Comments on: Creating High Quality Stock Chart With Flash

By: Stock Charts

Stock Charts — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:39:26 +0000

Its easier to see if you have that working first. If you have files in different directories, place them in the same place as flash doesn’t like to load files (setting.php) that are not in the same location as the swf file

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:50:45 +0000

hi thanks
ive followed your instructions and i get the
flash but the data is missing

i get a ” date format error

your advise

By: jani

jani — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:33:52 +0000

Really nice tutorial, thanks for the effort!
Jani.
http://www.origofx.com

By: Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:18:20 +0000

It wont show tags. I changed from post to get on settings.php

BTW i have all files in the same folder.

amstock.swf
data.php
index.php
swfobject.js
settings.php

By: Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:16:50 +0000

Hi. Thanks for the tutorial.
But it is not working for me either.
First i had to change on settings.php

And then i have this error:

Error loading file: /post-content/flashchart/data.php?symbol=YHOO

If you can help.

Thanks.

By: ivanterra

ivanterra — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:52:48 +0000

i think that my problem is about cross domains, or directory whith paths, can you put a download file please thanks.

By: ivanterra

ivanterra — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:35:47 +0000

heelo i try to make this script

i i have a error..

error loading faile

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=goog
???

thanks

By: Poli

Poli — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:06:31 +0000

Hi KM, glad to see the charts are working well enough for you now. I do agree with you on the commercial potential of a more robust tool. I’ve been working with financial feeds for 5 years and this is the only “cheap” solution I’ve been able to implement. Data feeds and development time is very costly if someone wanted to create something from scratch.

Thanks for the heads up on the OHLC data, it should come in handy for candlestick graphs. I may do something with it in the future.

Let me know if you have more questions.

By: KM

KM — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:40:52 +0000

Hi, I tried your suggestion but it did not seem to work.
I guess you found this: in the source code, but I actually use the same code as you have on this page:

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=YHOO

And amCharts already have a function to chart both candlestick and OHLC bars:
http://www.amcharts.com/stock/ohlc-chart/

I have basically been on the lookout for what you have now created for 10years.
There really is no other solution to get free data in a slick interface on your own site.
I believe there are very serious commercial opportunities in developing further what you have started, but with a bit more functions.
If such a site would also offer futures and options feed in the same interface, it would be the first I know of on the web.
RT feed would be for paying members only…

I believe the closest competitor would be this relic, and there is no way to use their charts on your own site:
(http://charts3.barchart.com/chart.asp?sym=c&data=A&jav=adv&vol=Y&divd=Y&evnt=adv&grid=Y&code=BSTK&org=stk&fix=)

Just a thought .. !

By: Poli

Poli — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:52:49 +0000

KM, nice implementation of the graph.

First thing you want to do is change

and then change

so.addVariable(“settings_file”, encodeURIComponent(“../amstock/settings.php?symbol=UNG”));

so.addVariable(“settings_file”, encodeURIComponent(“../amstock/settings.php?symbol=< ?php echo $_POST["symbol"]; ?>“));

What this is doing is telling the form to send the symbol back to the graph page and not the wordpress homepage. The second part passes the symbol to the flash graph embedded on that page.