hvPlot.ohlc#

hvPlot.ohlc(x=None, y=None, **kwds)[source]#

The ohlc plot visualizes the open, high, low and close prices of stocks and other assets.

Reference: https://hvplot.holoviz.org/reference/tabular/ohlc.html

Parameters:

xstring, optional: Field name to draw x coordinates from. If not specified, the index is used. Normally refers to date values.
ylist or tuple, optional: Field names of the OHLC fields. Default is [“open”, “high”, “low”, “close”]
line_colorstring, optional: The line color. Default is black
pos_colorstring, optional: The color indicating a positive change. Default is green.
neg_colorstring, optional: The color indicating a negative change. Default is red.
**kwdsoptional: Additional keywords arguments are documented in hvplot.help(‘ohlc’). See Plotting Options for more information.

Returns:

holoviews.element.Rectangles / Panel object

You can print the object to study its composition and run:

import holoviews as hv
hv.help(the_holoviews_object)

to learn more about its parameters and options.

References

Bokeh: https://docs.bokeh.org/en/latest/docs/gallery/candlestick.html
Matplotlib: https://www.statology.org/matplotlib-python-candlestick-chart/
Plotly: https://plotly.com/python/ohlc-charts/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_chart

Examples

data = pd.DataFrame({
    "open": [100, 101, 102],
    "high": [104, 105, 110],
    "low": [94, 97, 99],
    "close": [101, 99, 103],
}, index=[pd.Timestamp("2022-08-01"), pd.Timestamp("2022-08-02"), pd.Timestamp("2022-08-03")])
ohlc = data.hvplot.ohlc(pos_color="#55a194", neg_color="#f16a6f")
ohlc

Backend-specific styling options#

Bokeh

alpha, cmap, color, fill_alpha, fill_color, hover_alpha, hover_color, hover_fill_alpha, hover_fill_color, hover_line_alpha, hover_line_cap, hover_line_color, hover_line_dash, hover_line_dash_offset, hover_line_join, hover_line_width, line_alpha, line_cap, line_color, line_dash, line_dash_offset, line_join, line_width, muted, muted_alpha, muted_color, muted_fill_alpha, muted_fill_color, muted_line_alpha, muted_line_cap, muted_line_color, muted_line_dash, muted_line_dash_offset, muted_line_join, muted_line_width, nonselection_alpha, nonselection_color, nonselection_fill_alpha, nonselection_fill_color, nonselection_line_alpha, nonselection_line_cap, nonselection_line_color, nonselection_line_dash, nonselection_line_dash_offset, nonselection_line_join, nonselection_line_width, selection_alpha, selection_color, selection_fill_alpha, selection_fill_color, selection_line_alpha, selection_line_cap, selection_line_color, selection_line_dash, selection_line_dash_offset, selection_line_join, selection_line_width, visible

Matplotlib

alpha, c, capstyle, cmap, color, ec, ecolor, edgecolor, facecolor, fc, fill, hatch, joinstyle, linestyle, linewidth, lw

Examples#

TBD

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