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Chart types

Nocterm builds candles three ways: by the clock, by trade count, or by volume. Time candles are the familiar default, but tick and volume candles normalize activity so every bar holds a comparable amount of action - quiet periods compress and busy ones expand. That surfaces structure fixed-time bars smear over.

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The panel toolbar with the candle-type selector open, showing Time, Tick, and Volume options

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Overview

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A time candle closes on a fixed interval no matter how much traded inside it, so a dead hour and a frantic one look the same width. Tick and volume candles instead close once a fixed amount of activity has happened - N trades, or N units of volume - so each bar carries equal information. During a burst you get many bars; during a lull you get few. That makes order-flow tools like footprint directly comparable bar-to-bar.

How to use

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  1. Open the candle-type selector in the panel toolbar and pick Time, Tick, or Volume.

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    The candle-type selector in the panel toolbar

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  2. For tick or volume candles, set the per-bar count - how many trades, or how much volume, closes each bar. Smaller counts give finer detail and more bars on screen.

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    Setting the per-bar trade or volume count for tick and volume candles

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  3. Time candles still use the timeframe selector; tick and volume candles ignore it and close on activity instead.

Types

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TypeEach bar closes afterBest for
TimeA fixed time interval (the chosen timeframe)General charting, aligning with the clock and sessions
TickA configurable number of tradesNormalizing activity; fine detail during bursts
VolumeA configurable amount of traded volumeEqual-volume bars; comparing real participation per bar
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