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Introduction

Stock charts in amCharts 5 provide a complete solution for financial data visualization with candlestick/OHLC series, volume bars, technical indicators, drawing tools, and comparison capabilities.

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Basic Stock Chart Setup

Create a stock chart by instantiating StockChart and adding panels with series: 
import * as am5 from "@amcharts/amcharts5";
import * as am5xy from "@amcharts/amcharts5/xy";
import * as am5stock from "@amcharts/amcharts5/stock";

// Create root
const root = am5.Root.new("chartdiv");

// Create stock chart
const stockChart = root.container.children.push(
  am5stock.StockChart.new(root, {})
);

// Create main panel
const mainPanel = stockChart.panels.push(
  am5stock.StockPanel.new(root, {
    wheelY: "zoomX",
    panX: true,
    panY: true
  })
);

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Adding Axes and Series

Stock charts require a date axis and value axis along with candlestick or OHLC series: 
// Create value axis
const valueAxis = mainPanel.yAxes.push(
  am5xy.ValueAxis.new(root, {
    renderer: am5xy.AxisRendererY.new(root, {
      pan: "zoom"
    }),
    extraMin: 0.1,
    tooltip: am5.Tooltip.new(root, {}),
    numberFormat: "#,###.00"
  })
);

// Create date axis
const dateAxis = mainPanel.xAxes.push(
  am5xy.GaplessDateAxis.new(root, {
    baseInterval: {
      timeUnit: "day",
      count: 1
    },
    renderer: am5xy.AxisRendererX.new(root, {
      minorGridEnabled: true
    }),
    tooltip: am5.Tooltip.new(root, {})
  })
);

// Add candlestick series
const valueSeries = mainPanel.series.push(
  am5xy.CandlestickSeries.new(root, {
    name: "MSFT",
    clustered: false,
    valueXField: "Date",
    valueYField: "Close",
    highValueYField: "High",
    lowValueYField: "Low",
    openValueYField: "Open",
    calculateAggregates: true,
    xAxis: dateAxis,
    yAxis: valueAxis,
    legendValueText: "open: [bold]{openValueY}[/] high: [bold]{highValueY}[/] low: [bold]{lowValueY}[/] close: [bold]{valueY}[/]"
  })
);

// Set main series
stockChart.set("stockSeries", valueSeries);

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Setting Main Series

The stockSeries setting identifies the primary series for indicators and comparisons: 
stockChart.set("stockSeries", valueSeries);
The main series should be set before adding indicators or comparison series.

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Adding Volume

Volume is typically displayed as columns below the main price chart: 
// Create volume axis
const volumeAxisRenderer = am5xy.AxisRendererY.new(root, {
  inside: true
});
volumeAxisRenderer.labels.template.set("forceHidden", true);
volumeAxisRenderer.grid.template.set("forceHidden", true);

const volumeValueAxis = mainPanel.yAxes.push(
  am5xy.ValueAxis.new(root, {
    numberFormat: "#.#a",
    height: am5.percent(20),
    y: am5.percent(100),
    centerY: am5.percent(100),
    renderer: volumeAxisRenderer
  })
);

// Add volume series
const volumeSeries = mainPanel.series.push(
  am5xy.ColumnSeries.new(root, {
    name: "Volume",
    clustered: false,
    valueXField: "Date",
    valueYField: "Volume",
    xAxis: dateAxis,
    yAxis: volumeValueAxis,
    legendValueText: "[bold]{valueY.formatNumber('#,###.0a')}[/]"
  })
);

vol umeSeries.columns.template.setAll({
  strokeOpacity: 0,
  fillOpacity: 0.5
});

// Color columns based on price movement
volumeSeries.columns.template.adapters.add("fill", function(fill, target) {
  const dataItem = target.dataItem;
  if (dataItem) {
    return stockChart.getVolumeColor(dataItem);
  }
  return fill;
});

// Set volume series
stockChart.set("volumeSeries", volumeSeries);

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Stock Legend

Add a stock legend to display series information: 
const valueLegend = mainPanel.plotContainer.children.push(
  am5stock.StockLegend.new(root, {
    stockChart: stockChart
  })
);

valueLegend.data.setAll([valueSeries, volumeSeries]);

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Positive/Negative Colors

Customize colors for rising and falling prices: 
const stockChart = root.container.children.push(
  am5stock.StockChart.new(root, {
    stockPositiveColor: am5.color(0x00FF00),
    stockNegativeColor: am5.color(0xFF0000),
    volumePositiveColor: am5.color(0x00FF00),
    volumeNegativeColor: am5.color(0xFF0000)
  })
);

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Multiple Panels

Stock charts support multiple panels for indicators or separate data: 
// Add indicator panel
const indicatorPanel = stockChart.panels.push(
  am5stock.StockPanel.new(root, {
    height: am5.percent(30),
    panX: true,
    panY: true
  })
);
Panels are automatically synchronized for zooming and panning along the X-axis.

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Cursor and Scrollbar

Add interactive cursor and scrollbar: 
// Add cursor
mainPanel.set("cursor", am5xy.XYCursor.new(root, {
  yAxis: valueAxis,
  xAxis: dateAxis,
  snapToSeries: [valueSeries],
  snapToSeriesBy: "y!"
}));

// Add scrollbar
const scrollbar = mainPanel.set("scrollbarX", 
  am5xy.XYChartScrollbar.new(root, {
    orientation: "horizontal",
    height: 50
  })
);
stockChart.toolsContainer.children.push(scrollbar);

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Data Format

Stock charts expect data with OHLC values: 
const data = [
  {
    Date: 1617192000000,
    Open: 515.67,
    High: 528.13,
    Low: 515.44,
    Close: 521.66,
    Volume: 3503100
  },
  {
    Date: 1617278400000,
    Open: 529.93,
    High: 540.5,
    Low: 527.03,
    Close: 539.42,
    Volume: 3938600
  }
  // ...
];

valueSeries.data.setAll(data);
volumeSeries.data.setAll(data);

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Series Types

Switch between different series types: 
// Candlestick
const candlestickSeries = am5xy.CandlestickSeries.new(root, {
  // ... settings
});

// OHLC
const ohlcSeries = am5xy.OHLCSeries.new(root, {
  clustered: false,
  // ... settings
});

// Line
const lineSeries = am5xy.LineSeries.new(root, {
  valueYField: "Close",
  // ... settings
});

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Key Classes

  • StockChart - Main stock chart container
  • StockPanel - Individual chart panel
  • StockLegend - Legend for stock series
  • CandlestickSeries - Candlestick series
  • OHLCSeries - OHLC bar series
  • GaplessDateAxis - Date axis that skips gaps

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Events

Stock charts dispatch several events: 
stockChart.events.on("drawingsupdated", (ev) => {
  console.log("Drawings updated");
});

stockChart.events.on("indicatorsupdated", (ev) => {
  console.log("Indicators updated");
});

stockChart.events.on("drawingadded", (ev) => {
  console.log("Drawing added:", ev.drawingId);
});

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