jQuery Candlestick Charts & Graphs

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jQuery Candlestick Charts forms a column with vertical lines to represent open, high, low and close values of a data point. Candlestick provides a visual support for making decisions in case of Stock, foreign exchange, commodity etc. Given example shows a simple jQuery Candlestick Chart along with HTML source code that you can edit in-browser or save to run it locally.

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  1. window.onload = function() {
  2.  
  3. var options = {
  4. 	animationEnabled: true,
  5. 	theme: "light2", // "light1", "light2", "dark1", "dark2"
  6. 	exportEnabled: true,
  7. 	title:{
  8. 		text: "Stock Price: AT&T Vs Verizon for 2016"
  9. 	},
  10. 	axisX: {
  11. 		valueFormatString: "MMM"
  12. 	},
  13. 	axisY: {
  14. 		prefix: "$",
  15. 		title: "Price (in USD)"
  16. 	},
  17. 	data: [{
  18. 		type: "candlestick",
  19. 		yValueFormatString: "$###0.00",
  20. 		xValueFormatString: "MMM",
  21. 		dataPoints: [
  22. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 00, 01), y: [34.080002, 36.060001, 33.410000, 36.060001] },
  23. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 01, 01), y: [36.040001, 37.500000, 35.790001, 36.950001] },
  24. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 02, 01), y: [37.099998, 39.720001, 37.060001, 39.169998] },
  25. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 03, 01), y: [38.669998, 39.360001, 37.730000, 38.820000] },
  26. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 04, 01), y: [38.869999, 39.669998, 37.770000, 39.150002] },
  27. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 05, 01), y: [39.099998, 43.419998, 38.580002, 43.209999] },
  28. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 06, 01), y: [43.209999, 43.889999, 41.700001, 43.290001] },
  29. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 07, 01), y: [43.250000, 43.500000, 40.549999, 40.880001] },
  30. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 08, 01), y: [40.849998, 41.700001, 39.549999, 40.610001] },
  31. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 09, 01), y: [40.619999, 41.040001, 36.270000, 36.790001] },
  32. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 10, 01), y: [36.970001, 39.669998, 36.099998, 38.630001] },
  33. 			{ x: new Date(2016, 11, 01), y: [38.630001, 42.840000, 38.160000, 40.380001] }
  34. 		]
  35. 	}]
  36. };
  37. $("#chartContainer").CanvasJSChart(options);
  38.  
  39. }

Chart Customizations

You can set risingColor & fallingColor to indicate the rise and fall in prices. Other related customizations include showInLegend, exportEnabled, etc.

Note   For step by step instructions, follow our jQuery Integration Tutorial