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Renko and Stochastics Team up for Winning Forex Trades.

by Gregory McLeod.

Renko reduces noise from violent price swing found in the Forex market Renko and Stochastics can help traders stay with the trend longer Buy and sell signals on Stochastics are easier to see on Renko charts.

This is the third in a series of articles discussing Forex Renko Bars . We have gone over how to install and use this often neglected charting system. For years, Renko charts have lingered in the shadows of its cousins, the line chart, bar chart, and Japanese Candlestick chart. Even esoteric Heiken Ashi charts are better known.

But Renko is uniquely simplistic as it removes the dimension of time and volatility from the chart to allow traders to recognize the trend, make fewer trading mistakes, and stay with the trend longer. Renko also illustrates the ability of a currency to sustain consistent price moves.

Learn Forex: GBPCHF Forex Renko Chart with Stochastics.

(Chart Created using Marketscope 2.0 charts)

The addition of the stochastics indicator is like adding high definition stereo to an already top-of-the-line u ltra high-definition television. You can trade Renko bars by themselves using the system of long after two bricks of the same color exit the trade when a brick of the opposite color appears. However, Stochastics gives an added visual confirmation that can give traders confidence in placing a trade.

Notice how slow stochastics with setting of 14, 3, 3 in the above example of the GBPCHF 5-pip step Renko chart pinpoints the exact turning points. A trader has three reasons to take a long trade; a rising uptrend, two consecutive blue bars, and stochastics crossing up from the ‘20’ horizontal reference line. The more reasons that traders can line up to support their decision to go long or short, the better the trade becomes. In addition, notice how the stochastic %K and %D lines flow smoothly from peak to valley without the erratic moves in between seen on other charts. This eliminates the guesswork and distractions allowing traders to focus on important decision making areas.

In addition, stochastics can be used with Renko to take profit on trades or to tighten stops. In an uptrend as stochastics moves above the ‘80’ horizontal reference line the indicator is in an overbought region. Traders must remember that stochastics can remain oversold for an extended amount of time and that it is not a reason to get short.

However, savvy traders may want to protect profits by moving stops just below the previous Renko “brick” or close part of the position once stochastics moves into the overbought region. The appearance of a red would be the clear signal to exit and look for the next trade.

Making a good thing better is how we can describe the addition of stochastics to Renko charts. Traders can derive the benefits of additional visual confirmation and signaling of turning points as well as money management cues. Stochastics and Forex Renko charts are a winning combination!

--- Written by Gregory McLeod, Trading Instructor.

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The 3 Step EMA and Renko Strategy for Trading Trends.

by Gregory McLeod.

Many Forex traders use weighted moving averages, called EMA’s , to trade currency pairs that are trending . Determine the direction of the dominant trend direction with a 200 period EMA. Use price crossing a 13 period MA as both an entry trigger and manual trailing stop.

Developed in the 18 th century in Japan to trade rice, Renko charting is a trend following technique. It is excellent for filtering out price “noise” so traders can catch a major part a given Forex trend. It was believed that the name “Renko” originated from the Japanese word ‘renga’ meaning ‘brick’.

Similar to Kagi and Point and Figure charting, Renko ignores the element of time used on candlesticks, bar charts, and line charts. Instead, Renko focuses on sustained price movement of a preset amount of pips.

For example, a trader can set the bricks for as little as 5 pips or as many as 100 or more. A new brick will not be formed until price has moved 100 pips. It could take 24 hours for a new brick to form or it could take just a few hours. However, no bricks will form until the preset limit is achieved.

Learn Forex – NZD/USD 4 - Hour Renko Trend & 200 EMA.

(Created using FXCM’s Marketscope 2.0 charts )

As you can see in the NZDUSD Renko chart above, each brick represents 10 pips of price movement. A 4-hour chart is used to actually load enough price data to be able to identify the direction of the trend.

