BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

LineBreakChart

LineBreakChart[{{date₁, p₁}, {date₂, p₂}, ...}]
makes a line break chart with prices at date .

LineBreakChart[{"name", daterange}]
makes a line break chart of closing prices for the financial entity over the date range daterange.

LineBreakChart[{...}, n]
makes a line break chart where n bars in a row cause a reversal.

Details and Options Details and Options

LineBreakChart displays as a series of vertical bars where multiple prices may be included in a single bar, in which the price trend is accentuated.
LineBreakChart[{{..., p₁}, {..., p₂}, ...}, n] considers previous prices for dates. If the previous prices have been increasing , then draw a new up bar if and a new down bar if ; otherwise, do not draw a new bar. This works similarly for decreasing prices. If there is no sequence of increasing or decreasing prices of length , the rule applies to the two previous prices.
LineBreakChart[...] is equivalent to LineBreakChart[..., 3] for a three-line break chart.
The dates are considered an ordered sequence of events and are not shown on an absolute time scale.
The date formats for are the same as used in DateListPlot.
The and daterange are the same as used in FinancialData.
Data elements for LineBreakChart can be given in the following forms:
{date_i,p_i} a pure date and price pair

w_i[{date_i,p_i},...] a date price and wrapper

form_i->m_i a date price with metadata
A bar may represent several date-price pairs, and the corresponding wrappers will apply to the entire bar.
Data not given in these forms is taken to be missing and typically is excluded when generating the chart.
Data for LineBreakChart can be given in the following forms:
{e₁,e₂,...},{"name",daterange} data without overall wrapper

w[{e₁,e₂,...}],w[{"name",daterange}] data with overall wrapper
The following wrappers can be used for data elements:

	Annotation[e,label]	provide an annotation
	Button[e,action]	define an action to execute when the element is clicked
	EventHandler[e,...]	define a general event handler for the element
	Hyperlink[e,uri]	make the element act as a hyperlink
	Labeled[e,...]	display the element with labeling
	PopupWindow[e,cont]	attach a popup window to the element
	StatusArea[e,label]	display in the status area when the element is moused over
	Style[e,opts]	show the element using the specified styles
	Tooltip[e,label]	attach an arbitrary tooltip to the element

	Top,Bottom,Left,Right,Center	positions within bar
	Above, Below, Before, After	positions outside bar
	{{b_x,b_y},{l_x,l_y}}	scaled position in the label at scaled position in the bar

LineBreakChart has the same options as Graphics with the following additions and changes:

AspectRatio	1/GoldenRatio	overall ratio of width to height
Axes	True	whether to draw axes
ChartBaseStyle	Automatic	overall style for bars
ChartElementFunction	Automatic	how to generate raw graphics for bars
ChartElements	Automatic	graphics to use in each of the bars
DateFunction	Automatic	how to convert dates to standard form
EventLabels	None	events to label
GridLines	Automatic	grid lines to draw
GridLinesStyle	Automatic	style for grid lines
PerformanceGoal	$PerformanceGoal	aspects of performance to try to optimize
ScalingFunctions	None	how to scale individual coordinates
TrendStyle	Automatic	how to style up and down trends
ScalingFunctions	None	how to scale the axis

The arguments supplied to ChartElementFunction are the bar region , the date-price pairs list, and metadata .
A list of built-in settings for ChartElementFunction can be obtained from .
With the setting ChartElements->{up, down}, up and down will be used for up and down bars, respectively.
EventLabels->{..., date_i->lbl_i, ...} specifies a label associated with . The label will be displayed with the bar that has a date range that includes .
With ScalingFunctions->s_y, the function is applied to the prices. ScalingFunctions only affects the display and none of the controls.
Style and other specifications from options and other constructs in LineBreakChart are effectively applied in the order TrendStyle, Style and other wrappers, and ChartElementFunction, with later specifications overriding earlier ones.