Candlestick Chart

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The Candlestick chart type is used to display stock information using high, low, open and close values. The size of the line is determined by the high and low values, while the size of the bar is determined by the open and close values. The open and close bars are displayed using different colors. The color used depends on whether the stock's price has gone up or down.

Chart Characteristics

SeriesChartType value

SeriesChartType.Candlestick

Number of Y values per point

4 (high, low, open and close, respectively).

Number of series

One or more

Supports markers

Yes

Cannot be combined with:

Doughnut, Pie, Bar, Stacked Bar, Polar, Radar, Pyramid, or Funnel charts.

Custom attributes

LabelValueType, MaxPixelPointWidth, MinPixelPointWidth, PixelPointDepth, PixelPointGapDepth, PixelPointWidth, PointWidth, PriceDownColor, PriceUpColor

Remarks

If the close value is higher than the open value than the color of the bar is determined by the PriceUpColor custom attribute. If the close value is lower than the open value than the color of the bar is determined by the PriceDownColor custom attribute. Note that these custom attributes must be set explicitly (by default they are not set).

See Also

Reference

Chart Types
Stock Chart
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting
System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting

Build Date:

2012-08-02