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With the command CandlestickChart one can create charts such as

CandlestickChart[data]

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Let's say, we take the 20-period moving average of the closing values of each candle, and store it in a list called data20MA with the same DateObject time-stamps for the x-axis. How can we display both, the candle stick chart and the 20-period moving average line on top of each other in Mathematica 11.3? (I tried to Show the CandlestickChart with a DateListPlot, but it produced an erroneous picture.)

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Perhaps a moving average is too simple for this question. More generally, if we have a list of values list computed for each time stamp of the price data, how can we overlay a ListLinePlot (or equivalent) of list with a candlestick chart of data?

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You can use TradingChart to get the same chart with the added convenience of a hundred built-in indicators:

data = FinancialData["IBM", "OHLCV", {{2009, 5, 1}, {2010, 4, 30}}]; Row[{CandlestickChart[data, ImageSize -> Medium], TradingChart[data, {"OHLC"}, ImageSize -> Medium]}]

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TradingChart[data, {"OHLC", {"SimpleMovingAverage", 20}}, "IndicatorStyle" -> Directive[Thick, Red], ImageSize -> Large]

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  • $\begingroup$ This looks useful, but I actually referred to the 20-period moving average just for simplicity. What if I have created my own indicator, which would not be built into Mathematica by default. How can I overlay a line from a list of values of a custom indicator onto a candle stick chart? $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 18, 2020 at 21:20
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    $\begingroup$ @Kagaratsch, set the number n to 20 in {"SimpleMovingAverage", n} to take the simple moving average based on previous 20 periods (see "SimpleMovingAverage"). Re adding a custom indicator see this great answer by Lukas Lang. $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 18, 2020 at 21:34
  • $\begingroup$ I notice that whenever I put TradingChart (or CandlestickChart) into a Dynamic, the notebook becomes unresponsive, updates to the data displayed on the charts take a whole second to appear and even the mouse becomes laggy. Is there a type of candle stick chart in mathematica that works well with quickly updating dynamic data? $\endgroup$ Commented Oct 27, 2020 at 16:41

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