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Appendix A: Object Properties Reference
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Candlestick

A data symbol displayed as a vertical rectangle. Used to display four numeric values over a specific time interval. The candlestick is typically used to display the opening, closing, high, and low prices of a stock on a specific date, and the color of the candlestick is designed to show gain or loss of stock value.

Valid properties for the Candlestick object are described in the following table.

Property Data Type Description

DateTime

DateTime

Horizontal coordinate (x-value) of the center of the candlestick.

Width

Numeric

Width of the candlestick in data units.

OpenPrice

Numeric

Value of the variable at the beginning of the interval.

HighPrice

Numeric

Highest value of the variable during the interval.

LowPrice

Numeric

Lowest value of the variable during the interval.

ClosePrice

Numeric

Value of the variable at the end of the interval.

ShowHigh

Boolean

Determines whether the high value is displayed.

ShowLow

Boolean

Determines whether the low value is displayed.

GainForeColor

Color

Fill color for the rectangle when the closing value is greater than the opening value.

GainBackColor

Color

Background color of the rectangle when a pattern fill is selected, when
GainFillTransparency is False, and when the closing value is greater than the opening value.

GainFillStyle

Enum

Style of the rectangle fill when the closing value is greater than the opening value.

GainFillTransparency

Boolean

Specifies whether the area in between hatched patterns is filled with the ContrastColor (False) or remains unfilled (True) when the closing value is greater than the opening value.

LossForeColor

Color

Fill color for the rectangle when the closing value is less than the opening value.

LossBackColor

Color

Background color of the rectangle when a pattern fill is selected, GainFillTransparency is False, and when the closing value is less than the opening value.

LossFillStyle

Enum

Style of the rectangle fill when the closing value is less than the opening value.

LossFillTransparency

Boolean

Specifies whether the area in between hatched patterns is filled with the ContrastColor (False) or remains unfilled (True) when the closing value is less than the opening value.

LineColor

Color

Color of the rectangle border and high/low whiskers (if they are displayed).

LineWidth

Numeric

Width of the rectangle border and high/low whiskers (if they are displayed) in points at a zoom level of 100%. A width of 0 represents a single-pixel hairline.

LineStyle

Enum

Style of the rectangle border and high/low whiskers (if they are displayed).




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