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Non-Time Trend Chart Styles

Guide to noise-reducing price charts, brick size calculation, and reversal indicators.

Heikin Ashi

Description: Averaged candles calculated using open-high-low-close values of the current and prior sessions.

Practical Uses

Smoothing price noise to clearly identify trend directions and reversal points.

How to Draw / Use

Select 'Heikin Ashi' from the top toolbar chart styles dropdown menu.

Renko

Description: Draws bricks only when price moves by a defined box size, filtering out time increments entirely.

Practical Uses

Focusing solely on trend direction, eliminating minor price fluctuations and time dependencies.

How to Draw / Use

Select 'Renko' from the dropdown. Adjust brick size parameters in the pop-up settings.

Line Break

Description: Draws bricks only when the current close price breaks the highs/lows of a defined number of previous bricks.

Practical Uses

Identifying major trend transitions and confirmation signals.

How to Draw / Use

Select 'Line break' from the dropdown menu, and configure parameters in settings.

Kagi

Description: Draws thick (yang) and thin (yin) lines that change directions based on price reversal thresholds.

Practical Uses

Identifying key support/resistance breaks based purely on price action.

How to Draw / Use

Select 'Kagi' from the chart styles dropdown menu.

Point & Figure (P&F)

Description: Plots columns of Xs (price rise) and Os (price fall) based on box sizes and reversal amounts.

Practical Uses

Filtering out noise to focus on clean chart patterns and breakout zones.

How to Draw / Use

Select 'Point & Figure' from the dropdown menu and set parameters in settings.