Open Interest Indicator

In the example below, you can explore the Open Interest indicator and how to implement it using LightningChart Python Trader. Full code and dataset are provided at the bottom of the page.

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from datetime import datetime
from lightningchart_trader import TAChart
import csv

LICENSE_KEY_PATH = "license_key.txt"
DATA_PATH = "Tesla_with_open_interest.csv"

# Load the license key
license_key = open(LICENSE_KEY_PATH).read()

# # Create the trader chart
open_interest_chart = TAChart(license_key=license_key)
open_interest_chart.set_chart_title('Microsoft Data - Open Interest')

# Read the data from the CSV file
data = []
with open(DATA_PATH, 'r') as file:
    csv_reader = csv.DictReader(file)
    for row in csv_reader:
        data.append(
            {
                'open': float(row['Open']),
                'high': float(row['High']),
                'low': float(row['Low']),
                'close': float(row['Close']),
                'dateTime': datetime.strptime(row['Date'], '%m/%d/%Y'),
                'volume': int(row['Volume']),
                'openInterest': int(row['Open Interest']),
            }
        )

# Set the data
open_interest_chart.set_data(data)

# Add the Open Interest indicator
open_interest = open_interest_chart.add_open_interest()
open_interest.set_line_color('#FF4500')
open_interest.set_line_width(1)

# Open the chart
open_interest_chart.open()