I am plotting the following chart : with the following code: fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(20, 3)) mpf.candlestick_ohlc(ax,quotes, width=0.01) ax.xaxis_date() ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(mpl.dates.HourLocator(interval=4) ) ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter(mpl.dates.DateFormatter('%H:%M')) plt.xticks(rotation = 90) plt.grid(True) plt.show() I would like to also rotate the minor ticks: How would i do that? Subsidiary question is there a way to rotate both major and minor tick with a single command? Continue reading...