OHLC Charts in R

How to create OHLC charts in R.

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Basic OHLC Chart

library(plotly)
library(quantmod)

getSymbols("AAPL",src='yahoo')

## [1] "AAPL"

df <- data.frame(Date=index(AAPL),coredata(AAPL))
df <- tail(df, 30)

fig <- df %>% plot_ly(x = ~Date, type="ohlc",
          open = ~AAPL.Open, close = ~AAPL.Close,
          high = ~AAPL.High, low = ~AAPL.Low) 
fig <- fig %>% layout(title = "Basic OHLC Chart")

fig

OHLC Chart without Rangeslider

library(plotly)
library(quantmod)

getSymbols("AAPL",src='yahoo')

## [1] "AAPL"

df <- data.frame(Date=index(AAPL),coredata(AAPL))
df <- tail(df, 30)

fig <- df %>% plot_ly(x = ~Date, type="ohlc",
          open = ~AAPL.Open, close = ~AAPL.Close,
          high = ~AAPL.High, low = ~AAPL.Low) 
fig <- fig %>% layout(title = "Basic OHLC Chart",
         xaxis = list(rangeslider = list(visible = F)))

fig

Customise the Figure with Shapes and Annotations

library(plotly)
library(quantmod)

getSymbols("AAPL",src='yahoo')

## [1] "AAPL"

df <- data.frame(Date=index(AAPL),coredata(AAPL))

# annotation
a <- list(text = "Stock Split",
          x = '2014-06-06',
          y = 1.02,
          xref = 'x',
          yref = 'paper',
          xanchor = 'left',
          showarrow = FALSE
          )

# use shapes to create a line
l <- list(type = line,
          x0 = '2014-06-06',
          x1 = '2014-06-06',
          y0 = 0,
          y1 = 1,
          xref = 'x',
          yref = 'paper',
          line = list(color = 'black',
                      width = 0.5)
          )

fig <- df %>% plot_ly(x = ~Date, type="ohlc",
          open = ~AAPL.Open, close = ~AAPL.Close,
          high = ~AAPL.High, low = ~AAPL.Low) 
fig <- fig %>% layout(title = "Custom Colors",
         annotations = a,
         shapes = l)

fig

Custom OHLC Chart Colors

library(plotly)
library(quantmod)

getSymbols("AAPL",src='yahoo')

## [1] "AAPL"

# basic example of ohlc charts
df <- data.frame(Date=index(AAPL),coredata(AAPL))
df <- tail(df, 30)

# cutom colors
i <- list(line = list(color = '#FFD700'))
d <- list(line = list(color = '#0000ff'))

fig <- df %>% plot_ly(x = ~Date, type="ohlc",
          open = ~AAPL.Open, close = ~AAPL.Close,
          high = ~AAPL.High, low = ~AAPL.Low,
          increasing = i, decreasing = d)

fig

Reference

See https://plotly.com/r/reference/#ohlc for more information and chart attribute options!

What About Dash?

Dash for R is an open-source framework for building analytical applications, with no Javascript required, and it is tightly integrated with the Plotly graphing library.

Learn about how to install Dash for R at https://dashr.plot.ly/installation.

Everywhere in this page that you see fig, you can display the same figure in a Dash for R application by passing it to the figure argument of the Graph component from the built-in dashCoreComponents package like this:

library(plotly)

fig <- plot_ly() 
# fig <- fig %>% add_trace( ... )
# fig <- fig %>% layout( ... ) 

library(dash)
library(dashCoreComponents)
library(dashHtmlComponents)

app <- Dash$new()
app$layout(
    htmlDiv(
        list(
            dccGraph(figure=fig) 
        )
     )
)

app$run_server(debug=TRUE, dev_tools_hot_reload=FALSE)