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==Understanding FlexRenko Chart Type==
'''FlexRenko''' bars are the same [[Renko]] bars, but displaced in relation to one another on price scale.
Classic Renko bricks are always constructed from the High or Low of the previous brick depending on the price movement.
A FlexRenko brick can be constructed from some intermediary point of the High-Low interval of the previous bar. For this purpose FlexRenko bricks have 2 additional parameters: '''Trend Offset''' and '''Reversal Offset'''. (Classic Renko also has these parameters, but they equal 0).
==Selecting FlexRenko Chart Type==
# Open the '''Format Instrument''' window by one of the following methods:
#:* Click the '''New Chart Window''' [[File:New_Chart.png]] icon on the Main toolbar; or:
#:* Use the '''Insert''' key on the keyboard; or:
#:* In the main menu select '''File''', then point to '''New''' and click '''New Chart Window'''.
# Select the '''Instrument''' tab.
# Select a data feed from the '''Data Source''' list.
# Select a symbol from the list of available symbols in '''All Symbols''' tab, or use the category tabs to list only a particular category of symbols; the list can be sorted by any column, in ascending or descending order, by clicking on the column header. If you can’t find a symbol, see [[Operating Symbol List#Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List|Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List]] section.
# Select the '''Settings''' tab.
# Select '''FlexRenko''' from the '''Chart Type''' list.
# Select '''Resolution''' for your chart to be based on. It allows you to choose which type of data (for more details see [[Tick, Minute and Daily Data]]) and what detailed resolution will be used for building the boxes.'''Note: MultiCharts 8.0 implementation:''' in real-time no matter what resolution is specified, each next box of the specified size will be plotted once previous box is finished. '''MultiCharts 8.1 and any further version implementation:''' depending on the selected resolution the current box may be huge in real-time and not match your box size, but when the selected in resolution bar (1 day for instance) is closed, you'll see a lot of boxes of the specified box size instead of that huge one.
# Enter the '''Box Size''' in the corresponding boxes.
# Select whether you want the box size based on '''Points''' or '''Percents''' from last box open/close. '''Example:''' If the previous box is green and current price is moving upwards, then the point/percent value is calculated based on previous box close (from the right top corner of the box). If the previous box is red and current price is moving upwards, then the point/percent value is calculated based on previous box open (from the right top corner of the box). If the previous box is green and current price is moving downwards, then the point/percent value is calculated based on previous box open (from the right bottom corner of the box). If the previous box is red and current price is moving upwards, then the point/percent value is calculated based on previous box close (from the right bottom corner of the box).
# Specify '''Trend Offset''': a standard Renko bar has a Trend Offset of zero, which means that when a new bar is formed in the current trend direction, the Renko Open value of the new bar is equal to the Renko Close value of the prior bar.When you specify a non-zero value for the Trend Offset, the Renko Open value is offset inside the prior bar by the specified number of ticks. This means that the price of the symbol no longer has to move as far to form a new bar in the trend direction.'''Note:''' Trend Offset must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the Bar Size.
# Specify '''Reversal Offset''': a standard Renko bar has a Reversal Offset of zero, which means that when a new bar is formed that reverses the current trend direction, the Renko Open value of the new bar is equal to the Renko Open value of the prior bar. When you specify a non-zero value for the Reversal Offset, the Renko Open value is offset from the prior bar Open by the specified number of ticks. This offset causes the new Renko bar to overlap the prior Renko bar. This means that the price of the symbol no longer has to move as far to form a new bar to reverse the trend direction. '''Note:''' Reversal Offset must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the Bar Size.
# Check '''Show Wick''' box to see wicks of each bar, demonstrating how the price was moving before the bar close. '''Note:''' Wicks will not be shown on the chart until the style is changed to [[:Category:Chart Style#Candlestick Chart|Candlesticks]].
# Uncheck '''Show 'Phantom' Bars''' to see gaps between the bars if there was no such price.
# Check '''Show Real Open''' to see real open price of the box (in this case the box will trigger not from an angle of the previous box).
# Check '''New Bar When Exceeded''' to allow the new bar formation only when the thresholds are exceeded. When the option is disabled, there will be a new bar when the thresholds are met like in a standard Renko bar.
# Uncheck '''Break on Session''' if you don't want to see the session breaks (not available for daily-based resolutions).
# Double-click the symbol, or click '''OK''', to create a chart with the default settings.
==Selecting FlexRenko Chart Style==
# Open the '''Format Instrument''' window by one of the following methods:
#* Click the Format Instrument icon on the Chart Analysis toolbar; if the '''Format Objects''' window appears, select the symbol and click the '''Format''' button; or:
#* Position the mouse pointer over the symbol's data series; double-click once the '''Pointer''' [[File:Pointer.png]] changes into a '''Hand''' [[File:Hand.png]]; or:
#* Position the mouse pointer over the symbol's data series; once the '''Pointer''' [[File:Pointer.png]] changes into a '''Hand''' [[File:Hand.png]], right-click and then click '''Format''' 'Symbol Name'; or:
#* Right-click on an empty area of the chart and then click '''Format Instrument'''; if the '''Format Objects''' window appears, select the symbol and click the '''Format''' button; or:
#* Select '''Format''' in the main menu and click '''Instrument'''; if the '''Format Objects''' window appears, select the symbol and click the '''Format''' button.
