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I have an alignment issue with the candlestick chart in matplotlib which I am buiding from scratch

I am trying to build the candlestick chart from scratch, so that I can do better customization on it. This is the link of the article I used. https://medium.com/swlh/generating-candlestick-charts-from-scratch-ef6e1d3cf0e9
Heres the code:
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib as mpl
import yfinance as yf
import numpy as np
df = yf.download('adaniports.ns', '2015-01-01', '2016-01-01')
ap = df.loc['2015-08': '2015-10', :].copy()
ap.rename(columns={'Adj Close': 'Adj_close'}, inplace= True)
ap.reset_index(inplace= True)
ap['Days_num'] = ap.Date.apply(lambda x: x - ap.Date[0])
ap.Days_num = ap.Days_num.apply(lambda x: x/np.timedelta64(1, 'D')).astype(int)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize= (12, 8))
ax.plot([ap.Days_num, ap.Days_num], [ap.High, ap.Low], color= 'k')
for x in range(len(ap.index)):
if ap.Close[x] > ap.Open[x]:
color= 'g'
else:
color= 'r'
rec = mpl.patches.Rectangle((ap.Days_num[x] - 0.25, ap.Open[x]), 0.5, (ap.Close[x] -
ap.Open[x]), color= color, zorder= 3)
ax.add_patch(rec)
fig.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Heres the output:
All the candles are not aligned in the middle with the vic properly. Anyway to fix it?

I have figured out the reason for this alignment issue. Just widening the fig aspect ratio does the trick. I have now changed it to (20, 7) from (12, 8).
That was the only major change I had to do to make it work.
Here is the final output of my custom candlestick chart:

Seaborn Barplot and Formatting Dates on X-Axis

I am currently working on visualizing datasets with Seaborn and Pandas. I have some time-dependent data that I would like to graph in bar charts.
However, I am battling with two issues in Seaborn:
Formatting dates on the x-axis
Only showing a handful of dates (as
it doesn't make sense to have every day labeled on a 6 month graph)
I have found a solution for my issues in normal Matplotlib, which is:
import pandas as pd
import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
import numpy as np
N = 20
np.random.seed(2022)
dates = pd.date_range('1/1/2014', periods=N, freq='m')
df = pd.DataFrame(
data={'dt':dates, 'val': np.random.randn(N)}
)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 6))
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%Y-%m'))
ax.bar(df['dt'], df['val'], width=25, align='center')
However, I already have most of my graphs done in Seaborn, and I would like to stay consistent. Once I convert the previous code into Seaborn, I lose the ability to format the dates:
import pandas as pd
import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
import numpy as np
N = 20
np.random.seed(2022)
dates = pd.date_range('1/1/2014', periods=N, freq='m')
df = pd.DataFrame(
data={'dt':dates, 'val': np.random.randn(N)}
)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(1,1)
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%y-%m'))
sns.barplot(x='dt', y='val', data=df)
fig.autofmt_xdate()
When I run the code, the date format remains unchanged and I can't locate any dates with DateLocator.
Is there any way for me to format my X-Axis for dates in Seaborn in a way similar to Matplotlib with DateLocator and DateFormatter?

No, you cannot use seaborn.barplot in conjunction with matplotlib.dates ticking. The reason is that the ticks for seaborn barplots are at integer positions (0,1,..., N-1). So they cannot be interpreted as dates.
You have three options:
Use seaborn, and loop through the labels and set them to anything you want
Not use seaborn and have the advantages (and disadvantages) of matplotlib.dates tickers available.
Change the format in the dataframe prior to plotting.
Tested in python 3.10, pandas 1.5.0, matplotlib 3.5.2, seaborn 0.12.0
N = 20
np.random.seed(2022)
dates = pd.date_range('1/1/2014', periods=N, freq='m')
df = pd.DataFrame(data={'dates': dates, 'val': np.random.randn(N)})
# change the datetime format in the dataframe prior to plotting
df.dates = df.dates.dt.strftime('%Y-%m')
fig, ax = plt.subplots(1,1)
sns.barplot(x='dates', y='val', data=df)
xticks = ax.get_xticks()
xticklabels = [x.get_text() for x in ax.get_xticklabels()]
_ = ax.set_xticks(xticks, xticklabels, rotation=90)
N = 20
np.random.seed(2022)
dates = pd.date_range('1/1/2014', periods=N, freq='m')
df = pd.DataFrame(data={'dates': dates, 'val': np.random.randn(N)})
df.dates = df.dates.dt.strftime('%Y-%m')
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10, 6))
sns.barplot(x='dates', y='val', data=df)
xticks = ax.get_xticks()
xticklabels = [x.get_text() if not i%2 == 0 else '' for i, x in enumerate(ax.get_xticklabels())]
_ = ax.set_xticks(xticks, xticklabels)

