Recently just got my Tradestation account and hence able to display Time, Tick and Volume Charts.
In term of trendline, it does make a difference in some instance.
For tick and volume chart, it takes care of the pre-market trading quite well as well.
I picked a trading day on 5 Dec 07 as a reference for comparison, with two charts side by side.
I am not good to draw many conclusions. You might want to take a look to make your own judgement.
'NQ Time Chart 8hrs 071205a.jpg' 1 min and 30 min charts, premarket excluded. 5 days multiday chart, 5 Dec 07
'NQ Time Chart 24hrs 071205a.jpg' 1 min and 30 min charts, premarket included 5 days multiday chart, 5 Dec 07. The 1 min chart uptrend line is first few swing low points.
'NQ Tick Chart 8hrs 071205a.jpg' 233 tick and 1250 tick charts, premarket excluded. about 5 days multiday chart, 5 Dec 07
'NQ Tick Chart 24hrs 071205a.jpg' 233 tick and 1250 tick charts, premarket included. about 5 days multiday chart, 5 Dec 07
'NQ Volume Chart 8hrs 071205a.jpg' 1000 share and 10000 share charts, premarket excluded. about 5 days multiday chart, 5 Dec 07
'NQ Volume Chart 24hrs 071205a.jpg' 1000 share and 10000 share charts, premarket included. about 5 days multiday chart, 5 Dec 07
After having initial comparison of the above charts, I go for volume chart.
'NQ Tick Chart 8hrs 071205a.jpg'
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7987/nqtickchart8hrs071205agr5.jpg
'NQ Tick Chart 24hrs 071205a.jpg'
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4179/nqtickchart24hrs071205adk1.jpg
'NQ Time Chart 8hrs 071205a.jpg'
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8954/nqtimechart8hrs071205apd3.jpg
'NQ Time Chart 24hrs 071205a.jpg'
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5589/nqtimechart24hrs071205azm1.jpg
'NQ Volume Chart 8hrs 071205a.jpg'
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4567/nqvolumechart8hrs071205qu6.jpg
'NQ volume Chart 24hrs 071205a.jpg'
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/7125/nqvolumechart24hrs07120jr3.jpg
Chiu
Quote from edpolton:
I was wondering if Anek, et al, could address the issue of trendlines with volume charts. I apologise is this has already been discussed.
Whereas S&R is basically the same wether you use time or volume/tick charts, trendlines can change dramatically.
Since the main reason S&R and Trendlines work is because many other traders are also reacting to them, and since far fewer traders are trading on volume charts, has anyone given consideration to monitoring time based trendlines while trading volume charts?
Thanks in advance.