ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)
Finance Chart Custom Symbols
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<%@page import="ChartDirector.*, java.util.*" %>
<%
// Create a finance chart demo containing 100 days of data
int noOfDays = 100;
// To compute moving averages starting from the first day, we need to get extra data points before
// the first day
int extraDays = 30;
// In this exammple, we use a random number generator utility to simulate the data. We set up the
// random table to create 6 cols x (noOfDays + extraDays) rows, using 9 as the seed.
RanTable rantable = new RanTable(9, 6, noOfDays + extraDays);
// Set the 1st col to be the timeStamp, starting from Sep 4, 2014, with each row representing one
// day, and counting week days only (jump over Sat and Sun)
rantable.setDateCol(0, new GregorianCalendar(2014, 8, 4).getTime(), 86400, true);
// Set the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th columns to be high, low, open and close data. The open value starts
// from 100, and the daily change is random from -5 to 5.
rantable.setHLOCCols(1, 100, -5, 5);
// Set the 6th column as the vol data from 5 to 25 million
rantable.setCol(5, 50000000, 250000000);
// Now we read the data from the table into arrays
double[] timeStamps = rantable.getCol(0);
double[] highData = rantable.getCol(1);
double[] lowData = rantable.getCol(2);
double[] openData = rantable.getCol(3);
double[] closeData = rantable.getCol(4);
double[] volData = rantable.getCol(5);
// Custom data series should be of the same length as the OHLC data series
double[] buySignal = new double[closeData.length];
double[] sellSignal = new double[closeData.length];
//
// The following is just an arbitrary algorithm to create some meaningless buySignal and sellSignal.
// They are just for demonstrating the charting engine. Please do not use them for actual trading.
//
double[] sma5 = new ArrayMath(closeData).movAvg(5).result();
double[] sma20 = new ArrayMath(closeData).movAvg(20).result();
for(int i = 0; i < sma5.length; ++i) {
buySignal[i] = Chart.NoValue;
sellSignal[i] = Chart.NoValue;
if (i > 0) {
if ((sma5[i - 1] <= sma20[i - 1]) && (sma5[i] > sma20[i])) {
buySignal[i] = lowData[i];
}
if ((sma5[i - 1] >= sma20[i - 1]) && (sma5[i] < sma20[i])) {
sellSignal[i] = highData[i];
}
}
}
// Create a FinanceChart object of width 640 pixels
FinanceChart c = new FinanceChart(640);
// Add a title to the chart
c.addTitle("Finance Chart with Custom Symbols");
// Set the data into the finance chart object
c.setData(timeStamps, highData, lowData, openData, closeData, volData, extraDays);
// Add the main chart with 240 pixels in height
XYChart mainChart = c.addMainChart(240);
// Add buy signal symbols to the main chart, using cyan (0x00ffff) upward pointing arrows as symbols
ScatterLayer buyLayer = mainChart.addScatterLayer(null, buySignal, "Buy", Chart.ArrowShape(0, 1,
0.4, 0.4), 11, 0x00ffff);
// Shift the symbol lower by 20 pixels
buyLayer.getDataSet(0).setSymbolOffset(0, 20);
// Add sell signal symbols to the main chart, using purple (0x9900cc) downward pointing arrows as
// symbols
ScatterLayer sellLayer = mainChart.addScatterLayer(null, sellSignal, "Sell", Chart.ArrowShape(180,
1, 0.4, 0.4), 11, 0x9900cc);
// Shift the symbol higher by 20 pixels
sellLayer.getDataSet(0).setSymbolOffset(0, -20);
// Add a 5 period simple moving average to the main chart, using brown color
c.addSimpleMovingAvg(5, 0x663300);
// Add a 20 period simple moving average to the main chart, using purple color
c.addSimpleMovingAvg(20, 0x9900ff);
// Add candlestick symbols to the main chart, using green/red for up/down days
c.addCandleStick(0x66ff66, 0xff6666);
// Add a volume indicator chart (75 pixels high) after the main chart, using green/red/grey for
// up/down/flat days
c.addVolIndicator(75, 0x99ff99, 0xff9999, 0x808080);
// Append a 14-days RSI indicator chart (75 pixels high) after the main chart. The main RSI line is
// purple (800080). Set threshold region to +/- 20 (that is, RSI = 50 +/- 25). The upper/lower
// threshold regions will be filled with red (ff0000)/blue (0000ff).
c.addRSI(75, 14, 0x800080, 20, 0xff0000, 0x0000ff);
// Output the chart
WebChartViewer viewer = new WebChartViewer(request, "chart1");
viewer.setChart(c, Chart.SVG);
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