How the 2026 FIFA World Cup Affected Forex Markets

//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ //| WorldCupOHLC.mq5 - Match-day OHLC retriever | //| Compares OHLC for any symbol on World Cup match dates | //| Output: CSV file in Files folder with date,open,high,low,close | //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ #property strict #property description "Fetches OHLC data for World Cup 2026 match dates" #property description "Outputs CSV to Files\WorldCupOHLC\ for Excel analysis" input string InpSymbol="EURUSDm"; // Symbol (use Exness m suffix) input int InpMatchDay=20260611; // Match date (YYYYMMDD, e.g. 20260611) input int InpHourStart=0; // Hour to start (0 = midnight server) input int InpHoursSpan=24; // Hours to cover (24 = full day) input string InpFileName="WC2026"; // CSV filename prefix // Match schedule reference (date in YYYYMMDD format, match description) string MatchDates[]={ "20260611","Group A: Mexico vs South Africa", "20260611","Group A: South Korea vs Czechia", "20260612","Group B: Canada vs Bosnia", "20260612","Group D: USA vs Paraguay", "20260613","Group C: Haiti vs Scotland", "20260613","Group D: Australia vs Turkiye", "20260613","Group C: Brazil vs Morocco", "20260613","Group B: Qatar vs Switzerland", "20260614","Group E: Ivory Coast vs Ecuador", "20260614","Group E: Germany vs Curacao", "20260614","Group F: Netherlands vs Japan", "20260614","Group F: Sweden vs Tunisia", "20260615","Group H: Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay", "20260615","Group H: Spain vs Cape Verde", "20260615","Group G: Iran vs New Zealand", "20260615","Group G: Belgium vs Egypt", "20260616","Group I: France vs Senegal", "20260616","Group I: Iraq vs Norway", "20260616","Group J: Argentina vs Algeria", "20260616","Group J: Austria vs Jordan", "20260617","Group L: Ghana vs Panama", "20260617","Group L: England vs Croatia", "20260617","Group K: Portugal vs DR Congo", "20260617","Group K: Uzbekistan vs Colombia", "20260618","Group A: Czechia vs South Africa", "20260618","Group B: Switzerland vs Bosnia", "20260618","Group B: Canada vs Qatar", "20260618","Group A: Mexico vs South Korea", "20260619","Group C: Brazil vs Haiti", "20260619","Group C: Scotland vs Morocco", "20260619","Group D: Turkiye vs Paraguay", "20260619","Group D: USA vs Australia", "20260620","Group E: Germany vs Ivory Coast", "20260620","Group E: Ecuador vs Curacao", "20260620","Group F: Netherlands vs Sweden", "20260620","Group F: Tunisia vs Japan", "20260621","Group H: Uruguay vs Cape Verde", "20260621","Group H: Spain vs Saudi Arabia", "20260621","Group G: Belgium vs Iran", "20260621","Group G: New Zealand vs Egypt", "20260622","Group I: Norway vs Senegal", "20260622","Group I: France vs Iraq", "20260622","Group J: Argentina vs Austria", "20260622","Group J: Jordan vs Algeria", "20260623","Group L: England vs Ghana", "20260623","Group L: Panama vs Croatia", "20260623","Group K: Portugal vs Uzbekistan", "20260623","Group K: Colombia vs DR Congo", "20260624","Group C: Scotland vs Brazil", "20260624","Group C: Morocco vs Haiti", "20260624","Group B: Switzerland vs Canada", "20260624","Group B: Bosnia vs Qatar", "20260624","Group A: Czechia vs Mexico", "20260624","Group A: South Africa vs South Korea", "20260625","Group E: Curacao vs Ivory Coast", "20260625","Group E: Ecuador vs Germany", "20260625","Group F: Japan vs Sweden", "20260625","Group F: Tunisia vs Netherlands", "20260625","Group D: Turkiye vs USA", "20260625","Group D: Paraguay vs Australia", "20260626","Group I: Norway vs France", "20260626","Group I: Senegal vs Iraq", "20260626","Group