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Candlestick graph

The candlestick graph is a variant on the open-high-low-close graph. It’s also used mainly in charting stock prices.

The candlestick graph is an alternative to the open-high-low-close graph. It consists of a series of boxes, with lines extending up and down from the ends, drawn on an X-Y grid. The top and bottom of each box indicate the open and close values. If the open value is higher, the box is filled with a color; if the close value is higher, the box is filled with white. The ascending and descending lines indicate the high and low values for that point.

Like open-high-low-close graphs, candlestick graphs are most often used to plot stock prices. The addition of the boxes helps you differentiate between "up" and "down" days of trading.

• The candlestick graph requires four data sets (open, high, low, and close values). The number of data points determines how many candlesticks are drawn.
  
  
• If you don't supply an X position for each data point, Graphics Server automatically places points at increments of 1, starting at 0.
  
  
• A line may be drawn showing the moving average for any data set (open, high, low or close).
  
  
• No style variants are available.
  
  

Use a candlestick graph...

• When you're charting stock prices with open, high, low, and close values and want to emphasize whether prices are up or down each day.
  
  
• When you're charting other values that can be set up in a similar fashion with four data sets.
  

Other graph types to consider

• The open-high-low-close graph serves the same purpose as the candlestick graph, but with less emphasis on whether each plot point shows an "up" or "down".