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title: candle
description: OpenBB Terminal Function
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# candle

Show candle for loaded fx data

### Usage

```python
candle [-p] [--sort {adjclose,open,close,high,low,volume,logret}] [-r] [--raw] [-t] [--ma MOV_AVG] [--log]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| plotly | Flag to show interactive plotly chart | True | True | None |
| sort | Choose a column to sort by. Only works when raw data is displayed. |  | True | adjclose, open, close, high, low, volume, logret |
| reverse | Data is sorted in descending order by default. Reverse flag will sort it in an ascending way. Only works when raw data is displayed. | False | True | None |
| raw | Shows raw data instead of chart. | False | True | None |
| trendlines | Flag to add high and low trends to candle | False | True | None |
| mov_avg | Add moving average in number of days to plot and separate by a comma. Value for ma (moving average) keyword needs to be greater than 1. | None | True | None |
| logy | Plot with y axis on log scale | False | True | None |

![candle](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/46355364/154029283-2e5e472b-4c2b-4e88-8fbe-f6a0925898b8.png)

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