MailBag January 31, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Why are some of the filled candlesticks red and some of them are black? Looking closely, I also see that some of the while candlesticks are outlined in black and some are outlined in red. Why is that? Thanks. When drawing candlesticks, our system uses one rule for determining whether to draw them with a red or black color and a different rule for determining whether to draw them filled or hollow (i.e., "white"). When it is deciding which color to use - red or black - the system looks at the closing value of the Read More
MailBag January 29, 2009 at 01:31 PM
URL: http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$NYHGH&p=D&st=2008-01-29&id=p74498399104 Hello, It appears that log scaling is not working properly for this chart. It works for others. Thank you. Logarithmic scaling is a feature that changes where the numbers of the vertical scale of a chart fall. On "normal" charts (i.e. charts with "Arithmetic" scaling) each number on the vertical scale is an equal distance from the previous and next numbers. For example, an arithmetic scale Read More