Green colored bricks are bullish, while red-colored bricks are bearish. Remember that the size of the brick can be setup when you first go through the steps of creating Renko chart. Swing traders may use 50 or 100 pip bricks to represent some fraction of the average daily trading range. While scalpers and day traders may look at 20, 10 or 5 pip bricks.

Find the Trend Direction.

Renko charts can incorporate many of the usual technical indicators like stochastics, MACD, and moving averages. Today’s strategy will marry up Forex Renko charts with a 200 Exponential Moving Average (EMA) to find trend direction. Very simply, if price is trading above its 200 EMA, then the trend is up. If price is trading below its 200 EMA, then the trend is down.

This filter will give us a directional bias much like a compass or GPS. We will look to only take long trades when the Renko bricks are trending above the 200 EMA. On the other hand, in a downtrend, if the Renko bricks are trending below the 200 EMA, then the trend down. Forex traders will only look to short the market. One of the biggest mistakes swing traders make is entering trades that go counter to the dominant trend.

Learn Forex – NZDUSD two-Brick Renko crossover entry signal.

(Created using FXCM’s Marketscope 2.0 charts)

After the dominant trend direction is determined, traders can use the simplicity of Renko charts with a single 13 period EMA as a ‘trigger’ to signal an entry in the direction of the major trend. First, wait for at least two green bricks to appear above the 13 EMA. Then enter long on the appearance of the second green brick above the 13 EMA.

Exiting for Profit and for Loss.

Once a trader is “triggered” into the trade, a protective stop can be set one-brick size below the 13 EMA. As long as the bricks remain above the 13 EMA, we look to stay with the trend. Just as the 13 EMA can get you in a new trade, the same EMA can be used to stop out a winning trade locking in profits.

Traders will need to manually move the stop one brick-size below 13 EMA and the current price brick. You can see in the example above how the combination of Renko and the 13 EMA helps traders stay with the trend a longer time.

---Written by Gregory McLeod Trading Instructor.

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An Introduction to Renko Candles – Look at Charts in a New Way.

Updated: September 21, 2017.

Today, I would like to introduce you to a very unique type of charting format, an ‘out of the box’ idea – so simple, you would probably say to yourself, “now why didn’t I think about that?”

The concept was brought to us by the Japanese – no surprise there. You probably already know the Japanese invented the candlestick chart. However, they also invented many other type of awesome charting formats – including Renko candles .

Seriously, where would we be today without their historical contributions to financial analysis? Doumo arigatou gozaimasu guys.

Renko is derived from the Japanese word “Renga” – which translates to “brick”. You will soon discover the name is very fitting.

What I love about this chart format, is that it’s simple in nature, and most of you will know that keeping trading as simple as possible is one of the best trading philosophies to adopt. For this reason I’ve been a big fan, following Renko charts casually for the last 5 or so years.

In this lesson, I would like to introduce you to Renko candles, explain how they work, and show you how Renko price action can be a very powerful way of looking at the markets.

The Anatomy of a Renko Candle.

There are a few different flavors of Renko candles out there, today I am going to focus on the original versions.

Most scripts, or charting platforms that do offer the Renko format, will generate Renko Bricks only. The brick section of the Renko anatomy is basically the body – offering only two points of data, the open and close price.

Here is an example of a Renko ‘brick only’ chart that is generated by an MT5 script.

Renko bricks do look nice and clean, and at first glace look like the holy grail.

A lot of traders will tell you that Renko bricks are the best, because they cut through all the market noise – which is somewhat true, but deceptive at the same time. You’re missing out on 50% of the information – almost ‘flying blind’ having no true indication of where price has been.

For this reason, I much prefer Renko candlesticks.

The candlestick versions are identical to normal candlesticks in regards to their anatomy – both provide an open, close, high, and low price.

Therefore no information is hidden away, Renko candles give you a true representation of the price action. That’s excellent, because us traders want to know the ‘complete picture’ – not half the story.

Due to the nature of the candlestick version, 2 data points will always meet. When you see a bearish brick, the close price will be the same as the low price. For a bullish brick, the close price will be the same as the high price.

