StockLevel Enum
Lists the values used to identify the levels of price data.
Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts
Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v21.2.dll
NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts
Declaration
Members
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Low
|
Specifies the Low level of price data. |
High
|
Specifies the High level of price data. |
Open
|
Specifies the Open level of price data. |
Close
|
Specifies the Close level of price data. |
Related API Members
The following properties accept/return StockLevel values:
| Library | Related API Members |
|---|---|
| Cross-Platform Class Library | ReductionStockOptions.Level |
| StockPointOptions.ValueLevel | |
| WinForms Controls | ReductionStockOptionsModel.Level |
Remarks
The values listed by the StockLevel enumeration are used to set the ReductionStockOptions.Level and StockPointOptions.ValueLevel properties.
Example
This example creates a ChartControl with a series of the StockSeriesView type and adds this chart to a form at runtime. Before you proceed with this example, create a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio and include all necessary assemblies in the References list of your project.
For more information about the features of financial charts, refer to the following help topic: Financial Charting
Note
A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/how-to-create-a-stock-chart-e1215
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
//...
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
// Create a new chart.
ChartControl stockChart = new ChartControl();
// Create a stock series.
Series series1 = new Series("Series 1", ViewType.Stock);
// Bind the series to data.
series1.DataSource = GetDataPoints();
series1.SetFinancialDataMembers("Argument", "Low", "High", "Open", "Close");
// Specify that date-time arguments are expected.
series1.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.DateTime;
// Add the series to the chart.
stockChart.Series.Add(series1);
// Customize the series view settings.
StockSeriesView view = (StockSeriesView)series1.View;
view.LineThickness = 2;
view.LevelLineLength = 0.25;
// Specify the series reduction options.
view.ReductionOptions.ColorMode = ReductionColorMode.OpenToCloseValue;
view.ReductionOptions.Level = StockLevel.Close;
view.ReductionOptions.Visible = true;
// Set point colors.
view.Color = Color.Green;
view.ReductionOptions.Color = Color.Red;
// Access the chart's diagram.
XYDiagram diagram = (XYDiagram)stockChart.Diagram;
// Exclude empty ranges from the X-axis range
// to avoid gaps in the chart's data.
diagram.AxisX.DateTimeScaleOptions.SkipRangesWithoutPoints = true;
// Hide the range without points at the beginning of the y-axis.
diagram.AxisY.WholeRange.AlwaysShowZeroLevel = false;
// Hide the legend.
stockChart.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False;
// Add a title to the chart.
stockChart.Titles.Add(new ChartTitle());
stockChart.Titles[0].Text = "Stock Chart";
// Add the chart to the form.
stockChart.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
this.Controls.Add(stockChart);
}
List<DataPoint> GetDataPoints() {
List<DataPoint> dataPoints = new List<DataPoint> {
new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-9), 24.00, 25.00, 25.00, 24.875),
new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-8), 23.625, 25.125, 24.00, 24.875),
new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-7), 26.25, 28.25, 26.75, 27.00),
new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-6), 26.50, 27.875, 26.875, 27.25),
new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-4), 25.75, 26.875, 26.75, 26.00),
new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-3), 25.75, 26.75, 26.125, 26.25),
new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-2), 25.75, 26.375, 26.375, 25.875),
new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1), 24.875, 26.125, 26.00, 25.375),
new DataPoint(DateTime.Now.AddDays(0), 25.125, 26.00, 25.625, 25.75),
};
return dataPoints;
}
}
public class DataPoint {
public DateTime Argument { get; set; }
public double Low { get; set; }
public double High { get; set; }
public double Open { get; set; }
public double Close { get; set; }
public DataPoint(DateTime arg, double low, double high, double open, double close) {
this.Argument = arg;
this.Low = low;
this.High = high;
this.Open = open;
this.Close = close;
}
}