Chart Types
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Candlestick
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.. image:: images/chart-types/candlestick.png
   :align: center

Displays the Open, High, Low, and Close price.


Candlestick Trend
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.. image:: images/chart-types/candlestick-trend.png
   :align: center

Displays the Open, High, Low, and Close price. The previous candle is used when determining color.

:doc:`Coloring algo <candlestick-trend-chart-type>`


Hollow Candlestick
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.. image:: images/chart-types/hollow-candlestick.png
   :align: center

Displays the Open, High, Low, and Close price. Bullish bars are hollow, bearish bars are filled.


Real Body
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.. image:: images/chart-types/real-body.png
   :align: center

Displays the Open and Close price.


OHLC
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.. image:: images/chart-types/ohlc.png
   :align: center

Displays the Open, High, Low, and Close price.


HLC
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.. image:: images/chart-types/hlc.png
   :align: center

Displays the High, Low, and Close price.


HL
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.. image:: images/chart-types/hl.png
   :align: center

Displays the High and Low price.


Area
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.. image:: images/chart-types/area.png
   :align: center

Displays the Close price. The area from the baseline (zero) to the price is filled.


Line
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.. image:: images/chart-types/line.png
   :align: center

Displays the Close price.


Colored Line
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.. image:: images/chart-types/colored-line.png
   :align: center

Displays the Close price. The line segments between each point are colored based on increase or decrease in price.


Step
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.. image:: images/chart-types/step.png
   :align: center

Displays the Close price.


Histogram
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.. image:: images/chart-types/histogram.png
   :align: center

Displays the Close price.


Dots
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.. image:: images/chart-types/dots.png
   :align: center

Displays the Close price.


Invisible
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.. image:: images/chart-types/invisible.png
   :align: center

Displays nothing. Use this if you have a study applied and are not interested in the price.


Heikin-Ashi
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.. image:: images/chart-types/heikin-ashi.png
   :align: center

Displays an averaging of current and previous bars.


Column
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.. image:: images/chart-types/column.png
   :align: center

Displays values in columns, similar to Histogram but Column have width.

*Only used by studies*