Chapter 6: Range chart of market index (unsorted fields)

Convert series data in market index chart into range series: High & Low -> Column range and UNSORTED Open & Close -> arearange

by JoeKuan

HTML

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts-more.js"></script>
<body>
<div style="margin: 5px 60px 5px 5px; " id='container'></div>
</body>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
     var volColor = '#AA4643';
        var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
            chart: {
                renderTo: 'container',
                spacingRight: 30,
            },
            title: {
                text: 'Market Data: Nasdaq 100'
            },
            subtitle: {
                text: '2011 - 2012'
            },
            xAxis: {
                categories: [ 'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 
                              'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec' ],
                labels: {
                    y: 17
                },
               gridLineDashStyle: 'dot',
               gridLineWidth: 1,
               lineWidth: 2,
               lineColor: '#92A8CD',
               tickWidth: 3,
               tickLength: 6,
               tickColor: '#92A8CD',
               // Need extra because there is a bug in Highcharts
               minPadding: 0.04,
               offset: 1,
            },
            yAxis: [{
                title: {
                    text: 'Nasdaq index'
                },
                minorGridLineColor: '#D8D8D8',
                minorGridLineDashStyle: 'dashdot',
                gridLineColor: '#8AB8E6',
                alternateGridColor: {
                    linearGradient: [0, 250, 500, 250],
                    stops: [ [0, '#FAFCFF' ],
                             [0.2, 'F7FBFF' ],
                             [0.5, '#F5FAFF'] ,
                             [0.8, '#E0F0FF'] ,
                             [1, '#D6EBFF'] ]
                },
                lineWidth: 2,
                lineColor: '#92A8CD',
                tickWidth: 3,
                tickLength: 6,
                tickColor: '#92A8CD'
            }, {
               title: {
                  text: 'Volume'
               },
                labels: {
                  style: {
                     color: volColor
                  }
                },
                lineWidth:...