Acceleration Renko — bricks that shrink as the run extends

Each consecutive brick in the same direction is narrower than the last, so a momentum run prints faster and faster. The first real pause resets it.

v1.0.0 free, no licence 2 files · 848 KB NinjaTrader 8 bar type
Acceleration Renko bricks shrinking through an up run, a 2x reversal brick, then a new leg back at full width

Download

2 files

Two files. You need both — the bar type is compiled against the shared base library, and later MDT bar types reuse that same library.

Required base library MdtBarsCommon-1.0.0.zip 194 KB · v1.0.0
The bar type MdtAccelerationRenko-1.0.0.zip 654 KB · v1.0.0

Install

3 steps
  1. In NinjaTrader: Tools → Import → NinjaScript Add-On, and select MdtBarsCommon. If you already run another MDT bar type on this version of the file, skip to step 2.
  2. Import MdtAccelerationRenko the same way.
  3. Restart NinjaTrader.

Restart once, after both imports. The order you import them in doesn't matter, but both need to be in place before the restart. Import one, restart, and the bar type won't appear — which looks like a failed install.

What it does

The first brick in a run is the full base width. Every brick after it in the same direction is a little narrower, so the same move prints more bars as it extends — and the chart flattens out while it does. The shrink stops at a floor, and a reversal puts the next run back at full width.

Chart of Acceleration Renko brick widths shrinking from 80 ticks to the 20 tick floor

Brick width · 80-tick base · 8% step

Settings

2

Two settings, both on the data series dialog where you pick the bar type. The base is the only one you need to size to your instrument.

SettingWhat it does
Base brick (ticks)Width of the first brick in a run. Everything scales from this. Size it to the instrument — 80 ticks suits NQ; a market that moves in smaller increments wants far less.
Shrink step %How much narrower each successive brick gets. Clamped to 0–50. Set it to 0 and you get a canonical Renko back, which is a useful way to see exactly what the feature is doing.

Releases

1

Requires NinjaTrader 8. Distributed as a compiled add-on — no licence key and no activation.

Built and tested against current NinjaTrader 8. It is not guaranteed to work on every NinjaTrader 8 build, and a NinjaTrader update can change behaviour that a compiled add-on depends on.

1.0.0 30 Jul 2026 First release.

How it works.

The write-up covers the mechanics, the brick widths measured from a live chart, and the trade-offs.

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