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plot.xts horizon plot example
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#plot.xts with horizons | |
require(PerformanceAnalytics) | |
horizon.panel <- function(index,x,...) { | |
#get some decent colors from RColorBrewer | |
#we will use colors on the edges so 2:4 for red and 7:9 for blue | |
require(RColorBrewer) | |
col.brew <- brewer.pal(name="RdBu",n=10) | |
#ease this reference later | |
n=NROW(x) | |
#clean up NA | |
x[which(is.na(x),arr.ind=TRUE)[,1], | |
unique(which(is.na(x),arr.ind=TRUE)[,2])] <- 0 | |
#get number of bands for the loop | |
#limit to 4 | |
nbands = min(4,ceiling(max(abs(coredata(x)))/horizonscale)) | |
#plot(index(x), abs(coredata(x)), type="n", bty="n", las=1, yaxt="n", xaxt="n", xlab=NA, ylab=NA, ylim=c(0,horizonscale)) | |
#thanks to helpful reader A. Zolot | |
#par(usr=c(index(x)[1],index(x)[n],0,horizonscale),mar=c(2,1,1,1)) # 0-margines | |
for (i in 1:nbands) { | |
#draw positive | |
polygon( | |
c(index[1], index, index[n]), | |
c(origin, coredata(x) - (i-1) * horizonscale,origin), | |
col=col.brew[length(col.brew)-nbands+i-1], | |
border=NA | |
) | |
#draw negative | |
polygon( | |
c(index[1], index, index[n]), | |
c(origin, -coredata(x) - (i-1) * horizonscale,origin), | |
col=col.brew[nbands-i+1], | |
border=NA | |
) | |
} | |
#delete trash drawn below origin that we keep so no overlap between positive and negative | |
polygon( | |
c(index[1], index, index[n]), | |
c(origin, -ifelse(coredata(x)==origin,horizonscale*5,abs(coredata(x))),origin), | |
col=par("bg"), | |
border=NA | |
) | |
#draw a line at the origin | |
abline(h=origin,col="black") | |
#labelling just for example purposes | |
#do label at top left and top right | |
text(x=index[1], y=horizonscale, colnames(x), adj=c(0,1)) | |
text(x=index[n], y=horizonscale, colnames(x), adj=c(1,1)) | |
#do label at center right for ease of reference | |
#text(x=index[n], y=horizonscale/2, colnames(x), pos=2) | |
#do label at bottom center | |
#text(x=index[n/2], y=origin, colnames(x), pos=3) | |
#do not need this anymore since plot.xts handles | |
#axis.Date(side=1,x=index(x),pos=0) | |
} | |
data(edhec) | |
#set these up for global access since I do not see how to pass into panel function | |
origin = 0 | |
horizonscale = 0.1 | |
#get 12 month rolling return of edhec indexes | |
roc <- as.xts(apply(cumprod(edhec+1),MARGIN=2,ROC,n=12,type="discrete"),order.by=index(edhec)) | |
plot.xts(roc,layout.screens = 1:NCOL(roc), | |
ylim=c(origin,horizonscale), | |
panel=horizon.panel,bty="n", | |
auto.grid=FALSE, | |
yax.loc="none", | |
yaxt="n", #, xaxt="n") | |
main="Horizon Plot of EDHEC Indexes 12-month Rolling Return") |
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