candlestick plot from pandas dataframe, replace index by dates

This code gives plot of candlesticks with moving averages but the x-axis is in index, I need the x-axis in dates.
What changes are required?
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_finance import candlestick2_ohlc
#date format in data-> dd-mm-yyyy
nif = pd.read_csv('data.csv')
#nif['Date'] = pd.to_datetime(nif['Date'], format='%d-%m-%Y', utc=True)
mavg = nif['Close'].ewm(span=50).mean()
mavg1 = nif['Close'].ewm(span=13).mean()
fg, ax1 = plt.subplots()
cl = candlestick2_ohlc(ax=ax1,opens=nif['Open'],highs=nif['High'],lows=nif['Low'],closes=nif['Close'],width=0.4, colorup='#77d879', colordown='#db3f3f')
mavg.plot(ax=ax1,label='50_ema')
mavg1.plot(color='k',ax=ax1, label='13_ema')
plt.legend(loc=4)
plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.09, bottom=0.20, right=0.94, top=0.90, wspace=0.2, hspace=0)
plt.show()
Output:

I also had a lot of "fun" with this in the past... Here is one way of doing it using mdates:
import pandas as pd
import pandas_datareader.data as web
import datetime as dt
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.finance import candlestick_ohlc
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
ticker = 'MCD'
start = dt.date(2014, 1, 1)
#Gathering the data
data = web.DataReader(ticker, 'yahoo', start)
#Calc moving average
data['MA10'] = data['Adj Close'].rolling(window=10).mean()
data['MA60'] = data['Adj Close'].rolling(window=60).mean()
data.reset_index(inplace=True)
data['Date']=mdates.date2num(data['Date'].astype(dt.date))
#Plot candlestick chart
fig = plt.figure()
ax1 = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax2 = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax3 = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax1.xaxis_date()
ax1.xaxis.set_major_formatter(mdates.DateFormatter('%d-%m-%Y'))
ax2.plot(data.Date, data['MA10'], label='MA_10')
ax3.plot(data.Date, data['MA60'], label='MA_60')
plt.ylabel("Price")
plt.title(ticker)
ax1.grid(True)
plt.legend(loc='best')
plt.xticks(rotation=45)
candlestick_ohlc(ax1, data.values, width=0.6, colorup='g', colordown='r')
plt.show()
Output:
Hope this helps.

Simple df:
Using plotly:
import plotly.figure_factory
fig = plotly.figure_factory.create_candlestick(df.open, df.high, df.low, df.close, dates=df.ts)
fig.show()
will automatically parse the ts column to be displayed correctly on x.

Clunky workaround here, derived from other post (if i can find again, will reference). Using a pandas df, plot by index and then reference xaxis tick labels to date strings for display. Am new to python / matplotlib, and this this solution is not so flexible, but it works basically. Also using a pd index for plotting removes the blank 'weekend' daily spaces on market price data.
Matplotlib xaxis index as dates
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_finance import candlestick2_ohlc
from mpl_finance import candlestick_ohlc
%matplotlib notebook # for Jupyter
# Format m/d/Y,Open,High,Low,Close,Adj Close,Volume
# csv data does not include NaN, or 'weekend' lines,
# only dates from which prices are recorded
DJIA = pd.read_csv('yourFILE.csv') #Format m/d/Y,Open,High,
Low,Close,Adj Close,Volume
print(DJIA.head())
fg, ax1 = plt.subplots()
cl =candlestick2_ohlc(ax=ax1,opens=DJIA['Open'],
highs=DJIA['High'],lows=DJIA['Low'],
closes=DJIA['Close'],width=0.4, colorup='#77d879',
colordown='#db3f3f')
ax1.set_xticks(np.arange(len(DJIA)))
ax1.set_xticklabels(DJIA['Date'], fontsize=6, rotation=-90)
plt.show()

Plotting candlestick with matplotlib for time series w/o weekend gaps

trying to plot a candlestick serie after importing datas from yahoo-finance. I'm using python 2.7
I have already a serie plotted and I want to add the same one as candlestick but I don't see how I can do that :
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.finance import candlestick2_ohlc
#Reset the index to remove Date column from index
df_ohlc = data.reset_index()
#Naming columns
df_ohlc.columns = ["Date","Open","High",'Low',"Close", "Adj Close", "Volume"]
#Normal plot
ax1 = plt.subplot()
ax1.plot(df_ohlc["Date"], df_ohlc["Close"], label = "Price", color="blue", linewidth=2.0)
#Candle plot
candlestick2_ohlc(ax1,df_ohlc['Open'],df_ohlc['High'],df_ohlc['Low'],df_ohlc['Close'],width=0.6)
If I plot candlestick alone, it looks fine but the x axis is a list of integers.
If I plot candlestick alone after converting df_ohlc["Date"] to float then reconverting to datetime, it plots the serie with the correct x axis but there are gaps on the weekend even if the serie isn't defined for these dates.
Is there a way to plot both series at the same time ? I'm planning to add more series like moving average, OLS, Bollinger etc...

