Since matplotlib.finance has been deprecated, how can I use the new mpl_finance module?

Question

I am trying to import matplotlib.finance module in python so that I can make a Candlestick OCHL graph. My matplotlib.pyplot version is 2.00. I've tried to import it using the following commands:

import matplotlib.finance from matplotlib.finance import candlestick_ohlc 

I get this error:

warnings.warn(message, mplDeprecation, stacklevel=1) MatplotlibDeprecationWarning: The finance module has been deprecated in mpl 2.0 and will be removed in mpl 2.2. Please use the module mpl_finance instead.

Then instead of using the above lines in python I tried using the following line:

import mpl_finance 

I get this error:

ImportError: No module named 'mpl_finance'

What should I do to import candlestick from matplotlib.pyplot?

Answer 1

In 2020, one can now pip install mplfinance

Answer 2

I've stopped using mpl_finance (and plotly) since they are too slow. Instead I've written an optimized finance plotting library, finplot, which I use to backtest up to 10⁶ candles.

Here's a small example:

import yfinance as yf import finplot as fplt  df = yf.download('SPY',start='2018-01-01', end = '2020-04-29') fplt.candlestick_ochl(df[['Open','Close','High','Low']]) fplt.plot(df.Close.rolling(50).mean()) fplt.plot(df.Close.rolling(200).mean()) fplt.show() 

Examples included show SMA, EMA, Bollinger bands, Accumulation/Distribution, Heikin Ashi, on balance volume, RSI, TD sequential, MACD, scatter plot indicators, heat maps, histograms, real-time updating charts and interactive measurements; all with sensible defaults ready for use.

I do dogfooding every day, drop me a note or a pull request if there is something you want. Hope you take it for a spin!