Create a lightweight chart — lwc_chart • lightweightchartR

lwc_chart() creates a TradingView lightweight chart widget from xts, zoo, or data frame inputs. The result is a pipeable chart object that can be extended with add_*() helpers.

Usage

lwc_chart(
  data,
  type = c("auto", "candles", "bars", "line", "area"),
  subset = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  theme = c("light", "dark"),
  width = NULL,
  height = NULL,
  elementId = NULL,
  up_col = "#26a69a",
  down_col = "#ef5350",
  ta_tooltip = TRUE,
  ta_tooltip_threshold = 14
)

Arguments

data: Market data. Usually an xts object with OHLC or OHLCV columns.
type: Base series type. "auto" chooses candlesticks when OHLC data is available and a line chart otherwise.
subset: Optional quantmod-style subset string, passed through xts.
name: Optional display name for the chart.
theme: "light" or "dark".
width, height: Widget dimensions passed to htmlwidgets.
elementId: Optional element id.
up_col, down_col: Rising/falling color defaults for price series.
ta_tooltip: Whether to show hover tooltips for price-pane technical analysis overlays.
ta_tooltip_threshold: Pixel distance used to match the pointer to the nearest overlay line for the TA tooltip.

Value

An htmlwidget object that also supports pipe-based layer helpers.