You can remove weekend gaps and make human-readable dates xticklabels in this way. Note that, this script is written in python 3 and there may be some differences from python 2.
import quandl
import numpy as np
from mpl_finance import candlestick_ohlc
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# getting data and modifying it to remove gaps at weekends
r = quandl.get('WIKI/AAPL', start_date='2016-01-01', end_date='2017-11-10')
date_list = np.array(r.index.to_pydatetime())
plot_array = np.zeros([len(r), 5])
plot_array[:, 0] = np.arange(plot_array.shape[0])
plot_array[:, 1:] = r.iloc[:, :4]
# plotting candlestick chart
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
num_of_bars = 100 # the number of candlesticks to be plotted
candlestick_ohlc(ax, plot_array[-num_of_bars:], colorup='g', colordown='r')
ax.margins(x=0.0, y=0.1)
ax.yaxis.tick_right()
x_tick_labels = []
ax.set_xlim(right=plot_array[-1, 0]+10)
ax.grid(True, color='k', ls='--', alpha=0.2)
# setting xticklabels actual dates instead of numbers
indices = np.linspace(plot_array[-num_of_bars, 0], plot_array[-1, 0], 8, dtype=int)
for i in indices:
date_dt = date_list[i]
date_str = date_dt.strftime('%b-%d')
x_tick_labels.append(date_str)
ax.set(xticks=indices, xticklabels=x_tick_labels)
plt.show()

I really need more information about your code and your dataframe, but you can use this example to do a candlestick
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.ticker as mticker
from matplotlib.finance import candlestick_ohlc
import matplotlib.dates as mdates
import datetime as dt
#Reset the index to remove Date column from index
df_ohlc = df.reset_index()
#Naming columns
df_ohlc.columns = ["Date","Open","High",'Low',"Close", "Adj Close", "Volume"]
#Converting dates column to float values
df_ohlc['Date'] = df_ohlc['Date'].map(mdates.date2num)
#Making plot
fig = plt.figure()
fig.autofmt_xdate()
ax1 = plt.subplot2grid((6,1), (0,0), rowspan=6, colspan=1)
#Converts raw mdate numbers to dates
ax1.xaxis_date()
plt.xlabel("Date")
print(df_ohlc)
#Making candlestick plot
candlestick_ohlc(ax1,df_ohlc.values,width=1, colorup='g', colordown='k',alpha=0.75)
plt.ylabel("Price")
plt.legend()
plt.show()

ploting subplot in matplotlib with pandas issue

i am try to plot subplot in matplotlib with pandas but there are issue i am facing. when i am plot subplot not show the date of stock...there is my program
import pandas as pd
import datetime
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas.io.data
df = pd.io.data.get_data_yahoo('goog', start=datetime.datetime(2008,1,1),end=datetime.datetime(2014,10,23))
fig = plt.figure()
r = fig.patch
r.set_facecolor('#0070BB')
ax1 = fig.add_subplot(2,1,1, axisbg='#0070BB')
ax1.grid(True)
ax1.plot(df['Close'])
ax2 = fig.add_subplot(2,1,2, axisbg='#0070BB')
ax2.plot(df['Volume'])
plt.show()
run this program own your self and solve date issue.....

When you're calling matplotlib's plot(), you are only giving it one array (e.g. df['Close'] in the first case). When there's only one array, matplotlib doesn't know what to use for the x axis data, so it just uses the index of the array. This is why your x axis shows the numbers 0 to 160: there are presumably 160 items in your array.
Use ax1.plot(df.index, df['Close']) instead, since df.index should hold the date values in your pandas dataframe.
import pandas as pd
import datetime
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas.io.data
df = pd.io.data.get_data_yahoo('goog', start=datetime.datetime(2008,1,1),end=datetime.datetime(2014,10,23))
fig = plt.figure()
r = fig.patch
r.set_facecolor('#0070BB')
ax1 = fig.add_subplot(2,1,1, axisbg='#0070BB')
ax1.grid(True)
ax1.plot(df.index, df['Close'])
ax2 = fig.add_subplot(2,1,2, axisbg='#0070BB')
ax2.plot(df.index, df['Volume'])
plt.show()