — we sell software. The MarketData Hub client retrieves Gold vs Swiss Franc (XAU/CHF) 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 forex data
- CSV & JSON format — columns explained
- Tick data vs OHLC candles
- Backtesting with historical data
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