gvisCandlestickChart: Google Candlestick chart with R

Description

An interactive candlestick chart. The gvisCandlestickChart function reads a data.frame and creates text output referring to the Google Visualisation API, which can be included into a web page, or as a stand-alone page. The actual chart is rendered by the web browser using SVG or VML.

Usage

gvisCandlestickChart(data, xvar = "", low = "", open = "",
                           close = "", high = "",
                           options = list(), chartid)

Arguments

data

a data.frame to be displayed as a candlestick chart. The data has to have at least 5 columns.

xvar

name of the character column which contains the category labels for the x-axes.

low

name of the numeric column specifying the low/minimum value of this marker. This is the base of the candle's center line.

open

name of the numeric column specifying the opening/initial value of this marker. This is one vertical border of the candle. If less than the close value, the candle will be filled; otherwise it will be hollow.

name of the numeric column specifying the closing/final value of this marker. This is the second vertical border of the candle. If less than the open value, the candle will be hollow; otherwise it will be filled.

high

name of the numeric column specifying the high/maximum value of this marker. This is the top of the candle's center line.

options

list of configuration options for Google Combo Chart. [object Object] Further possible components are, taken from https://google-developers.appspot.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/candlestickchart.html#Configuration_Options: