Ohlc charts
The OHLC chart (for open, high, low and close) is a style of financial chart describing open, high, low and close values for a given x coordinate (most likely time). The tip of the lines represent the low and high values and the horizontal segments represent the open and close values. Sample points where the close value is higher (lower) then the open value are called increasing (decreasing). By default, increasing items are drawn in green whereas decreasing are drawn in red.
See also Candlestick Charts and other financial charts.
Simple OHLC Chart with Pandas¶
import plotly.graph_objects as go
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/finance-charts-apple.csv')
fig = go.Figure(data=go.Ohlc(x=df['Date'],
open=df['AAPL.Open'],
high=df['AAPL.High'],
low=df['AAPL.Low'],
close=df['AAPL.Close']))
fig.show()
OHLC Chart without Rangeslider¶
import plotly.graph_objects as go
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/finance-charts-apple.csv')
fig = go.Figure(data=go.Ohlc(x=df['Date'],
open=df['AAPL.Open'],
high=df['AAPL.High'],
low=df['AAPL.Low'],
close=df['AAPL.Close']))
fig.update(layout_xaxis_rangeslider_visible=False)
fig.show()
Adding Customized Text and Annotations¶
import plotly.graph_objects as go
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/finance-charts-apple.csv')
fig = go.Figure(data=go.Ohlc(x=df['Date'],
open=df['AAPL.Open'],
high=df['AAPL.High'],
low=df['AAPL.Low'],
close=df['AAPL.Close']))
fig.update_layout(
title='The Great Recession',
yaxis_title='AAPL Stock',
shapes = [dict(
x0='2016-12-09', x1='2016-12-09', y0=0, y1=1, xref='x', yref='paper',
line_width=2)],
annotations=[dict(
x='2016-12-09', y=0.05, xref='x', yref='paper',
showarrow=False, xanchor='left', text='Increase Period Begins')]
)
fig.show()
Custom OHLC Colors¶
import plotly.graph_objects as go
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/finance-charts-apple.csv')
fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Ohlc(
x=df['Date'],
open=df['AAPL.Open'], high=df['AAPL.High'],
low=df['AAPL.Low'], close=df['AAPL.Close'],
increasing_line_color= 'cyan', decreasing_line_color= 'gray'
)])
fig.show()
Simple OHLC with datetime Objects¶
import plotly.graph_objects as go
from datetime import datetime
open_data = [33.0, 33.3, 33.5, 33.0, 34.1]
high_data = [33.1, 33.3, 33.6, 33.2, 34.8]
low_data = [32.7, 32.7, 32.8, 32.6, 32.8]
close_data = [33.0, 32.9, 33.3, 33.1, 33.1]
dates = [datetime(year=2013, month=10, day=10),
datetime(year=2013, month=11, day=10),
datetime(year=2013, month=12, day=10),
datetime(year=2014, month=1, day=10),
datetime(year=2014, month=2, day=10)]
fig = go.Figure(data=[go.Ohlc(x=dates,
open=open_data, high=high_data,
low=low_data, close=close_data)])
fig.show()
Custom Hovertext¶
import plotly.graph_objects as go
import pandas as pd
from datetime import datetime
hovertext=[]
for i in range(len(df['AAPL.Open'])):
hovertext.append('Open: '+str(df['AAPL.Open'][i])+'<br>Close: '+str(df['AAPL.Close'][i]))
df = pd.read_csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plotly/datasets/master/finance-charts-apple.csv')
fig = go.Figure(data=go.Ohlc(x=df['Date'],
open=df['AAPL.Open'],
high=df['AAPL.High'],
low=df['AAPL.Low'],
close=df['AAPL.Close'],
text=hovertext,
hoverinfo='text'))
fig.show()
Reference¶
For more information on candlestick attributes, see: https://plotly.com/python/reference/ohlc/