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ChartCandleStickSeriesStyle Object

Description

Candle Stick/Financial/Stock chart style.

For a list of all members defined in this module, see ChartCandleStickSeriesStyle Members.

Object Model

Object Model
Label
Error Bar
Child Diagram

Remarks

A Candlestick Chart is used to display trends for financial data, generally stock market prices. Candlestick charts are much easier to read than a traditional bar chart for a stock market trader. The candlesticks make it fast and easy to compare the high and low, open and close of data. Each "candlestick" represents the high, low, open, and close of data for a given value. The relationship between these candles is important in determining trends among stock prices.

  • The "open" and "close" values are displayed as the "body" of the candle.
  • The "high" and "low" are displayed as simple lines above and below the body.
  • Buying pressure is indicated with hollow candles, where the close is greater than the previous high.
  • Selling pressure is indicated with a filled red candle, where its close value is lower than the previous close value.

Candlestick Chart

Example

// Candlestick series sample

ChartControl.Content.Titles.DeleteAll  
ChartControl.Content.Titles.Add "Historical Stock Prices"  

Dim Series As ChartSeries  
Set Series = ChartControl.Content.Series.Add("Stock Series")  

Series.Points.Add4 "2009-12-28", 30.89, 31.18, 31, 31.17  
Series.Points.Add4 "2009-12-29", 31.23, 31.5, 31.35, 31.39  
Series.Points.Add4 "2009-12-30", 30.8, 31.29, 31.15, 30.96  
Series.Points.Add4 "2009-12-31", 30.48, 30.99, 30.98, 30.48  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-04", 30.59, 31.1, 30.62, 30.95  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-05", 30.64, 31.1, 30.85, 30.96  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-06", 30.52, 31.08, 30.88, 30.77  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-07", 30.19, 30.7, 30.63, 30.45  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-08", 30.24, 30.88, 30.28, 30.66  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-11", 30.12, 30.76, 30.71, 30.27  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-12", 29.91, 30.4, 30.15, 30.07  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-13", 30.01, 30.52, 30.26, 30.35  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-14", 30.26, 31.1, 30.31, 30.96  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-15", 30.71, 31.24, 31.08, 30.86  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-19", 30.68, 31.24, 30.75, 31.1  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-20", 30.31, 30.94, 30.81, 30.59  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-21", 30, 30.72, 30.61, 30.01  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-22", 28.84, 30.2, 30, 28.96  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-25", 29.1, 29.66, 29.24, 29.32  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-26", 29.09, 29.85, 29.2, 29.5  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-27", 29.02, 29.82, 29.35, 29.67  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-28", 28.89, 29.87, 29.84, 29.16  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-01-29", 27.66, 29.92, 29.9, 28.18  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-01", 27.92, 28.48, 28.39, 28.41  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-02", 28.14, 28.5, 28.37, 28.46  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-03", 28.12, 28.79, 28.26, 28.63  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-04", 27.81, 28.5, 28.38, 27.84  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-05", 27.57, 28.28, 28, 28.02  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-08", 27.57, 28.08, 28.01, 27.72  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-09", 27.75, 28.34, 27.97, 28.01  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-10", 27.84, 28.24, 28.03, 27.99  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-11", 27.7, 28.4, 27.93, 28.12  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-12", 27.58, 28.06, 27.81, 27.93  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-16", 28.02, 28.37, 28.13, 28.35  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-17", 28.36, 28.65, 28.53, 28.59  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-18", 28.51, 29.03, 28.59, 28.97  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-19", 28.69, 28.92, 28.79, 28.77  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-22", 28.65, 28.94, 28.84, 28.73  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-23", 28.09, 28.83, 28.68, 28.33  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-24", 28.38, 28.79, 28.52, 28.63  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-25", 28.02, 28.65, 28.27, 28.6  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-02-26", 28.51, 28.85, 28.65, 28.67  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-03-01", 28.53, 29.05, 28.77, 29.02  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-03-02", 28.24, 29.3, 29.08, 28.46  
Series.Points.Add4 "2010-03-03", 28.35, 28.61, 28.51, 28.46  

Series.ArgumentScaleType = xtpChartScaleDateTime

Dim StyleHL As ChartCandleStickSeriesStyle  
Set StyleHL = New ChartCandleStickSeriesStyle  
Set ChartControl.Content.Series(0).Style = StyleHL  
StyleHL.LineThickness = 2  
ChartControl.Content.Series(0).ArgumentScaleType = xtpChartScaleQualitative  

Dim Diagram As ChartDiagram2D  
Set Diagram = ChartControl.Content.Series(0).Diagram  

Diagram.AxisX.Label.Angle = 360 - 30  
Diagram.AxisX.Label.Antialiasing = True  
Diagram.AxisX.Label.Visible = False  

Diagram.AxisY.Title = "US Dollars"  
Diagram.AxisY.Title.Visible = True  
Diagram.AxisY.Visible = True  
Diagram.AxisY.Range.ShowZeroLevel = False  
Diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorLineStyle.DashStyle = xtpChartDashStyleDashDot  
Diagram.AxisY.GridLines.MinorVisible = True

See Also

ChartCandleStickSeriesStyle Members

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