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Open Feature request MC-1496

Don't Break on Session Option for Regular Points Bars (Range Bars)
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Description

Currently it is possible with Renko bars to choose whether or not to break on session, an option that is quite useful with larger bar sizes, HOWEVER it is not possible to do so with Range bars (Regular Bars set to a fixed number of points range). Larger bar sizes (where there are only a few per day or less) are heavily distorted by break on session close. Even larger size bars are impossible to produce, and all of that is unnecessary.

Steps to reproduce this issue

Create a chart with the bar type regular: points. Select a large box size such as 50 pips (or 500 points for 5 digit broker) on a symbol such as EURUSD. Notice that every few bars are not the size requested due to session breaks.

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user-offline.png Justin (toedtman)
Sep 28, 2014 - 08:40

I too utilize range bars and cannot for the life of me decide why MC decided to force a bar print at the session close. This seems arbitrary and retards the natural flow and spirit of these bars. On higher settings, they begin to offer the same amount of chop that time-based charts offer, which is what I try to avoid.
From a code perspective, this seems like a very quick win and hope MC takes action on this request soon.

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Issue basics
  • Type of issue
    Feature request
  • Category
    Usability
  • Targeted for
    MultiCharts 11.0 (RELEASED)
  • Status
    Released
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