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Financial Data looks horrible with large dataset

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Description

Issue:
Was following examples in how to display Candle bars using the Financial section and looks how it renders on a two year period.

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Code Sample: See http://scottplot.net/faq/repro/ for tips about creating reproducible code samples

           var plt = new Plot();
            // plt.ScaleFactor = 2;
            var candles = data.RawData.Select(v => new OHLC(
                (double)v.Open,
                (double)v.High,
                (double)v.Low,
                (double)v.Close,
                v.Date.ToUniversalTime(), TimeSpan.FromHours(1)
            )).ToList();
           var candlePlot = plt.Add.Candlestick(candles);
           // candlePlot.Sequential = true;
           
           plt.Axes.DateTimeTicksBottom(); 
          plt.FigureBackground.Color = Colors.Black;
            plt.DataBackground.Color = Colors.Black;
            plt.Axes.Color(Color.FromHtml("#999999"));
            plt.Axes.Right.MajorTickStyle.Color = Colors.Transparent;
            plt.Axes.Right.MinorTickStyle.Color = Colors.Transparent;
            plt.Axes.Bottom.MajorTickStyle.Color = Colors.Transparent;
            plt.Axes.FrameWidth(0);
            plt.Grid.MajorLineColor = Color.FromHtml("#222222");
            plt.Grid.YAxis = plt.Axes.Right;
                        
            plt.SavePng(fileName, 800, 600);

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the supplied two-year dataset with the C# Plot, Add.Candlestick(candles), and DateTimeTicksBottom() calls. Inspect the Candlestick rendering path and related examples to determine why a large dataset looks as shown; done means the same period renders clearly rather than with the reported appearance.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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