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excel chart stock

zmworm edited this page Apr 29, 2026 · 16 revisions

Excel: Chart - stock

A dedicated page for the stock (OHLC) chart type. Stock charts display financial data with high-low-close (HLC) or open-high-low-close (OHLC) candlestick visualization.

Path: /{SheetName}/chart[N]

Add command shape:

officecli add data.xlsx /Sheet1 --type chart \
 --prop chartType=stock \
 --prop title="AAPL Weekly" \
 --prop categories="Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri" \
 --prop series1="Open:100,102,101,105,108" \
 --prop series2="High:105,108,106,110,112" \
 --prop series3="Low:98,100,99,102,105" \
 --prop series4="Close:103,101,104,107,110" \
 <styling props>

See also: Chart - add, Chart - set.

Chart type variants

Type string Aliases
stock ohlc

Series order requirement

Stock charts require series in a specific order:

Series count Order Display
3 series High, Low, Close High-low lines with close markers
4 series Open, High, Low, Close Full candlestick chart 
# HLC (3 series)
officecli add data.xlsx /Sheet1 --type chart \
 --prop chartType=stock \
 --prop categories="Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri" \
 --prop series1="High:105,108,106,110,107" \
 --prop series2="Low:98,100,99,102,100" \
 --prop series3="Close:103,101,104,107,103"
# OHLC (4 series) — full candlestick
officecli add data.xlsx /Sheet1 --type chart \
 --prop chartType=stock \
 --prop categories="Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri" \
 --prop series1="Open:100,102,101,105,108" \
 --prop series2="High:105,108,106,110,112" \
 --prop series3="Low:98,100,99,102,105" \
 --prop series4="Close:103,101,104,107,110"

Stock-specific rendering

The stock chart renders as:

  • High-low wicks: vertical lines from high to low at each category
  • Open-close bars (4-series only): filled rectangles between open and close prices
  • Up bars: white/green fill when close > open (bullish)
  • Down bars: black/red fill when close < open (bearish)

Default colors: up = #FFFFFF (white), down = #000000 (black).

Title styling

Property Default Notes
title — Chart title text
title.font / titleFont — Font family
title.size / titleSize — Font size (pt)
title.color / titleColor — Font color (hex)
title.bold / titleBold — Bold (true/false)
title.glow / titleGlow — Glow: "COLOR-RADIUS-OPACITY" or "none"
title.shadow / titleShadow — Shadow: "COLOR-BLUR-ANGLE-DIST-OPACITY" or "none"

Legend

Property Default Notes
legend true Position: top, bottom, left, right, none
legend.overlay false Float legend on top of the chart
legendFont / legend.font — "size:color:fontname"

Axis features

Scale control

Property Default Notes
axisMin / min (auto) Value axis lower bound
axisMax / max (auto) Value axis upper bound
majorUnit (auto) Major gridline / tick interval
minorUnit (auto) Minor gridline / tick interval
axisNumFmt / axisNumberFormat General Number format for tick labels (e.g. "$#,##0", "0%") 
# Lock Y axis to price range
officecli add data.xlsx /Sheet1 --type chart \
 --prop chartType=stock \
 --prop categories="Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri" \
 --prop series1="High:105,108,106,110,107" \
 --prop series2="Low:98,100,99,102,100" \
 --prop series3="Close:103,101,104,107,103" \
 --prop axisMin=90 --prop axisMax=120 --prop majorUnit=5

Logarithmic scale

Property Default Notes
logBase / logScale — Logarithmic scale base (e.g. 10)

Reversed axis

Property Default Notes
axisOrientation / axisReverse minMax Set to maxMin or true to flip the Y axis

Display units

Property Default Notes
dispUnits / displayUnits — thousands, millions, billions, etc.

