Understanding Highcharts Stock

Highcharts Stock is based on Highcharts, meaning it has all the core functionality of Highcharts, plus some additional features.

Highcharts Stock also supports candlestick and OHLC charts.

Navigator

Allows you to fine tune the range of the chart which is displayed.

See Navigator for more information.

Range selector

Allows you to quickly select a range to be shown on the chart or specify the exact interval to be shown.

See Range selector for more information.

Scrollbar

Allows scrolling on the chart.

See Scrollbar for more information.

Crosshair

Shows a line following the tooltip of a chart to better read results of the x-axis. This functionality can be found in the Tooltip option. Crosshairs can also be used in Highcharts, but are not enabled by default.