Charting

Follow these steps to import the libraries that you need:

1. Import the seaborn and matplotlib libraries.

import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

2. Import, and then call, the register_matplotlib_converters method.

from pandas.plotting import register_matplotlib_converters
register_matplotlib_converters()

Get some historical market data to produce the plots. For example, to get data for a bank sector ETF and some banking companies over 2021, run:

qb = QuantBook()
tickers = ["XLF",   # Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
           "COF",   # Capital One Financial Corporation
           "GS",    # Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
           "JPM",   # J P Morgan Chase & Co
           "WFC"]   # Wells Fargo & Company   
symbols = [qb.add_equity(ticker, Resolution.DAILY).symbol for ticker in tickers]
history = qb.history(symbols, datetime(2021, 1, 1), datetime(2022, 1, 1))

Seaborn does not currently support candlestick charts. Use one of the other plotting libraries to create candlestick charts.

You must import the plotting libraries and get some historical data to create line charts.

In this example, you create a line chart that shows the closing price for one of the banking securities. Follow these steps to create the chart:

1. Select a Symbol.

symbol = symbols[0]

2. Slice the history DataFrame with the symbol and then select the close column.

data = history.loc[symbol]['close']

3. Call the DataFrame constructor with the data Series and then call the reset_index method.

data = pd.DataFrame(data).reset_index()

4. Call the lineplot method with the data Series and the column name of each axis.

plot = sns.lineplot(data=data,
                    x='time', 
                    y='close')

5. In the same cell that you called the lineplot method, call the set method with the y-axis label and a title.

plot.set(ylabel="price", title=f"{symbol} Price Over Time");

The Jupyter Notebook displays the line chart.

You must import the plotting libraries and get some historical data to create scatter plots.

In this example, you create a scatter plot that shows the relationship between the daily returns of two banking securities. Follow these steps to create the scatter plot:

1. Select 2 Symbols.

For example, to select the Symbols of the first 2 bank stocks, run:

symbol1 = symbols[1]
symbol2 = symbols[2]

2. Select the close column of the history DataFrame, call the unstack method, and then select the symbol1 and symbol2 columns.

close_prices = history['close'].unstack(0)[[symbol1, symbol2]]

3. Call the pct_change method and then call the dropna method.

daily_returns = close_prices.pct_change().dropna()

4. Call the regplot method with the daily_returns DataFrame and the column names.

plot = sns.regplot(data=daily_returns, 
                   x=daily_returns.columns[0], 
                   y=daily_returns.columns[1])

5. In the same cell that you called the regplot method, call the set method with the axis labels and a title.

plot.set(xlabel=f'{daily_returns.columns[0]} % Returns', 
         ylabel=f'{daily_returns.columns[1]} % Returns', 
         title=f'{symbol1} vs {symbol2} Daily % Returns');

The Jupyter Notebook displays the scatter plot.

You must import the plotting libraries and get some historical data to create histograms.

In this example, you create a histogram that shows the distribution of the daily percent returns of the bank sector ETF. Follow these steps to create the histogram:

1. Select the Symbol.

symbol = symbols[0]

2. Slice the history DataFrame with the symbol and then select the close column.

data = history.loc[symbol]['close']

3. Call the pct_change method and then call the dropna method.

daily_returns = data.pct_change().dropna()

4. Call the DataFrame constructor with the daily_returns Series and then call the reset_index method.

daily_returns = pd.DataFrame(daily_returns).reset_index()

5. Call the histplot method with the daily_returns, the close column name, and the number of bins.

plot = sns.histplot(daily_returns, x='close', bins=20)

6. In the same cell that you called the histplot method, call the set method with the axis labels and a title.

plot.set(xlabel='Return', 
         ylabel='Frequency', 
         title=f'{symbol} Daily Return of Close Price Distribution');

The Jupyter Notebook displays the histogram.

You must import the plotting libraries and get some historical data to create bar charts.

In this example, you create a bar chart that shows the average daily percent return of the banking securities. Follow these steps to create the bar chart:

1. Select the close column and then call the unstack method.

close_prices = history['close'].unstack(level=0)

2. Call the pct_change method and then multiply by 100.

daily_returns = close_prices.pct_change() * 100

3. Call the mean method.

avg_daily_returns = daily_returns.mean()

4. Call the DataFrame constructor with the avg_daily_returns Series and then call the reset_index method.

avg_daily_returns = pd.DataFrame(avg_daily_returns, columns=["avg_daily_ret"]).reset_index()

5. Call barplot method with the avg_daily_returns Series and the axes column names.

plot = sns.barplot(data=avg_daily_returns, x='symbol', y='avg_daily_ret')

6. In the same cell that you called the barplot method, call the set method with the axis labels and a title.

plot.set(xlabel='Tickers', 
         ylabel='%', 
         title='Banking Stocks Average Daily % Returns')

7. In the same cell that you called the set method, call the tick_params method to rotate the x-axis labels.

plot.tick_params(axis='x', rotation=90)

The Jupyter Notebook displays the bar chart.

You must import the plotting libraries and get some historical data to create heat maps.

In this example, you create a heat map that shows the correlation between the daily returns of the banking securities. Follow these steps to create the heat map:

1. Select the close column and then call the unstack method.

close_prices = history['close'].unstack(level=0)

2. Call the pct_change method.

daily_returns = close_prices.pct_change()

3. Call the corr method.

corr_matrix = daily_returns.corr()

4. Call the heatmap method with the corr_matrix and the annotation argument enabled.

plot = sns.heatmap(corr_matrix, annot=True)

5. In the same cell that you called the heatmap method, call the set method with a title.

plot.set(title='Bank Stocks and Bank Sector ETF Correlation Coefficients');

The Jupyter Notebook displays the heat map.

You must import the plotting libraries and get some historical data to create pie charts.

In this example, you create a pie chart that shows the weights of the banking securities in a portfolio if you allocate to them based on their inverse volatility. Follow these steps to create the pie chart:

1. Select the close column and then call the unstack method.

close_prices = history['close'].unstack(level=0)

2. Call the pct_change method.

daily_returns = close_prices.pct_change()

3. Call var method and then take the inverse.

inverse_variance = 1 / daily_returns.var()

4. Call the color_palette method with a palette name and then truncate the returned colors to so that you have one color for each security.

colors = sns.color_palette('pastel')[:len(inverse_variance.index)]

5. Call the pie method with the security weights, labels, and colors.

plt.pie(inverse_variance, labels=inverse_variance.index, colors=colors, autopct='%1.1f%%')

6. In the same cell that you called the pie method, call the title method with a title.

plt.title(title='Banking Stocks and Bank Sector ETF Allocation');

The Jupyter Notebook displays the pie chart.