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highlow

High, low, open, close chart

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Syntax

highlow(Data)
highlow(Data,Color)
h = highlow(ax,___)

Description

highlow(Data) displays a highlow chart from a series of opening, high, low, and closing prices of a security. The plots are vertical lines whose top is the high, bottom is the low, open is a left tick, and close is a right tick.

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highlow(Data,Color) adds an optional argument for Color.

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h = highlow(ax,___) adds an optional argument for ax.

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Examples

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Open Live Script

Load the file SimulatedStock.mat, which provides a timetable (TMW) for financial data for TMW stock. The highlow chart plots the price data using blue lines.

load SimulatedStock.mat
range = 1:25;
highlow(TMW(range,:),'b');
title('High, Low, Open, Close Chart for TMW')

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title High, Low, Open, Close Chart for TMW contains an object of type line.

Input Arguments

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Data for opening, high, low, and closing prices, specified as a matrix, table, or timetable. For matrix input, Data is an M-by-4 matrix of opening, high, low, and closing prices stored in the corresponding columns. Timetables and tables with M rows must contain variables named 'Open', 'High', 'Low', and 'Close' (case insensitive).

Data Types: double | table | timetable

(Optional) Three element color vector, specified as a [R G B] color vector or a string specifying the color name. The default color differs depending on the background color of the figure window.

RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes are useful for specifying custom colors.

  • An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0,1]; for example, [0.4 0.6 0.7].

  • A hexadecimal color code is a character vector or a string scalar that starts with a hash symbol (#) followed by three or six hexadecimal digits, which can range from 0 to F. The values are not case sensitive. Thus, the color codes "#FF8800", "#ff8800", "#F80", and "#f80" are equivalent.

Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color options, the equivalent RGB triplets, and hexadecimal color codes.

Color NameShort NameRGB TripletHexadecimal Color CodeAppearance
"red""r"[1 0 0]"#FF0000"

Sample of the color red

"green""g"[0 1 0]"#00FF00"

Sample of the color green

"blue""b"[0 0 1]"#0000FF"

Sample of the color blue

"cyan" "c"[0 1 1]"#00FFFF"

Sample of the color cyan

"magenta""m"[1 0 1]"#FF00FF"

Sample of the color magenta

"yellow""y"[1 1 0]"#FFFF00"

Sample of the color yellow

"black""k"[0 0 0]"#000000"

Sample of the color black

"white""w"[1 1 1]"#FFFFFF"

Sample of the color white

Here are the RGB triplets and hexadecimal color codes for the default colors MATLAB® uses in many types of plots.

RGB TripletHexadecimal Color CodeAppearance
[0 0.4470 0.7410]"#0072BD"

Sample of RGB triplet [0 0.4470 0.7410], which appears as dark blue

[0.8500 0.3250 0.0980]"#D95319"

Sample of RGB triplet [0.8500 0.3250 0.0980], which appears as dark orange

[0.9290 0.6940 0.1250]"#EDB120"

Sample of RGB triplet [0.9290 0.6940 0.1250], which appears as dark yellow

[0.4940 0.1840 0.5560]"#7E2F8E"

Sample of RGB triplet [0.4940 0.1840 0.5560], which appears as dark purple

[0.4660 0.6740 0.1880]"#77AC30"

Sample of RGB triplet [0.4660 0.6740 0.1880], which appears as medium green

[0.3010 0.7450 0.9330]"#4DBEEE"

Sample of RGB triplet [0.3010 0.7450 0.9330], which appears as light blue

[0.6350 0.0780 0.1840]"#A2142F"

Sample of RGB triplet [0.6350 0.0780 0.1840], which appears as dark red

Data Types: double | string

(Optional) Valid axis object, specified as an axes object. The highlow plot is created in the axes specified by ax instead of in the current axes (ax = gca). The option ax can precede any of the input argument combinations.

Data Types: object

Output Arguments

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Graphic handle of the figure, returned as a handle object.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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