G: Egypt vs Iran", "20260626","Group G: New Zealand vs Belgium", "20260626","Group H: Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia", "20260626","Group H: Uruguay vs Spain", "20260627","Group L: Croatia vs Ghana", "20260627","Group L: Panama vs England", "20260627","Group K: Colombia vs Portugal", "20260627","Group K: DR Congo vs Uzbekistan", "20260627","Group J: Algeria vs Austria", "20260627","Group J: Jordan vs Argentina", "20260628","R32: South Africa vs Canada", "20260629","R32: Germany vs Paraguay", "20260629","R32: Netherlands vs Morocco", "20260629","R32: Brazil vs Japan", "20260630","R32: France vs Sweden", "20260630","R32: Ivory Coast vs Norway", "20260630","R32: Mexico vs Ecuador", "20260701","R32: England vs DR Congo", "20260701","R32: USA vs Bosnia", "20260701","R32: Belgium vs Senegal", "20260702","R32: Portugal vs Croatia", "20260702","R32: Spain vs Austria", "20260702","R32: Switzerland vs Algeria", "20260703","R32: Argentina vs Cape Verde", "20260703","R32: Colombia vs Ghana", "20260703","R32: Australia vs Egypt", "20260704","R16: Paraguay vs France", "20260704","R16: Canada vs Morocco", "20260705","R16: Brazil vs Norway", "20260705","R16: Mexico vs England", "20260706","R16: Portugal vs Spain", "20260706","R16: USA vs Belgium", "20260707","R16: Argentina vs Egypt", "20260707","R16: Switzerland vs Colombia", "20260709","QF: France vs Morocco", "20260710","QF: Spain vs Belgium", "20260711","QF: Norway vs England", "20260712","QF: Argentina vs Switzerland", "20260714","SF: France vs Spain", "20260715","SF: England vs Argentina", "20260718","3rd Place: France vs England", "20260719","FINAL: Spain vs Argentina" }; //+------------------------------------------------------------------+ int OnStart() { string path = "WorldCupOHLC\\"; string filename = path + InpFileName + "_" + IntegerToString(InpMatchDay) + ".csv"; // Ensure directory exists FileOpen(path + "test.tmp",FILE_WRITE|FILE_COMMON); FileDelete(path + "test.tmp",FILE_COMMON); int h = FileOpen(filename,FILE_WRITE|FILE_CSV|FILE_COMMON,","); if(h==INVALID_HANDLE) { Print("Failed to create file: ",filename); return(-1); } // Find match description string desc = ""; for(int i=0;i<ArraySize(MatchDates);i++) { if(MatchDates[i]==IntegerToString(InpMatchDay)) { desc = MatchDates[i+1]; break; } } // Header FileWrite(h,"Symbol","MatchDate","MatchDesc","HourStart","HourSpan", "Open","High","Low","Close","Range","Body","Volume"); // Fetch OHLC MqlRates rates[]; datetime from=StringToTime(IntegerToString(InpMatchDay)); datetime to=from+InpHoursSpan*3600; int count=CopyRates(InpSymbol,PERIOD_H1,from,to,rates); if(count>0) { double o=rates[0].open; double hi=rates[0].high; double lo=rates[0].low; double cl=rates[count-1].close; for(int i=0;i<count;i++) { if(rates[i].high>hi) hi=rates[i].high; if(rates[i].low<lo) lo=rates[i].low; } FileWrite(h,InpSymbol,IntegerToString(InpMatchDay),desc, InpHourStart,InpHoursSpan, DoubleToString(o,(int)SymbolInfoInteger(InpSymbol,SYMBOL_DIGITS)), DoubleToString(hi,(int)SymbolInfoInteger(InpSymbol,SYMBOL_DIGITS)), DoubleToString(lo,(int)SymbolInfoInteger(InpSymbol,SYMBOL_DIGITS)), DoubleToString(cl,(int)SymbolInfoInteger(InpSymbol,SYMBOL_DIGITS)), DoubleToString((hi-lo)/SymbolInfoDouble(InpSymbol,SYMBOL_POINT),0), DoubleToString((cl-o)/SymbolInfoDouble(InpSymbol,SYMBOL_POINT),0), (int)rates[count-1].tick_volume); } else { FileWrite(h,InpSymbol,IntegerToString(InpMatchDay),desc, InpHourStart,InpHoursSpan,"NO DATA"); } FileClose(h); Print("Saved: ",filename); return(0); } //+------------------------------------------------------------------+