Line-Break and 3-Line Break Charts

A Line-Break chart is a Japanese chart style similar to a Renko or to a Points-and-Figure (P&F) chart. This type of chart ignores time and draw lines only when the price moves enough. A Line Break Chart is particularly helpful for the identification and confirmation of trend reversals.

Introduction to Line Break Charts and the 3-Line Chart

Line Break Charts completely ignore time intervals and focus solely on the price action, and the current price trend. A Line-Break chart can be used for all timeframes and all financial asset classes. The user defines the number of Line values, usually 2 or 3.

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Renko Price Chart

The Renko Chart is a type of chart that plots only selected pip-movements by eliminating the impact of time.

What is the Renko Chart?

Renko comes from the Japanese word Renga which means brick. This type of chart is valuable for Swing Trend-Traders and Long Trend-Traders but not for common Day-Traders. The Renko Chart plots only selected pip-movements by eliminating the impact of time.

How a Renko Chart Works

Any price level plotted on a Renko Chart is based on a minimum pre-specified pip movement no matter the time.

Setting the Brick (pip movement)

The smaller the pip size, the more movements will be shown on a Renko Chart. On the other hand the larger the selected pip size the less movement will be shown.

◙ Usually, Forex Traders use ‘bricks’ between 3 and 16 pips but others may use bricks even 100 pips

◙ Stock Traders use usually ‘bricks’ that count 1.0% of the price of the stock

Renko Chart Features

These are the main features of Renko Charts:

(1) Renko Charts are similar to Range Charts and are used for the early identification of changes in the general market sentiment

(2) A Renko Chart updates tick by tick

(3) Renko Charts are used for the elimination of the market noise by excluding minimum price changes

(4) A Renko Chart bar can be opened and closes in 1 hour or in 5 minutes

(5) Traders can select the minimum size of the pip movement that it will be shown on the chart

(6) More bars are plotted during high-volatility days and fewer bars during low-volatility days

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Heikin-Ashi Chart

The Heikin-Ashi chart is a candlestick type of chart with some unique characteristics for Forex Trading. A Heikin-Ashi chart uses a unique way of plotting each bar as you can see in the EURUSD chart below.

Heikin-Ashi Chart Advantages

Here are some advantages when trading using the Heikin-Ashi charts:

(1) The Heikin-Ashi charts make the candlesticks and trends to be easy identified

(2) Heikin-Ashi Candlesticks appear smoother and can filter the misleading market noise

(3) Heikin-Ashi Candlesticks can foreshadow trend reversals and quickly identify classic patterns

(3) Using the Heikin-Ashi Chart traders may identify trendlines, support and resistance, retracements, etc

(4) Momentum oscillators and Volume indicators can be combined with the Heikin-Ashi Chart as with any other chart type

(5) There are no price gaps on a Heikin-Ashi chart

◙ Heikin-Ashi Website

Heikin-Ashi Bars Formula

This is how the Heikin-Ashi chart plots its bars:

◙ Closing Price = Current Bar ( Open + High + Low + Close ) / 4

◙ Opening Price = Previous Bar [ (Open Bar) + Close) ] / 2

◙ High Price = Max Current Bar ( High, Open, Close )

◙ Low Price = Min Current Bar ( Low, Open, Close )

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Range Charts

A Range Charts is also known as a Range Bar and it is a type of chart that is entirely based on a range of pip movement.

What is a Range Chart?

A Range chart is a type of chart that is entirely based on a range of pip movements and not on time. That means that a bar is plotted only if a pre-specified range of pips is achieved no matter if that range is achieved in a few minutes or in a few hours. That price movement is calculated between the high and the low and each bar is closing either at high or low.

The Range Charts were developed in the mid-90ss by Vicente M. Nicolellis, a Brazilian trader.

Range Charts Features

1. Range charts eliminate the factor of time

2. A Range chart bar will always close at a high or at a low

3. A Range chart bar has the same price increment

4. Range Charts are able to eliminate the annoying market noise

5. Range charts plot more bars during active market hours and a few bars during non-active market hours

6. Range charts become more active in high-volatility days and less active in low-volatility days

7. Range charts are ideal for analyzing trending markets

Range Charts and Settings

Forex traders usually set ranges between 5 and 25 ticks.

◙ Short-Terms: 5 ticks, 10 ticks, and 12 ticks

◙ Long-Term: 20 ticks and 25 ticks

Read more: Range Charts