# Select the '''Style''' tab.
# In the '''Chart Style''' section click on the component element to be changed.
# In the '''Color''' column select one of the standard 40 colors from the palette box, or click the '''Other''' button to create custom colors.
# From the '''Width''' list select a width of the body border and the wick.
# To apply the most recently selected component's style to all components, click the '''Apply to All Components''' button.
# To display the Last Price Marker select the '''Last Price Marker''' check box, or clear the box to hide the marker; the color of the marker is the same as the color of the Down component.
# To use these style settings for all new charts of this type, select '''Use as Default''' check box.
===Auto trading orders on Renko Chart Type===
There are some differences between Regular and Renko chart types with regards to order generation in real time and backtesting.
====Backtesting and Data Playback====
There is no difference between order generation on Regular and Renko chart types with regards to Backtesting and Data Playback.
====Real-Time simulation====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type of the strategy
! Regular Chart Type
! Renko Chart Type
|-
| Buy next bar at market
| Order is placed on the first tick of the new bar, i.e. on the Open of the next bar.
| Order is placed at the price of the first received tick, this tick may not be a part of the box, in this case the order is displayed not on OHLC of the box but on the price level of the first received tick.
|-
| Buy this bar at close
| Order is placed on the last tick of the bar, i.e. on the Close of the current bar.
| Order is placed on the Close price of the current box. When the box is closed the order is placed at the Close of the box. Last tick of the box may be not included in the box itself, in this case the order is displayed not on in this case price level of the tick but on in this case Close of the box.
|-
| Price orders
| Order is placed at the price of the first tick that satisfies Stop or Limit conditions.
| Order is placed at the price of the first tick that satisfies Stop or Limit conditions.
|}
====Auto Trading====
There is no difference between order generation on Regular and Renko chart types with regards to Auto Trading.
To learn how Intra-Bar Order Generation and Bar Magnifier work on Renko Chart Type, see [[Intra-Bar Order Generation, Bar Magnifier on Non-Standard Chart Types|this page]]
[[Category:Non-Standard Chart Types]]
'''FlexRenko''' bars are the same [[Renko]] bars, but displaced in relation to one another on price scale.
Classic Renko bricks are always constructed from the High or Low of the previous brick depending on the price movement.
A FlexRenko brick can be constructed from some intermediary point of the High-Low interval of the previous bar. For this purpose FlexRenko bricks have 2 additional parameters: '''Trend Offset''' and '''Reversal Offset'''. (Classic Renko also has these parameters, but they equal 0).
==Selecting FlexRenko Chart Type==
# Open the '''Format Instrument''' window by one of the following methods:
#:* Click the '''New Chart Window''' [[File:New_Chart.png]] icon on the Main toolbar; or:
#:* Use the '''Insert''' key on the keyboard; or:
#:* In the main menu select '''File''', then point to '''New''' and click '''New Chart Window'''.
# Select the '''Instrument''' tab.
# Select a data feed from the '''Data Source''' list.
# Select a symbol from the list of available symbols in '''All Symbols''' tab, or use the category tabs to list only a particular category of symbols; the list can be sorted by any column, in ascending or descending order, by clicking on the column header. If you can’t find a symbol, see [[Operating Symbol List#Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List|Adding Symbol(s) to Symbol List]] section.
# Select the '''Settings''' tab.
# Select '''FlexRenko''' from the '''Chart Type''' list.
# Select '''Resolution''' for your chart to be based on. It allows you to choose which type of data (for more details see [[Tick, Minute and Daily Data]]) and what detailed resolution will be used for building the boxes.'''Note: MultiCharts 8.0 implementation:''' in real-time no matter what resolution is specified, each next box of the specified size will be plotted once previous box is finished. '''MultiCharts 8.1 and any further version implementation:''' depending on the selected resolution the current box may be huge in real-time and not match your box size, but when the selected in resolution bar (1 day for instance) is closed, you'll see a lot of boxes of the specified box size instead of that huge one.
# Enter the '''Box Size''' in the corresponding boxes.
# Select whether you want the box size based on '''Points''' or '''Percents''' from last box open/close. '''Example:''' If the previous box is green and current price is moving upwards, then the point/percent value is calculated based on previous box close (from the right top corner of the box). If the previous box is red and current price is moving upwards, then the point/percent value is calculated based on previous box open (from the right top corner of the box). If the previous box is green and current price is moving downwards, then the point/percent value is calculated based on previous box open (from the right bottom corner of the box). If the previous box is red and current price is moving upwards, then the point/percent value is calculated based on previous box close (from the right bottom corner of the box).
