What are my best options for creating a financial open-high-low-close (OHLC) chart in a high level language like Ruby or Python? While there seem to be a lot of options for
Are you free to use JRuby instead of Ruby? That'd let you use JFreeChart, plus your code would still be in Ruby
Open Flash Chart is nice choice if you like the look of examples. I've moved to JavaScript/Canvas library like Flot for HTML embedded charts, as it is more customizable and I get desired effect without much hacking (http://itprolife.worona.eu/2009/08/scatter-chart-library-moving-to-flot.html).