highlow (Financial Toolbox)

High, low, open, close chart.

Syntax

highlow(hi, lo, cl, op, color)
highlow(hi, lo, cl, op)
highlow(hi, lo, cl)
highlow(hi, lo, cl, [], color)
h = highlow(hi, lo, cl, op, color)

Arguments

hi: High prices for a security. An N-by-1 vector.

lo: Low prices for a security. An N-by-1 vector.

cl: Closing prices for a security. An N-by-1 vector.

op: Opening prices for a security. An N-by-1 vector. Optional. To specify color when op is unknown, enter op as an empty matrix [].

color: Vertical line color. A string. MATLAB supplies a default color if none is specified. The default color differs depending on the background color of the figure window. See "ColorSpec" in the online MATLAB Help Desk for color names.

Description

highlow(hi, lo, cl, op, color)

plots the high, low, opening, and closing prices of an asset. Plots are vertical lines whose top is the high, bottom is the low, open is a short horizontal tick to the left, and close is a short horizontal tick to the right.

h = highlow(hi, lo, cl, op, color)

plots the figure and returns the handles h of the lines. See Using MATLAB Graphics for information on graphics and object handles.

Example

The high, low, and closing prices for an asset are stored in equal-length vectors assethi, assetlo, and assetcl respectively

highlow(assethi, assetlo, assetcl, [], 'cyan')

plots the price data using cyan lines.