Comparing Renko to Regular Candlesticks.

More and more investors are equipping their arsenals with these ‘timeless’ charts.

Traders are attracted to their ability to filter out market noise, and provide a better representation of the overall market structure. In other words, they are easier on the eye and it makes chart reading much more pleasant.

This type of ‘no time limit’ price action makes it is very easy to spot: trends, ranges, and the classic market patterns – like the double top or bottom. Traders also find it a much easier way to identify support and resistance levels, because turning points on the chart are illustrated more sharply.

When comparing the two charts, it’s clear that the Renko charts offer a much more aesthetically pleasing way to gauge market conditions.

Check out the comparison of the two charts below…

Welcome to Non-time Based Charting.

We’re conditioned to perform technical analysis with candles that open and close at predetermined time intervals, like the daily,12 hour, 8 hour, and 4 hour charts, for example.

Have you ever wondered would happen if you removed that time based rule? That’s exactly how you create a Renko chart .

Renko is a derivative of a special charting format known as ‘range candles’ – where time is not taken into consideration for the candle closing condition. Instead, they use movement-based rules, therefore only respond to changes in price movement exclusively.

If the market goes nowhere, then no new ‘bricks’ are created. If it takes 2 weeks for the market to breakout and move, it will literally take 2 weeks before you see a new brick develop on the chart.

Even though ‘time’ is taken out of the equation, a time-axis will still be present at the bottom of your charts – however, it is no longer on a linear scale – the time x-axis exists now purely for reference only.

On candlestick charts, we choose what time frame we would like to view the market from. With Renko charts – we have control of the ‘brick size’ instead – which is normally set in pips.

The brick sizing will alter the way the Renko chart appears in a similar way that changing time frames does.

Smaller bricks, like 10 pips, can be compared to the short term time frames such as the 15 min – whereas larger brick sizes, like the 50 pip Renko chart, can be compared to something like the daily chart.

The larger the brick size, the smoother the chart will look. Smaller sizes will make the chart appear ‘noisy’. I personally like the 50 pip setting.

If I selected a brick size of 50 pips, then each Renko brick’s body must equal 50 pips precisely.

Because we’re using 50 pip brick sizing in the example chart above, every single Renko brick that forms will equal 50 pips – no exception.

How Does a New Renko Candle Form?

One of the most important things you need to with the Renko format is exactly how a new brick forms , and what can happen in the meantime.

Allow me to elaborate…

On a normal chart, you select what time frame you wish to view the market from. On a Renko chart, you input the brick size you would like the Renko bodies to have. The script, or software you’re using to make Renko charts will provide this option.

I am going to continue using my favorite brick size of 50 pips as an example.

Observe the illustration below…

The diagram above will show the conditions required for a new brick to form.

Because the previous Renko brick was bullish, the market only needs to move another 50 pips higher to create the next bullish brick.

To get an opposite to brick form, the market must travel much further. Price needs to move down 50 pips below the previous brick low – meaning it first must travel through it’s own 50 pip range. Therefore, price needs to move the distance of two Renko candle bodies to establish a direction change.

This is what most people don’t realize, and why it’s important to have Renko candles instead of just Renko bricks alone.

In the chart above, I’ve highlighted the full range where price is free to travel before any new Renko brick is created. This is very important information to know if you’re going to be trading these charts.

Continuing with the example shown above: A trader may choose to place their stop loss below the low of the previous Renko low, thinking that’s a safe, logical place for a bullish trade’s stop order – whereas price could move through the stop, trigger it, and then move back up high enough to create a new bullish brick.

This is how a Renko chart could deceive some traders if they don’t fully understand how they work. The trader would be stopped out, and still see a bullish brick form – even though he was long. Again, this is why the Renko candlesticks are much better – the trader would see the lower tail, and know price moved down before coming back up to create the next bullish candle.

The opposite conditions are true for the reversal scenario shown in the chart below.

