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Usage: ploticus -png candlesticks.htm Data source: quote.yahoo.com (Spreadsheet format) Japanese candlesticks. Weekends are omitted.
#proc page #if @DEVICE in gif,png scale: 0.7 #endif #proc datesettings omitweekends: yes // define top plotting area using proc areadef #proc areadef title: Trailer Tongue Technologies Corp. rectangle: 1 3 5 5 xscaletype: date dd-mmm-yy xrange: 5-Apr-99 1-Jun-99 yrange: 50 60 yscaletype: log #saveas: A // read data file using proc getdata #proc getdata file: stock.csv delimit: comma fieldnames: date open high low close volume // reverse the record order, since the data is provided in reverse chronological // order, using proc processdata #proc processdata action: reverse // set up X axis using proc xaxis #proc xaxis stubs: inc 5 stubformat: Mmmdd stubrange: 5-Apr-99 grid: color=gray(0.8) tics: none #saveas: XAX // set up Y axis using proc yaxis #proc yaxis stubs: inc 2 // grid: color=gray(0.8) axisline: none tics: none // draw red (up) candlestick bars using proc bars // thin high/low bar.. #proc bars select: @@close > @@open locfield: date segmentfields: low high thinbarline: width=0.3 color=red // thicker open/close bar.. #proc bars select: @@close > @@open locfield: date segmentfields: open close barwidth: 0.04 outline: no color: red // draw blue (down) candlestick bars using proc bars // thin high/low bar.. #proc bars select: @@close <= @@open locfield: date segmentfields: low high thinbarline: width=0.3 color=blue // thicker open/close bar.. #proc bars select: @@close <= @@open locfield: date segmentfields: open close barwidth: 0.04 outline: no color: blue // do volume // define bottom plotting area using proc areadef #proc areadef #clone: A rectangle: 1 1.6 5 2.6 yrange: 0 5000000 yscaletype: linear title: // set up X axis using proc xaxis #proc xaxis label: Volume (1000s) ticincrement: 5 grid: color=gray(0.8) labeldetails: adjust=0,0.2 size=8 axisline: none tics: none // set up Y axis using proc yaxis #proc yaxis stubs: inc 1000 1000 grid: color=gray(0.8) axisline: none tics: none // render histogram using proc bars #proc bars barwidth: 0.04 color: dullyellow locfield: 1 lenfield: 6 outline: no