FinancialIndicatorPoint.Argument Property
Gets or sets an argument of a financial indicator’s point.
Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts
Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v18.2.dll
Declaration
[XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Hidden)]
[TypeConverter(typeof(FinancialIndicatorPointArgumentTypeConverter))]
public object Argument { get; set; }Property Value
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Object | A Object representing an argument of a financial indicator’s point. |
Remarks
To create any FinancialIndicator, two points are required. These points are specified by the FinancialIndicator.Point1 and FinancialIndicator.Point2 objects. A point’s Argument property defines an argument of the point, while the point’s value is obtained from the data of the series which owns the current FinancialIndicator in its XYDiagram2DSeriesViewBase.FinancialIndicators storage. The point’s value is obtained for the point’s argument (specified by the Argument property) and is selected using the FinancialIndicatorPoint.ValueLevel property value, if data points of this series contain more than one value.
Example
This example demonstrates how to create a Fibonacci Indicator of a certain kind (Arcs, Fans or Retracements), and add it to a financial series.
To do this, create an instance of the FibonacciIndicator class, and specify its FibonacciIndicator.Kind property. Then, add this indicator to the series collection of indicators, returned by the XYDiagram2DSeriesViewBase.Indicators property.
Note
A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-draw-fibonacci-arcs-fans-and-retracement-for-a-stock-series-e966
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
namespace FibonacciIndicators {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
public Form1() {
InitializeComponent();
}
#region Initialization
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
// Create a series.
Series series = new Series("Stock", ViewType.Stock);
series.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.DateTime;
// Populate the series with data.
AddPoints(series);
// Add it to the chart.
this.chartControl1.Series.Add(series);
// Adjust the chart's appearance.
XYDiagram diagram = (XYDiagram)this.chartControl1.Diagram;
diagram.AxisY.WholeRange.AlwaysShowZeroLevel = false;
diagram.AxisX.Label.Staggered = true;
}
#endregion
#region Providing Data
private void AddPoints(Series series) {
series.Points.AddRange(new SeriesPoint[] {
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2007, 12, 24), new object[] {110.55, 112, 111.3, 111.65}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2007, 12, 26), new object[] {110.9, 112.09, 110.9, 111.56}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2007, 12, 27), new object[] {109.49, 111.3, 110.53, 109.6}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2007, 12, 28), new object[] {109.108, 110.76, 110.76, 110.09}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2007, 12, 31), new object[] {107.26, 110, 109.51, 108.1}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 2), new object[] {104.17, 108.99, 108.99, 104.69}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 3), new object[] {103.98, 105.57, 104.83, 104.9}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 4), new object[] {100.48, 103.95, 103.95, 101.13}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 7), new object[] {99.03, 101, 100.25, 100.05}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 8), new object[] {97.17, 100.38, 100.05, 97.59}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 9), new object[] {97.16, 99.15, 97.76, 98.31}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 10), new object[] {97.15, 100.86, 97.39, 99.92}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 11), new object[] {97.09, 99.46, 99.2, 97.67}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 14), new object[] {101.33, 105.59, 105.01, 102.93}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 15), new object[] {101.23, 104.04, 102.03, 101.83}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 16), new object[] {100.14, 102.86, 100.14, 101.63}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 17), new object[] {100.05, 103.45, 102, 101.1}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 18), new object[] {102.5, 106.72, 106.72, 103.4}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 22), new object[] {98.55, 103.09, 98.55, 101.22}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 23), new object[] {98.5, 106.335, 99.63, 106.1}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 24), new object[] {104.68, 107.51, 106.38, 106.91}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 25), new object[] {104.1, 107.79, 107.79, 104.52}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 28), new object[] {103.83, 105.77, 104.44, 104.98}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 29), new object[] {104.6, 106.8, 105.5, 106.1}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 30), new object[] {104.855, 107.65, 105.85, 105.65}),
new SeriesPoint(new DateTime(2008, 1, 31), new object[] {103.7, 107.97, 104.21, 107.11})
});
}
#endregion
#region Processing Button_Click
private void btnArcs_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
AddIndicator(chartControl1.Series[0], FibonacciIndicatorKind.FibonacciArcs);
}
private void btnFans_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
AddIndicator(chartControl1.Series[0], FibonacciIndicatorKind.FibonacciFans);
}
private void btnRetracements_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
AddIndicator(chartControl1.Series[0], FibonacciIndicatorKind.FibonacciRetracement);
}
#endregion
private void AddIndicator(Series ser, FibonacciIndicatorKind kind) {
// Get a collection of indicators.
IndicatorCollection indicators =
((StockSeriesView)ser.View).Indicators;
// Clear it.
indicators.Clear();
// Add a new indicator to it.
indicators.Add(CreateIndicator(kind, new DateTime(2007, 12, 27),
new DateTime(2008, 1, 17), ValueLevel.High));
}
private FibonacciIndicator CreateIndicator(FibonacciIndicatorKind kind,
DateTime arg1, DateTime arg2, ValueLevel level) {
// Create the Fibonacci Indicator of the specified kind.
FibonacciIndicator fi = new FibonacciIndicator(kind);
// Specify its start and end points.
fi.Point1.Argument = arg1;
fi.Point1.ValueLevel = level;
fi.Point2.Argument = arg2;
fi.Point2.ValueLevel = level;
// Select the name.
switch (fi.Kind) {
case FibonacciIndicatorKind.FibonacciArcs: {
fi.Name = "Arcs";
break;
}
case FibonacciIndicatorKind.FibonacciFans: {
fi.Name = "Fans";
break;
}
case FibonacciIndicatorKind.FibonacciRetracement: {
fi.Name = "Retracement";
break;
}
}
// Make all its levels visible.
fi.ShowLevel23_6 = true;
fi.ShowLevel76_4 = true;
fi.ShowLevel0 = true;
fi.ShowLevel100 = true;
fi.ShowAdditionalLevels = true;
// Customize its appearance.
fi.BaseLevelColor = Color.Green;
fi.BaseLevelLineStyle.DashStyle = DashStyle.Dash;
return fi;
}
}
}