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JavaScript StockChart with Annotation / Indexlabel

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Annotations are used to show / highlight important information about a datapoint in a StockChart. In the below example, indexlabel is used to show lowest closing price for the given period.

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window.onload = function () {
  var dataPoints1 = [], dataPoints2 = [];
  var stockChart = new CanvasJS.StockChart("chartContainer",{
    exportEnabled: true,
    title:{
      text:"StockChart with Annotation"
    },
    subtitles: [{
      text: "Litecoin Price"
    }],
    charts: [{
      axisX: {
        crosshair: {
          enabled: true,
          snapToDataPoint: true
        }
      },
      axisY: {
        prefix: "$",
        lineThickness: 0
      },
      data: [{
        name: "Price (in USD)",
        yValueFormatString: "$#,###.##",
        type: "candlestick",
        dataPoints : dataPoints1
      }]
    }],
    navigator: {
      data: [{
        dataPoints: dataPoints2
      }],
      slider: {
        minimum: new Date(2018, 10, 01),
        maximum: new Date(2018, 11, 20)
      }
    }
  });
  $.getJSON("https://canvasjs.com/data/docs/ltceur2018.json", function(data) {
    var lowestCloseDate = data[0].date, lowestClosingPrice = data[0].close;
    for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
      if(data[i].close < lowestClosingPrice) {
        lowestClosingPrice = data[i].close;
        lowestCloseDate = data[i].date;
      }
    }
    for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++){
      dataPoints1.push({x: new Date(data[i].date), y: [Number(data[i].open), Number(data[i].high), Number(data[i].low), Number(data[i].close)]});
      dataPoints2.push({x: new Date(data[i].date), y: Number(data[i].close)});
      if(data[i].date === lowestCloseDate){
        dataPoints1[i].indexLabel = "Lowest Closing";
        dataPoints1[i].indexLabelFontColor = "red";
        dataPoints1[i].indexLabelOrientation = "vertical"
      }
    }
    stockChart.render();
  });
}                            

Related Customizations in StockChart

  • dataPoints.indexLabel
  • dataPoints.indexLabelPlacement
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