Stock Charts - Candlestick

Introduction

A candlestick chart is a stock chart showing open, high, low, and close values for a stock. The data must consists of 4 columns grouped together. These columns are in order:

  1. open
  2. high
  3. low
  4. close
The order of the columns is important.

Data Model

Mandatory channels: 4 value channels grouped together

Optional channels: label.

Attributes

Due to their special outlook, stock charts do not support all the series attributes available. The following attributes can be used:

(*) Color and paint can alter depending on the values of "Open" and "Close". If pointColor or pointPaint is a palette, then the first palette color is used in cases when "Close"-value is greater than or equal to "Open"-value. The second palette color is used when "Close"-value is smaller than "Open"-value. Default color is black and default paint is "white,black".

Examples

A candlestick and column combo chart.

See also

OHLC Chart can represent similar data.