looking for stock charting component

Question

hello,

i am writing a financial WPF desktop application and i am looking for a component that would allow me to display (and print) OHLC, candlestick, and possibly other types of financial charts. I need to be able to embed custom graphics into the chart, i mean graphics such as extra lines, additional charts, etc. the component needs to support overlaying of different chart types as well. and it has to look professional, unlike these 3D charts that I have seen on codeplex. any help would be appreciated.

thanks konstantin

Answer 1

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Here are some recommendations:

• Visfire is free.
• StockChart SL VERY professional but it costs $2000-3000 USD.
• ZedGraph is also free, but it's just C#.

I'm a sucker for free stuff, but if you're working for a company that has extra cash to shell out at the most fancy stuff out there, then you can try StockChart SL, otherwise it looks like Visfire should do it for you.