# Specify '''Trend Offset''': a standard Renko bar has a Trend Offset of zero, which means that when a new bar is formed in the current trend direction, the Renko Open value of the new bar is equal to the Renko Close value of the prior bar.When you specify a non-zero value for the Trend Offset, the Renko Open value is offset inside the prior bar by the specified number of ticks. This means that the price of the symbol no longer has to move as far to form a new bar in the trend direction.'''Note:''' Trend Offset must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the Bar Size.
# Specify '''Reversal Offset''': a standard Renko bar has a Reversal Offset of zero, which means that when a new bar is formed that reverses the current trend direction, the Renko Open value of the new bar is equal to the Renko Open value of the prior bar. When you specify a non-zero value for the Reversal Offset, the Renko Open value is offset from the prior bar Open by the specified number of ticks. This offset causes the new Renko bar to overlap the prior Renko bar. This means that the price of the symbol no longer has to move as far to form a new bar to reverse the trend direction. '''Note:''' Reversal Offset must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the Bar Size.
# Check '''Show Wick''' box to see wicks of each bar, demonstrating how the price was moving before the bar close. '''Note:''' Wicks will not be shown on the chart until the style is changed to [[:Category:Chart Style#Candlestick Chart|Candlesticks]].
# Uncheck '''Show 'Phantom' Bars''' to see gaps between the bars if there was no such price.
# Check '''Show Real Open''' to see real open price of the box (in this case the box will trigger not from an angle of the previous box).
# Check '''New Bar When Exceeded''' to allow the new bar formation only when the thresholds are exceeded. When the option is disabled, there will be a new bar when the thresholds are met like in a standard Renko bar.
# Uncheck '''Break on Session''' if you don't want to see the session breaks (not available for daily-based resolutions).
# Double-click the symbol, or click '''OK''', to create a chart with the default settings.
==Selecting FlexRenko Chart Style==
# Open the '''Format Instrument''' window by one of the following methods:
#* Click the Format Instrument icon on the Chart Analysis toolbar; if the '''Format Objects''' window appears, select the symbol and click the '''Format''' button; or:
#* Position the mouse pointer over the symbol's data series; double-click once the '''Pointer''' [[File:Pointer.png]] changes into a '''Hand''' [[File:Hand.png]]; or:
#* Position the mouse pointer over the symbol's data series; once the '''Pointer''' [[File:Pointer.png]] changes into a '''Hand''' [[File:Hand.png]], right-click and then click '''Format''' 'Symbol Name'; or:
#* Right-click on an empty area of the chart and then click '''Format Instrument'''; if the '''Format Objects''' window appears, select the symbol and click the '''Format''' button; or:
#* Select '''Format''' in the main menu and click '''Instrument'''; if the '''Format Objects''' window appears, select the symbol and click the '''Format''' button.
# Select the '''Style''' tab.
# In the '''Chart Style''' section click on the component element to be changed.
# In the '''Color''' column select one of the standard 40 colors from the palette box, or click the '''Other''' button to create custom colors.
# From the '''Width''' list select a width of the body border and the wick.
# To apply the most recently selected component's style to all components, click the '''Apply to All Components''' button.
# To display the Last Price Marker select the '''Last Price Marker''' check box, or clear the box to hide the marker; the color of the marker is the same as the color of the Down component.
# To use these style settings for all new charts of this type, select '''Use as Default''' check box.
===Auto trading orders on Renko Chart Type===
There are some differences between Regular and Renko chart types with regards to order generation in real time and backtesting.
====Backtesting and Data Playback====
There is no difference between order generation on Regular and Renko chart types with regards to Backtesting and Data Playback.
====Real-Time simulation====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Type of the strategy
! Regular Chart Type
! Renko Chart Type
|-
| Buy next bar at market
| Order is placed on the first tick of the new bar, i.e. on the Open of the next bar.
| Order is placed at the price of the first received tick, this tick may not be a part of the box, in this case the order is displayed not on OHLC of the box but on the price level of the first received tick.
|-
| Buy this bar at close
| Order is placed on the last tick of the bar, i.e. on the Close of the current bar.
| Order is placed on the Close price of the current box. When the box is closed the order is placed at the Close of the box. Last tick of the box may be not included in the box itself, in this case the order is displayed not on in this case price level of the tick but on in this case Close of the box.
|-
| Price orders
| Order is placed at the price of the first tick that satisfies Stop or Limit conditions.
| Order is placed at the price of the first tick that satisfies Stop or Limit conditions.
|}
====Auto Trading====
There is no difference between order generation on Regular and Renko chart types with regards to Auto Trading.
To learn how Intra-Bar Order Generation and Bar Magnifier work on Renko Chart Type, see [[Intra-Bar Order Generation, Bar Magnifier on Non-Standard Chart Types|this page]]
[[Category:Non-Standard Chart Types]]