Now remember, no new bricks will appear until price actually touches one of those dashed lines. Take 1 pip off the top, and add one pip from the bottom barriers, and we’ve got a 148 pip range here for the market to move around in before we get any new bricks.

Notice in the example above, price has moved down to almost touch the next brick creation level – but is starting to rally back higher.

This chart could move up another 80 pips and, then fall back down to touch the new bearish brick level. That sort of price movement would leave an upper wick on the Renko candle , and would communicate extra information to the trader, who would have otherwise missed out if they were just using plain brick only charts.

How to Get Renko Charts on MT4?

Most traders use MT4, it’s considered the industry standard for Forex charting for many reasons. Unfortunately, it doesn’t support Renko candles ‘out of the box’.

Programmers can make scripts and the like which can provide work around solutions to get these unique candles on your MT4, and in fact there are many of them out there.

The problem with most of the free ones floating around forums, is they can be annoying, and messy to use. Most of these free scripts will clone a candlestick chart into a Renko chart – but the catch is you must keep the candlestick chart version open, with the program running to emulate live Renko charts.

This leads to a lot of chart clutter, a lot of unnecessary resources used, and a very cluttered work space.

If you would like to try a free version – there is one here. You will see what I mean regarding how messy it can be manage all the charts you generate.

One or two is fine, but if you need say 10 Renko charts – it means in total you will end up with 20 charts open to make that happen.

If your serious about using this format, I have designed a panel system that allows you to generate, and maintain all your Renko charts from one location.

From here, you can make as many custom charts are you like – and can even create custom candlestick charts in the same space. The panel keeps all the generated charts ‘live’, and they are compatible to use with any MT4 indicator, or robot.

To learn more about it – you can check out my MT4 custom chart generator panel information page.

I hope you walk away from this tutorial now with a full understanding on how Renko charts work, why they are becoming popular, and maybe a keen interest to give them a try.

Leave me a comment below if you’re using these charts, or if you would like to see more content regarding Renko candles on the site. Look forward to reading them.

Talk soon, and best of luck on the charts this week 🙂

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Crypto Currency is becoming more some during this era. price movement is king . I see a long in the future of this crypto cross. looking at support and resistance I added ghost retracements for possible early entry .

Weekend Expenditures Drive BTCUSD prices lower but for how long ?

the last days the price has been in range, indecision , maybe if we observed a few days ago the price broke the upward trend in which it was, therefore there is a greater probability that the price goes down.

In the last days we may notice some indesicion in the market about breaking the resistance or going down. Possibility exists that the price rises, since the pattern flag was broken.

I think that the price continues to rise, possibly in the next few hours of a correction to the uptrend, but later will continue to rise.

The price may only be testing the area for later upload.

tradingview/x/B6JLuid2/ Possible pattern in renko.

In the last days the price has remained in a range, therefore it is very difficult to be able to predict an entry, Personally I think that the price will fall, since it ends up breaking a bullish trend. And the bear channel has been respected (blue line) Black lines are supports and resistance drawn on the basis of only the price.

In the last days the price has remained in a range, therefore it is very difficult to be able to predict an entry, Personally I think that the price will continue to rise, since it is in a trend up for a long time. And lately there was a cut in the small downtrend. Black lines are supports and resistance drawn on the basis of only the price (Renko)

I draw a vertical line because in renko you can clearly see a price divergence.

Normal candles but Renko Analysis , now u can see the progress better.

Price broke down trend , the horizontal line is an important resistance , A bullish trend could form.

We could wait until 0.236 fibo .

Why long ? 1) the price is close to an important support point 2) Up trend We must pay attention 0.23 fibo area .

Why short ? 1) Up tren finish 2) Down trend strat lol xD 3) I think price gonna test last time fibo 0.23 and later go down 4) If you like extreme u coulg go last pips of this wave log ( better wait 0.23 fibo area )

just having fun :) , but look that divergence Mmmmm.