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Ode' to Renko

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 steve2222 
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Hi Mainstream,

What is the white solid line closely following the bars?

What is the indicator producing the yellow dot lines?

PS: what is the instrument and bar size?

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I prefer feature-rich LogicRenko. Ideal for manual and auto trading.

Why?......and compared to what?

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Hi Mainstream,

What is the white solid line closely following the bars?

What is the indicator producing the yellow dot lines?

PS: what is the instrument and bar size?

Thanks

The white line is the famous SUPER TREND. The dots are the now equally as famous ADXMA. The instrument is the 6E and its a 4 tick bar.


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I always use BetterRenko as a base because I know the data is real. I have not seen a single other NT-based renko flavor that can say that (despite what Zoe says).

What do mean the data isn't real? Please explain.

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What do mean the data isn't real? Please explain.

See the Better Renko thread for more info, but it basically has to do with how the bars are built vs displayed. Most renkos will insert dummy data when there are gaps, and the other main difference is the actual value of the open of the bar. Both of these are pertinent when trying to backtest.

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Thanks for the quick reply. Seems like it's elite only....

I suppose that is more relevant the higher the time frame you're working with. Backtest... what about forward testing or live analysis?

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Thanks for the quick reply. Seems like it's elite only....

I suppose that is more relevant the higher the time frame you're working with. Backtest... what about forward testing or live analysis?

Yes, sorry about the elite reference.

The issue with gaps is dummy data is inserted to fill in the bars (also where you get some of those nice waterfalls). For real time trading, this is only an issue if you are trading at session boundaries or news. For backtesting, it is an issue if you do not take it into account (i.e. check for bars with zero volume, or block out certain times).

The second issue is the lack of what I call the wick data. In NT, the renko bar is built and the open and close are maintained, but there are several issues, including the open may not be the true open of the bar, all of the data outside the open-close is not there (tail of the bars), and in some cases the volume of the bar is incorrect. Ninja is aware of these issues and has chosen to provide them as is. When I first started looking at this issue, I came up with WickedRenko, but I found that it still had flaws, and moved onto BetterRenko. Obviously missing wick data will affect backtesting.

Finally, many of the implementations do not maintain the correct open value, and instead store the "renko open" so the bar can be displayed correctly. This does not really affect most indicators, as they generally use the close of the bar. This can be a major issue with backtesting though, depending how the code is written. For example, if your strategy enters at the next bars open you are not going to get accurate results.

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Seems to me the thread is about Renko bars. The poem simply described the OP's feelings about Renko bars.

Dear OP,

Are posts about Renko bars on or off-topic? Do you want us to discuss poetry instead? Please clarify.

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compared to what?

Compared to every NT bar, native and third party. All of this is strictly personal preference. There is no right or wrong. Does it help you make money? That is the true test of value, not some mathematical mumbo jumbo.

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Seems to me the thread is about Renko bars. The poem simply described the OP's feelings about Renko bars.

Dear OP,

Are posts about Renko bars on or off-topic? Do you want us to discuss poetry instead? Please clarify.

If this thread is about renko, then the entire thread is a duplicate of existing threads such as this one:


And will be closed to prevent splitting topics over threads.

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