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candle	OpenBB SDK Function

candle

Show candle plot of loaded ticker.

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openbb.etf.candle(symbol: str, data: pd.DataFrame = None, use_matplotlib: bool = True, intraday: bool = False, add_trend: bool = False, ma: Optional[Iterable[int]] = None, asset_type: str = "", start_date: Union[datetime.datetime, str, NoneType] = None, interval: int = 1440, end_date: Union[datetime.datetime, str, NoneType] = None, prepost: bool = False, source: str = "YahooFinance", iexrange: str = "ytd", weekly: bool = False, monthly: bool = False, external_axes: Optional[List[matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes]] = None, raw: bool = False, yscale: str = "linear")

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
symbol	str	Ticker name	None	False
data	pd.DataFrame	Stock dataframe	None	True
use_matplotlib	bool	Flag to use matplotlib instead of interactive plotly chart	True	True
intraday	bool	Flag for intraday data for plotly range breaks	False	True
add_trend	bool	Flag to add high and low trends to chart	False	True
ma	Tuple[int]	Moving averages to add to the candle	None	True
asset_type_	str	String to include in title	None	True
external_axes	Optional[List[plt.Axes]]	External axes (2 axes are expected in the list), by default None	None	True
asset_type_	str	String to include in title	None	True
start_date	str or datetime	Start date to get data from with. - datetime or string format (YYYY-MM-DD)	None	True
interval	int	Interval (in minutes) to get data 1, 5, 15, 30, 60 or 1440	1440	True
end_date	str or datetime	End date to get data from with. - datetime or string format (YYYY-MM-DD)	None	True
prepost	bool	Pre and After hours data	False	True
source	str	Source of data extracted	YahooFinance	True
iexrange	str	Timeframe to get IEX data.	ytd	True
weekly	bool	Flag to get weekly data	False	True
monthly	bool	Flag to get monthly data	False	True
raw	bool	Flag to display raw data, by default False	False	True
yscale	str	Linear or log for yscale	linear	True

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Returns

This function does not return anything

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