Overview

The .NET MAUI candle chart is used to represent high, low, open, and close values of stocks on the stock market. It visualizes financial data and helps users identify trends. It is often combined with line and column charts to show the close value and trading volume. The candle chart supports interactive features such as zooming and panning, trackball, tooltips, and selection.

.NET MAUI candle chart documentation

.NET MAUI candle Chart

Key features

.NET MAUI candle chart provides hollow or filled-type customization

Hollow and filled

Configure the hollow and filled candle types in the .NET MAUI candle chart to customize the view of stock data.

.NET MAUI Candle chart with bull and bear color customization

Bull and bear

Customize the bull and bear colors used in the .NET MAUI candle chart.

.NET MAUI candle chart provides zooming and scrolling support to view the particular region

Zooming and scrolling

The .NET MAUI candle Chart supports zooming and panning when dealing with large amounts of data to visualize data points in any region.

Code example

Easily get started with the candle chart using a few simple lines of XAML and C# code, as demonstrated below.

xaml
c#
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui" 
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
        x:Class="ChartExample.MainPage"
        xmlns:local="using:ChartExample"
        xmlns:chart="clr-namespace:Syncfusion.Maui.Charts;assembly=Syncfusion.Maui.Charts">
       
    <Grid>
        <chart:SfCartesianChart HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand" VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand">
            <!--Setting BindingContext-->
            <chart:SfCartesianChart.BindingContext>
                <local:ViewModel/>
            </chart:SfCartesianChart.BindingContext>

            <!--Initialize the horizontal axis for the .NET MAUI Cartesian Chart.-->
            <chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>
                <chart:CategoryAxis/>
            </chart:SfCartesianChart.XAxes>

            <!--Initialize the vertical axis for the .NET MAUI Cartesian Chart.-->
            <chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
                <chart:NumericalAxis/>
            </chart:SfCartesianChart.YAxes>
           
            <!--Adding Candle series to the .NET MAUI Cartesian Chart.-->
            <chart:CandleSeries 
                        ItemsSource="{Binding Data}" 
                        XBindingPath="Month"
                        High="High" Low="Low"
                        Open="Open" Close="Close">
            </chart:CandleSeries>
        </chart:SfCartesianChart>
    </Grid>
</ContentPage>
public class Model
{
    public string Month { get; set; }
    public double High { get; set; }
    public double Low { get; set; }
    public double Open { get; set; }
    public double Close { get; set; }

    public Model(string xValue, double high, double low, double open, double close)
    {
        Month = xValue;
        High = high;
        Low = low;
        Open = open;
        Close = close;
    }
}
public class ViewModel
{
    public ObservableCollection<Model> Data { get; set; }
    public ViewModel()
    {
        Data = new ObservableCollection<Model>()
        {
            new Model("Jan",97.33,93.69,94.02,96.47 ),
            new Model("Feb",106.0237,98.0237,104.91,102.31),
            new Model("Mar",107.65,104.89,105.93,105.67),
            new Model("Apr",112.39,108.66,108.97,109.85),
            new Model("May",100.73,95.67,95.87,100.35),
        };
    }
}