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Hello All,
I noticed a couple of curious things when plotting in python. The first is that if I try to add color to a bar chart, the type automatically changes to a line (rather than a bar) in the final chart.
Here is how I am adding it, maybe I am doing something wrong?
# Create a custom volume chart
VolChart = Chart("Volume")
VolChart.AddSeries(Series('Buying Volume', SeriesType.Bar, Color.Green))
VolChart.AddSeries(Series('Selling Volume', SeriesType.Bar))
self.AddChart(VolChart)and this is how I am plotting it:
if data[self.sym].Close >= data[self.sym].Open:
self.Plot('Volume', 'Buying Volume', data[self.sym].Volume)
else:
self.Plot('Volume', 'Selling Volume', data[self.sym].Volume)In the resulting chart, the buying volume is a green line chart whilst the selling volume is an actual bar chart.
The next thing I noticed is that if I add color to both of the series, so my code now looks like this:
VolChart = Chart("Volume")
VolChart.AddSeries(Series('Buying Volume', SeriesType.Bar, Color.Green))
VolChart.AddSeries(Series('Selling Volume', SeriesType.Bar, Color.Red))
self.AddChart(VolChart)
I get the following error: ( Chart series name already exists )
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During the algorithm initialization, the following exception has occurred: Exception : Chart.AddSeries(): Chart series name already exists
at QuantConnect.Chart.AddSeries (QuantConnect.Series series) [0x00031] in <8020d7f9c1ca4bb3822d930f6f8ac032>:0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod.InternalInvoke(System.Reflection.MonoMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Reflection.BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00032] in <2e7c1c96edae44d496118948ca617c11>:0
at Initialize in main.py:line 37
Exception : Chart.AddSeries(): Chart series name already exists
at QuantConnect.Chart.AddSeries (QuantConnect.Series series) [0x00031] in <8020d7f9c1ca4bb3822d930f6f8ac032>:0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod.InternalInvoke(System.Reflection.MonoMethod,object,object[],System.Exception&)
at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Reflection.BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00032] in <2e7c1c96edae44d496118948ca617c11>:0 Finally, if I remove Color from both the lines, my volume chart appears as expected... just without the colors I want:
So am I missing something or making mistakes?
Jared Broad
Thank for the detailed description! We'll look into it and see what might be causing that.
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Stefano Raggi
Hi, you are getting that error because there is no constructor for the Series class with Color as third argument,
so the default Series constructor with no arguments was being called (causing the duplicate chart series error).
This can be easily fixed by changing this line:
VolChart.AddSeries(Series('Buying Volume', SeriesType.Bar, Color.Green))
to this:
VolChart.AddSeries(Series('Buying Volume', SeriesType.Bar, '$', Color.Green))
You can also find more examples of custom charting in the docs here:
ThatBlokeDave
Hi Jared Broad and Stefano Raggi
Many thanks for your feedback and comments. So looks like it could be user errors in the end. The suggestion from Stefano resolved the "name already exists" error. However, my colors are still not applied to the bar chart. (I am still seeing blue and black bars).
This is how I am setting up now:
VolChart = Chart("Volume", ChartType.Stacked) VolChart.AddSeries(Series('Buying Volume', SeriesType.Bar, '$', Color.Green)) VolChart.AddSeries(Series('Selling Volume', SeriesType.Bar, '$', Color.Red)) self.AddChart(VolChart)Is there anything else I am doing wrong in the declarations?
Given the feedback, I have tried playing around with argument positions and declaring as keyword arguments but am still not having much luck.
Really appreciate your kind help!
Side Note/Feedback
Just a little user feedback/note on the usability and documentation. I had read the page Stefano linked prior to posting and looked at the examples a few times. It appeared to me that the unit `$` and `Color.XXX` arguments are optional. I made this assumption because they are not always declared in the examples. So I assumed I could omit the unit '$'.
It from my novice perspective, It seems that sometimes we can place arguments in any position and other times we cannot. For example, in the documentation, I see that sometimes the index argument is in the third position and other times the unit argument is in that position. Each time neither is declared with a keyword argument. This can be quite puzzling especially if we cannot put other arguments like Color in the third position.
Is that a fair assessment or am I still misunderstanding things?
Fahmad91
Did you ever figure out what was causing this? I'm running into the same issue when plotting 2 different EMAs.Â
Sergio Sierra
Hi,
I am having the same issue. I am initializing the chart as follows:
stockPlot = Chart("Comparison")
stockPlot.AddSeries(Series("Benchmark", SeriesType.Line, 100000, Color.Blue))
stockPlot.AddSeries(Series("Algorithm", SeriesType.Line, 100000))
self.AddChart(stockPlot)
During the algorithm initialization, the following exception has occurred: DuplicateNameException : Chart.AddSeries(): Chart series name already exists  at QuantConnect.Chart.AddSeries(Series series) in /LeanCloud/CI.Builder/bin/Debug/src/QuantConnect/Lean/Common/Chart.cs:line 82  at Initialize   stockPlot.AddSeries(Series("Algorithm" in main.py:line 77 DuplicateNameException : Chart.AddSeries(): Chart series name already exists  at QuantConnect.Chart.AddSeries(Series series) in /LeanCloud/CI.Builder/bin/Debug/src/QuantConnect/Lean/Common/Chart.cs:line 82
Varad Kabade
Hi Sergio David Sierra MarÃn,
Please attach a backtest highlighting the issue, We have tried to recreate the issue, but we could not with the code snippet provided. Refer to the attached backtest for reference
Best,
Varad Kabade
ThatBlokeDave
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