diff --git a/metrik/tasks/histdata.py b/metrik/tasks/histdata.py
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+from zipfile import ZipFile
+from io import BytesIO
+import requests
+import pandas as pd
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from metrik.tasks.base import MongoCreateTask
+from metrik.utils import masked_get
+from metrik.conf import USER_AGENT
+
+
+class HistDataWrapper(MongoCreateTask):
+    @staticmethod
+    def fetch_zip(currency, year, month, side):
+        """
+
+        :param currency: Currency pair specified as EURUSD
+        :type currency: str
+        :param year: Year for retrieval as an integer
+        :param month: Month for retrieval as an integer
+        :param side: BID or ASK for which side of the trade you want
+        :return: zip file content with CSV of tick data
+        """
+        # HistData has some interesting tricks they go through to make it
+        # hard to bulk download data. Specifically: you post to one page with
+        # your `Referer` as a different page to get the data, plus some extra
+        # POST body things in order to get the data to come.
+        request_url = 'http://www.histdata.com/get.php'
+        month_leading = '{:02d}'.format(month)
+
+        # No idea what this parameter does, because I'm not convinced it's a nonce:
+        if side == 'BID':
+            tk = '6b95868ebd96e92f3f28196354e1901f'
+        else:
+            tk = 'fa921f9b65d175d05c5976b5f78e5333'
+
+        zip_fname = 'HISTDATA_COM_NT_{pair}_T_{side}_{year}{month_leading}.zip'.format(
+            year=year,
+            month_leading=month_leading,
+            side=side,
+            pair=currency
+        )
+
+        zip_url = 'http://www.histdata.com/' \
+                  'download-free-forex-historical-data/?/ninjatrader/' \
+                  'tick-{side}-quotes/{pair}/{year}/{month_nonleading}/' \
+                  '{zip_fname}' \
+            .format(
+                year=year,
+                side=side.lower(),
+                month_nonleading=str(month),
+                pair=currency.lower(),
+                zip_fname=zip_fname
+            )
+
+        request_content = requests.post(request_url, headers={
+            'Host': 'www.histdata.com',
+            'Referer': zip_url,
+            'User-Agent': USER_AGENT,
+            'Cookie': '__cfduid=d42d8f540c786afd0568ab63eb20c50eb1471099760; complianceCookie=off',
+        }, data={
+            'tk': tk,
+            'date': year,
+            'datemonth': '{year}{month_leading}'.format(
+                year=year, month_leading=month_leading),
+            'platform': 'NT',
+            'timeframe': 'T_{}'.format(side),
+            'fxpair': currency
+        }).content
+
+        return BytesIO(request_content)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def fetch_csv(zip_content, currency, year, month, side):
+        csv_fname = 'DAT_NT_{pair}_T_{side}_{year}{month_leading}.csv'.format(
+            pair=currency,
+            side=side,
+            year=year,
+            month_leading='{:02d}'.format(month)
+        )
+        z = ZipFile(zip_content)
+        bytes = z.read(csv_fname)
+        return BytesIO(bytes)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_csv(csv_content):
+        def parse_timestamp(string):
+            return datetime.strptime(string, '%Y%m%d %H%M%S')
+
+        table = pd.read_csv(
+            filepath_or_buffer=csv_content,
+            names=['Timestamp', 'Price', 'Unknown'],
+            parse_dates=['Timestamp'],
+            date_parser=parse_timestamp,
+            sep=';'
+        ).drop('Unknown', axis=1)
+
+        return table.to_dict()
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diff --git a/metrik/utils.py b/metrik/utils.py
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+import requests
+from metrik.conf import USER_AGENT
+
+
+def masked_get(url, extra_headers=None):
+    user_header = {'User-Agent': USER_AGENT}
+    if extra_headers is not None:
+        user_header.update(extra_headers)
+    return requests.get(url, headers=user_header)
diff --git a/test/tasks/test_histdata.py b/test/tasks/test_histdata.py
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+from unittest import TestCase
+from io import BytesIO
+import pandas as pd
+
+from metrik.tasks.histdata import HistDataWrapper
+
+
+class HistDataWrapperTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_eur_usd_july2016_bid(self):
+        zip_content = HistDataWrapper.fetch_zip('EURUSD', 2016, 7, 'BID')
+        assert len(zip_content.getvalue()) > 0
+        csv_content = HistDataWrapper.fetch_csv(zip_content, 'EURUSD', 2016, 7, 'BID')
+        assert len(csv_content.getvalue()) > 0
+        content_dict = HistDataWrapper.parse_csv(csv_content)
+        assert len(content_dict) > 0
+
+    def test_usd_cad_july2016_bid(self):
+        zip_content = HistDataWrapper.fetch_zip('USDCAD', 2016, 7, 'BID')
+        assert len(zip_content.getvalue()) > 0
+        csv_content = HistDataWrapper.fetch_csv(zip_content, 'USDCAD', 2016, 7, 'BID')
+        assert len(csv_content.getvalue()) > 0
+        content_dict = HistDataWrapper.parse_csv(csv_content)
+        assert len(content_dict) > 0
+
+    def test_eur_usd_july2016_ask(self):
+        zip_content = HistDataWrapper.fetch_zip('EURUSD', 2016, 7, 'ASK')
+        assert len(zip_content.getvalue()) > 0
+        csv_content = HistDataWrapper.fetch_csv(zip_content, 'EURUSD', 2016, 7, 'ASK')
+        assert len(csv_content.getvalue()) > 0
+        content_dict = HistDataWrapper.parse_csv(csv_content)
+        assert len(content_dict) > 0
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