mondays = WeekdayLocator(MONDAY) # major ticks on the mondays

alldays = DayLocator() # minor ticks on the days

weekFormatter = DateFormatter('%b %d') # e.g., Jan 12

dayFormatter = DateFormatter('%d') # e.g., 12

quotes = quotes_historical_yahoo_ohlc(ticker, startD, endD)

if len(quotes) == 0:

raise SystemExit

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

fig.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.2)

#ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(mondays)

#ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(alldays)

#ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(weekFormatter)

#ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter(dayFormatter)

#plot_day_summary(ax, quotes, ticksize=3)

candlestick_ohlc(ax, quotes, width=0.6)

ax.xaxis_date()

ax.autoscale_view()

plt.setp(plt.gca().get_xticklabels(), rotation=45, horizontalalignment='right')

plt.show()