Plotting - candlestick charts and highlighting economic/news events

[kicking_potato88]

Hi, is it possible to plot the chart as a candlestick/bar chart instead of a line chart?

Another question, I am trying to incorporate economic events/data into Backtrader. Any suggestions on how to feed the events into Backtrader, and is it possible to highlight bars where major data has been released? Thanks!

[backtrader]

There are some tens of samples plotting candlesticks and/or bars.

Check here for the option style when plotting: Docs - Plotting

You can extend a data feed to have extra data Docs - Extending a Data Feed which can be the P/E ratio like in that case or anything you like.

To Plot the events the best options would be:

• Creating an Indicator that only delivers a point when an economic event happens. Assign the high or the low and plot and arrow/triangle or other marker

• The same but with an Observer. In this blog post, the triangles of the BuySell observer are changed to arrows Blog - Arrows for the BuySell Observer

  Your best option is to check the source for the BuySell observer or the Trades observer and plot the economic events instead of the operations/trades.

[Syed Javed Gardezi]

@kicking_potato88 hi did you find a good solution yet for plotting economic news events into Backtrader. I am trying to do the same.

[pikolo999]

Could someone please share the example code of plotting economic events? @kicking_potato88 @Syed-Javed-Gardezi @backtrader