How to do dynamic matplotlib plotting with a fixed pandas dataframe?

Question

I have a dataframe called benchmark_returns and strategy_returns. Both have the same timespan. I want to find a way to plot the datapoints in a nice an

Answer 1

You can just update the data into the line element like so:

fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
liner, = ax.plot()
plt.ion()
plt.show()
for i in range(len(benchmark_returns.values)):
    liner.set_ydata(benchmark_returns['Crypto 30'][:i])
    liner.set_xdata(benchmark_returns.index[:i])
    plt.pause(0.01)