Optimal Tempo

Optimal Tempo

See time bar information on your renko chart!

Now using renko bars doesn’t mean you have to ignore the minute bar levels that other traders might be looking at. With Optimal Tempo you can see the High/Low/Close of the last closed minute bar overlaid on your bars.

This makes it simple to blend renko bar and time bar analysis on the same chart. Price tests of 1-minute bar highs and lows can be easily followed and used for placing tighter stops or trailing stops in open positions.
NinjaTrader chart showing Optimal Tempo with a minute setting

Optimal Tempo has user-definable periods, so you can set the time bar to any length you choose to track additional levels.

NinjaTrader indicators properties box showing user inputs

You may wish to add a longer time interval, such as 5 minutes, in order to watch acceptance or rejection of price at the close of 5 minute bars.

NinjaTrader chart showing Optimal Tempo with a 5 minute setting

This amazingly useful tool adds a secondary layer of insight to your Optimal Ninja charts, creating hybrid analysis of price movement for scalping or swing trading.

Optimal Tempo

See time bar information on your renko chart!


Now using renko bars doesn’t mean you have to ignore the minute bar levels that other traders might be looking at. With Optimal Tempo you can see the High/Low/Close of the last closed minute bar overlaid on your bars.


This makes it simple to blend renko bar and time bar analysis on the same chart. Price tests of 1-minute bar highs and lows can be easily followed and used for placing tighter stops or trailing stops in open positions:

Optimal Tempo has user-definable periods, so you can set the time bar to any length you choose to track additional levels.

You may wish to add a longer time interval, such as 5 minutes, in order to watch acceptance or rejection of price at the close of 5 minute bars.

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