FlexRenko
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
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.
- Click the 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 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.
- 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. 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 downwards, 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.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. 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. Wicks will not be shown on the chart until the style is changed to 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.To open the Format Instruments window, click the Format Instruments
icon on the main toolbar;
if the Format Objects window appears, select the symbol and click the Format button.
The Format Instruments window can also be opened by one of the following methods:
- Position the mouse pointer over the symbol's data series; double-click once the Pointerchanges into a Hand
;
- Position the mouse pointer over the symbol's data series; once the Pointerchanges into a Hand
right-click and then click Format Symbol Name;
- Right-click on an empty area of the chart and then click Format Instruments; if the Format Objects window appears, select the symbol and click the Format button;
- 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.
Auto Trading orders on FlexRenko Chart Type
There are some differences between Regular and FlexRenko chart types with regards to order generation in real time and backtesting.
Backtesting and Simulated Trading
There is no difference between order generation on Regular and FlexRenko chart types with regards to Backtesting and Simulated Trading.
Real-Time Simulation
Strategy Type | Regular Chart | FlexRenko Chart |
---|---|---|
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.