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WPF Stock Chart Control
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Simple example which shows how to create a stock chart using the SciStockChart Type control. This control allows easy creation of stock charts and also has default interaction applied, including Zooming, Panning, Mousewheel zoom and Cursors.
Example Usage
– Pan by selecting Pan and dragging the chart.
– Zoom by selecting zoom and zooming the chart.
– Drag XAxis or YAxis to scale.
– Mousewheel zoom.
– Double click to reset zoom.
– Hover to show the X-Y Cursor.
Documentation Links
– SciStockChart Type
– FastCandlestickRenderableSeries Type
– OhlcDataSeries Type
– CategoryDateTimeAxis vs. NumericAxis
// Source Code
The C#/WPF source code for the WPF Stock Chart Control example is included below (Scroll down!).
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- Clone the SciChart.WPF.Examples from Github.
- Or, view source in the SciChart WPF Examples suite.
- Also the SciChart WPF Trial contains the full source for the examples (link below).
The SciChart Examples source code is available on Github and viewable in-app for some platforms
// CreateSimpleStockChart.xaml
<UserControl x:Class="SciChart.Examples.Examples.CreateStockCharts.CreateSimpleStockChart"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:s="http://schemas.abtsoftware.co.uk/scichart"
Loaded="CreateSciTradeChartLoaded"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:ext="http://schemas.abtsoftware.co.uk/scichart/exampleExternals"
d:DesignHeight="400"
d:DesignWidth="600"
mc:Ignorable="d">
<UserControl.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="/SciChart.Examples.ExternalDependencies;component/Resources/Styles/MergedResources.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</UserControl.Resources>
<Grid>
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto" />
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Border Background="#FF232426" BorderThickness="0,0,2,0" BorderBrush="#323539" Canvas.ZIndex="9999">
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
<ToggleButton IsChecked="{Binding Source={x:Reference Name=StockChart}, Path=IsRubberBandZoomEnabled, Mode=TwoWay}"
Style="{StaticResource ZoomButtonStyle}"
s:ToggleButtonExtensions.GroupName="CreateSciStockChart_ZoomGroup"/>
<ToggleButton IsChecked="{Binding Source={x:Reference Name=StockChart}, Path=IsPanEnabled, Mode=TwoWay}"
Style="{StaticResource PanButtonStyle}"
s:ToggleButtonExtensions.GroupName="CreateSciStockChart_ZoomGroup"/>
<Button Command="{Binding Source={x:Reference Name=StockChart}, Path=AnimateZoomExtentsCommand}" Style="{StaticResource ZoomExtentsButtonStyle}"/>
<ext:FlyoutSeparator Background="#444"/>
<ToggleButton Margin="3" Style="{StaticResource PointerButtonStyle}"
ToolTipService.ToolTip="Enable CursorModifier"
IsChecked="{Binding Source={x:Reference Name=StockChart}, Path=IsCursorEnabled, Mode=TwoWay}"
s:ToggleButtonExtensions.GroupName="CreateSciStockChart_CursorGroup"/>
<ToggleButton Margin="3" Style="{StaticResource CalloutButtonStyle}"
ToolTipService.ToolTip="Enable RolloverModifier"
IsChecked="{Binding Source={x:Reference Name=StockChart}, Path=IsRolloverEnabled, Mode=TwoWay}"
s:ToggleButtonExtensions.GroupName="CreateSciStockChart_CursorGroup"/>
<ext:FlyoutSeparator Background="#444"/>
<ext:FlyoutMenuButton Style="{StaticResource FlyoutMenuButtonStyle}" Content="CTRL" Padding="0">
<ext:FlyoutMenuButton.PopupContent>
<StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" MinWidth="150" Margin="0,0,0,4">
<TextBlock Text="Additional Controls" />
<ext:FlyoutSeparator/>
<CheckBox Margin="4" Content="SciStockChart.ShowLegend" IsChecked="{Binding Source={x:Reference Name=StockChart}, Path=ShowLegend, Mode=TwoWay}" />
<CheckBox Margin="4" Content="SciStockChart.IsAxisMarkersEnabled" IsChecked="{Binding Source={x:Reference Name=StockChart}, Path=IsAxisMarkersEnabled, Mode=TwoWay}" />
<CheckBox Margin="4" Content="SciStockChart.IsXAxisVisible" IsChecked="{Binding Source={x:Reference Name=StockChart}, Path=IsXAxisVisible, Mode=TwoWay}" />
</StackPanel>
</ext:FlyoutMenuButton.PopupContent>
</ext:FlyoutMenuButton>
</StackPanel>
</Border>
<!-- Create the SciStockChart. In the code-behind we append data and add series -->
<s:SciStockChart x:Name="StockChart"
Grid.Column="1">
<!-- Override any property of the built-in CategoryDateTimeAxis here -->
<s:SciStockChart.XAxisStyle>
<Style TargetType="s:CategoryDateTimeAxis">
<Setter Property="DrawMinorGridLines" Value="True" />
<Setter Property="DrawMajorGridLines" Value="True" />
<Setter Property="DrawMajorBands" Value="True" />
<Setter Property="MinorsPerMajor" Value="5" />
<Setter Property="TextFormatting" Value="dd MMM yyyy" />
<Setter Property="GrowBy" Value="0, 0.1" />
</Style>
</s:SciStockChart.XAxisStyle>
<!-- Override any property of the built-in NumericAxis here -->
<s:SciStockChart.YAxisStyle>
<Style TargetType="s:NumericAxis">
<Setter Property="DrawMinorGridLines" Value="True" />
<Setter Property="DrawMajorGridLines" Value="True" />
<Setter Property="DrawMajorBands" Value="False" />
<Setter Property="MinorsPerMajor" Value="5" />
<Setter Property="TextFormatting" Value="0.0000" />
</Style>
</s:SciStockChart.YAxisStyle>
<s:SciStockChart.RenderableSeries>
<s:FastCandlestickRenderableSeries AntiAliasing="False" />
</s:SciStockChart.RenderableSeries>
</s:SciStockChart>
</Grid>
</UserControl>
// CreateSimpleStockChart.xaml.cs
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using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using SciChart.Charting.Model.DataSeries;
using SciChart.Examples.ExternalDependencies.Common;
using SciChart.Examples.ExternalDependencies.Data;
namespace SciChart.Examples.Examples.CreateStockCharts
{
public partial class CreateSimpleStockChart : UserControl
{
public CreateSimpleStockChart()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void CreateSciTradeChartLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var dataSeries = new OhlcDataSeries<DateTime, double>()
{
// Note: SeriesName is needed to display the legend correctly.
SeriesName = "Price Data"
};
// Append price data
var prices = DataManager.Instance.GetPriceData(Instrument.Indu.Value, TimeFrame.Daily);
dataSeries.Append(prices.TimeData, prices.OpenData, prices.HighData, prices.LowData, prices.CloseData);
// Set BarTimeFrame = 3600 seconds (time of one bar in the input data)
StockChart.BarTimeFrame = TimeSpan.FromHours(1).TotalSeconds;
StockChart.RenderableSeries[0].DataSeries = dataSeries;
}
}
}