Axis visibility and styling

Property Default Notes
axisVisible / axis.visible true Show/hide both axes
axisLine / axis.line — Value axis line: "color:width:dash"
catAxisLine — Category axis line: "color:width:dash"
majorTickMark / majorTick — out, in, cross, none
minorTickMark / minorTick — Same as major tick
tickLabelPos nextTo nextTo, high, low, none

Gridlines

Property Default Notes
gridlines / majorGridlines true Toggle or configure: true, false/none, or "color:widthPt:dash"
minorGridlines false Same format as gridlines 
# Custom gridlines for price chart
officecli add data.xlsx /Sheet1 --type chart \
 --prop chartType=stock \
 --prop categories="Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri" \
 --prop series1="High:105,108,106,110,107" \
 --prop series2="Low:98,100,99,102,100" \
 --prop series3="Close:103,101,104,107,103" \
 --prop "gridlines=D0D0D0:0.5:solid" \
 --prop "minorGridlines=EEEEEE:0.3:sysDot"

Fills and borders

Property Default Notes
plotFill / plotAreaFill — Plot area background: hex, gradient "C1-C2[:angle]", or "none"
chartFill / chartAreaFill — Chart area background
plotArea.border / plotBorder — Plot area outline: "color:width:dash" or "none"
chartArea.border / chartBorder — Chart area outline

Series shadow and outline

Property Default Notes
series.shadow / seriesShadow — "COLOR-BLUR-ANGLE-DIST-OPACITY" or "none"
series.outline / seriesOutline — "COLOR-WIDTH" e.g. "FFFFFF-0.5" or "none"

Data labels

Property Default Notes
dataLabels false Toggle data labels
labelPos / labelPosition — Position: center, insideEnd, insideBase, outsideEnd, top, bottom, left, right, bestFit
labelFont — "size:color:bold"
dataLabel{N}.text — Custom text for individual label
dataLabel{N}.x/y/w/h — Manual layout of individual label
dataLabel{N}.delete — Hide individual label
dataLabels.separator — Separator between label parts
dataLabels.numFmt — Number format for labels

Transparency and opacity

Property Default Notes
transparency 0 Series transparency (0-100%)
opacity / alpha 100 Series opacity (0-100%)

Layout control

Property Default Notes
x, y 0 Chart position (column/row index)
width 8 Chart width (column units)
height 15 Chart height (row units)
plotArea.x/y/w/h — Manual plot area layout (0-1 decimal)
title.x/y/w/h — Manual title layout
legend.x/y/w/h — Manual legend layout

Display blanks

Property Default Notes
dispBlanksAs / blanksAs gap How blank cells are handled: gap, zero, span/connect

Conditional coloring

Property Default Notes
colorRule / conditionalColor — Color data points conditionally
point{N}.color — Individual data point color (hex)

Full example: presentation-grade stock chart

officecli add data.xlsx /Sheet1 --type chart \
 --prop chartType=stock \
 --prop title="AAPL Weekly OHLC" \
 --prop title.size=14 --prop title.bold=true \
 --prop title.font="Arial" --prop title.color=1F2937 \
 --prop categories="Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri" \
 --prop series1="Open:100,102,101,105,108" \
 --prop series2="High:105,108,106,110,112" \
 --prop series3="Low:98,100,99,102,105" \
 --prop series4="Close:103,101,104,107,110" \
 --prop "gridlines=E5E7EB:0.5:solid" \
 --prop axisMin=95 --prop axisMax=115 --prop majorUnit=5 \
 --prop "axisNumFmt=$#,##0" \
 --prop plotFill=FAFBFC \
 --prop legend=bottom \
 --prop "legendfont=9:6B7280:Arial" \
 --prop x=0 --prop y=0 --prop width=14 --prop height=20

HTML preview support

Feature Preview Notes
Candlestick bars Yes Open-close rectangles
High-low wicks Yes Vertical lines
Up/down coloring Yes From OOXML or defaults
Data labels Yes Value text near bars
Custom axis scale Yes axisMin/axisMax/majorUnit
Gridlines Yes Color, width, dash from OOXML
Shadow effects No Decorative; not rendered
Glow effects No Decorative; not rendered

Known quirks

  • Series order is strict. Providing series out of the expected OHLC order produces incorrect rendering. The chart does not auto-detect which series is "High" vs "Low".
  • Up/down bar colors default to white/black in OOXML but are rendered as green/red in the HTML preview when no explicit colors are specified.

Inspect an existing stock chart

# List all charts
officecli query data.xlsx chart
# Inspect a specific chart
officecli get data.xlsx "/Sheet1/chart[1]"
# Render to HTML preview
officecli view data.xlsx html > preview.html

See Also

  • Chart - Overview of chart operations
  • Chart add - Generic chart add (all types)
  • Chart set - Modify existing charts
  • Chart get - Read back chart properties
  • Line chart - Drop lines, high-low lines, up-down bars (shared elements)

Based on OfficeCLI v1.0.64

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