The Candles tab will format the contents of each cell in the current column in the form of an embedded candlestick chart. So instead of seeing just the current price value displayed in each cell, you will see a candlestick chart of the price values over several bars.
Note: The Candles formatting option is the only formatting option that is not based directly on the values in the current column. Instead, the Candles formatting option will always use the underlying price values (i.e., open, high, low, and close) of the security associated with each row in the Grid.
Once you apply this formatting to a column, adjust the Row Height and Column Width as necessary to achieve the look that you want.
Note: After formatting has been applied to the Grid you can double-click anywhere in the Grid to temporarily hide all formatting so that you can quickly view the underlying numbers. Double-click again and the formatting will return.
Candles formatting page
| • | Candle Chart Axis Color: Use this color selector to set the color for the chart axis. |
| • | Candle Chart Up Color: Use this color selector to set the color for up candlesticks. |
| • | Candle Chart Dn Color: Use this color selector to set the color for down candlesticks. |
| • | Candle Chart Fill Color: Use this color selector to set the background or fill color for each cell. |
| • | Candle Chart Wick Color: Use this color selector to set the wick color for the candlesticks. |
| • | Bars to Plot: Select the number of bars that should be used to create the histogram chart plot. |
Click on the Cancel button or press the ESC key to cancel any changes and close the Format Column dialog.
Click on the Apply button to apply the changes and close the Format Column dialog.
Click on the Reset All button to remove all formatting settings for all columns.
Candles formatting example
Note: Once you have applied formatting to the Grid, that formatting remains with the associated script. If you then modify the script by adding or removing columns, the formatting may need to be adjusted.
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