Comparing two histograms
Histograms can also be used to compare the distributions of multiple datasets. In this exercise, you will compare the performance of two different stocks to find out which stock has the most fluctuation.
matplotlib.pyplot is imported as plt and lists stock_A and stock_B are available in your workspace.
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Python for Finance
Exercise instructions
- Plot the histogram of
stock_Awith 100 bins and a transparency of 0.4. - Plot the histogram of
stock_Bwith 100 bins and a transparency of 0.4.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Plot histogram of stocks_A
____(stock_A, bins=____, alpha=____)
# Plot histogram of stocks_B
____(stock_B, bins=____, alpha=____)
# Display plot
plt.show()