Correlated ETF funds
In this coding exercise, you will explore the relationship between two popular ETF funds, the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) and Invesco QQQ, by creating a scatter plot that displays the correlation between their traded volumes. So, let's begin!
Two DataFrames named spy
and qqq
, which hold the historical prices of said funds, have been loaded for you. The DataFrames
and Plots
packages have been imported and are available for use.
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Data Visualization with Julia
Exercise instructions
- Generate a scatter plot representing the trading
volume
of SPY on the x-axis and that of QQQ on the y-axis, using ablack
regression line withlinewidth
set to2.5
andmarkercolor
set topink
; hide the legend. - Add the title
"Correlation Between SPY & QQQ Traded Volumes"
to the scatter plot. - Label the x-axis as
"SPY Daily Traded Volume"
and the y-axis as"QQQ Daily Traded Volume"
.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Make a scatter plot
____(
____.____,
____.____,
smooth=____,
linewidth=____,
linecolor=:____,
label=____,
markercolor=:____
)
# Add a title to the figure
____(____)
# Label the x and y axes
____(____)
____(____)