Stock Chart

Stock chart is used to illustrate fluctuations in data over a time. It can represent fluctuations in stock, rainfall, or annual temperatures. The data arranged in columns or rows of a worksheet can be plotted in a Stock chart.

DsExcel supports the following types of Stock charts.

Chart Type	Chart Snapshot	Use Case
StockHLC	StockHLC chart	A high-low-close chart displays the data values organized in the order: high, low, close with the close value lying in between the high and low values.
StockOHLC	StockOHLC chart	An open-high-low-close chart displays the data values organized in the order: open, high, low and close.
StockVHLC	StockVHLC chart	A volume-high-low-close chart displays the data values organized in the order: volume, high, low and close.
StockVOHLC	StockVOHLC chart	A volume-open-high-low-close chart displays the data values organized in the order : volume, open, high, low and close.

Using Code

Refer the following code to add StockVOHLC chart:

public void StockCharts()
{
     // Initialize workbook
     Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
     // Fetch default worksheet 
     IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

     // Prepare data for chart
     worksheet.Range["A1:D17"].Value = new object[,] 
     {
         { null, "High", "Low", "Close" },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 1), 105.76, 92.38, 100.94 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 2), 102.45, 90.14, 93.45 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 3),102.11, 85.01, 99.89 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 4), 106.01, 94.04, 99.45 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 5),108.23, 98.16, 104.33 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 8),107.7, 91.02, 102.17 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 9),110.36, 101.62, 110.07 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 10),115.97, 106.89, 112.39 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 11),120.32, 112.15, 117.52 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 12),122.03, 114.67, 114.75 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 15),120.46, 106.21, 116.85 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 16),118.08, 113.55, 116.69 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 17),128.23, 110.91, 117.25 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 18),120.55, 108.09, 112.52 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 19),112.58, 105.42, 109.12 },
         { new DateTime(2019, 9, 22),115.23, 97.25, 101.56 },

     };
     worksheet.Range["A:D"].Columns.AutoFit();

     // Add Stock Chart
     IShape stockChartshape = worksheet.Shapes.AddChart(ChartType.StockVOHLC, 350, 20, 360, 230);

     // Adding series to SeriesCollection
     stockChartshape.Chart.SeriesCollection.Add(worksheet.Range["A1:D17"], RowCol.Columns);

     // Configure Chart Title 
     stockChartshape.Chart.ChartTitle.Text = "Market Data Analysis";

     // Configure value axis
     IAxis valueAxis = stockChartshape.Chart.Axes.Item(AxisType.Value);
     valueAxis.MinimumScale = 80;
     valueAxis.MaximumScale = 140;
     valueAxis.MajorUnit = 15;

     // Configure category axis
     IAxis categoryAxis = stockChartshape.Chart.Axes.Item(AxisType.Category);
     categoryAxis.CategoryType = CategoryType.CategoryScale;
     categoryAxis.MajorTickMark = TickMark.Outside;
     categoryAxis.TickLabelSpacingIsAuto = false;
     categoryAxis.TickLabelSpacing = 5;

     // Configure Close Series Style
     ISeries series_close = stockChartshape.Chart.SeriesCollection[2];
     series_close.MarkerStyle = MarkerStyle.Diamond;
     series_close.Has3DEffect = true;

     // Saving workbook to Xlsx
     workbook.Save("23-StockChart.xlsx", SaveFileFormat.Xlsx);
 }