Hi-Lo-Open-Close
Series
Hi-Lo-Open-Close series have four data values per series element. These
series are used by the financial industry to graphically represent a high and
low price, and the opening and closing price, often for a day or a week of
selling. Hi-Lo-Open-Close series may be mixed with Bar, Line, Area, Base-Error
and Hi-Lo series. An element in a Hi-Lo-Open-Close series will not display
unless both Hi and Lo values are provided, but the Open and Close values are
optional. The line is always drawn from the Lo value to the Hi value,
regardless of the values of Open and Close. Hi-Lo-Open-Close series accept
dragged colors to set the marker or line color. Other attributes are set by
using the Hi-Lo-Open-Close Series Inspector.
Hi-Lo-Open-Close series are also referred
to as Candlestick series, and when the rectangular Open/Close marker (see
Open/Close Marker Style below) is used this series is often referred to as a
Tokyo series.
Hi-Lo-Open-Close Inspector
When a Hi-Lo-Open-Close
series is selected in the chart, the Inspector
displays the controls that are used to set its attributes. The Hi-Lo-Open-Close Series Inspector contains a tab view with three tabs:
Style, Labels, and Trends. The
contents of each of those tabs are addressed separately below.
Style Tab
The attributes set with controls found in the tab labeled ÒStyleÓ apply only
to the currently selected series. Changing the values of these attributes does not
affect any of the other series in the chart unless they are also selected.
¥ Line Width and Color
The Line Width slider and the color well set the width and color of the lines
in a Hi-Lo-Open-Close series.
¥ Hi and Lo Marker
Style
Sets the graphic used to mark Hi and Lo data points. Markers can be different
styles for Hi and Lo, but must always be the same size.
¥ Open / Close Marker
Style
Sets the graphic used to mark the Open and Close data points. Each selection
here sets both the Open and Close points. The style with the open rectangle
icon is referred to as Tokyo series style.
¥ Marker Size
The marker size can be as large as 36 point.
¥ Marker Color
Sets the color of the Hi, Lo, Open and Close markers.
¥ Display series on Y1 / Y2 Axis
Associates the series with either the Y1 or Y2 axis (the axis must be active in
order to associate a series to it). The data range of the associated axis will
determine how the series is drawn.
Labels Tab
The contents of this tab are used to control the content, color, position and
rotation of the series labels.
¥ Labels
A switch titled ÒLabelsÓ at the top of the tab view panel will enable or
disable the series labels for the selected series.
¥ Label Content
The content of the data labels is set to:
Data - numeric labels
Text - textual labels
Text and Data - both textual and numeric values in the labels
The textual labels contain the Hi, Lo, Open or Close designation. The numeric
labels are the series element values.
¥ Label Position
Label positioning options are relative to
the data marker. Series labels can
be double- clicked to deep-select
them, then dragged freely across the chart. When this is done, the label position
is set to ÒCustomÓ.
¥ Label Color
The Label Color sets the display color of series labels.
¥ Label Rotation
The Rotation controls set the rotation of all of the series labels.
Trends Tab
The contents of the Trends tab is used to add trend lines to the selected
series. Any number of trends can be added, each with their own set of attributes,
but all associated with the data of the selected series.
¥ Add Trend / Delete Trend
At the bottom of the trends tab are two
buttons used to add and delete trends.
Initially only the Add Trend button is enabled. When the Add Trend button is clicked, a
single trend is added. For each
added trend, an item is added to the popup button that is toward the top of the
Trends tab. This popup button
displays the trend label for each of the trends that have been added, and is
used to select a trend.
To delete a trend, select the trend from the list of trends in the popup button toward the top of the Trends tab, then click the Delete Trend button.
¥ Type
The mathematical model for a given trend
can be set using the Type popup button.
If the trend type has a modifier value, the control for that value is
displayed to the right of the trend type popup. For example, the Polynomial trend type has an Order
modifier, and the Moving Average trend type has a Period modifier.
¥ Active
The Active switch is used to activate and
deactivate a trend. When a trend
is deactivated, it is not displayed in the chart and is not referenced in the
chart legend.
¥ Show Entry in Legend
This switch is used to include or exclude an
entry that represents the trend from the chart legend.
¥ Draw in front of series
Allows you to set the trend to draw in front of
or in back of the associated seris.
¥ Label
The default label for a trend is
Ò<Series Name>(Trend #)Ó.
This label can be modified with the Label textfield. This label is used to identify the
trend in the chart legend, and is also used to identify the trend in the trends
popup toward the top of the Trends tab.
¥ Line Width and Color
Used to set the width and color of the
trend line.
¥ Equation Annotation
You can drag a textual annotation from this icon
well that will display the mathematical equation computed for the associated trend.