RRG View

RRG View uses Relative Rotation Graphs® (“RRG charts”) to show you the relative strength and momentum for up to 50 symbols from your ChartList, relative to a benchmark symbol.

An RRG chart is a scatter plot, with Julius de Kempenaer's Relative Strength Ratio indicator as the horizontal axis and his Relative Strength Momentum indicator as the vertical axis. Each symbol's position is plotted as a dot on the chart, with a "tail" extending backward to show the history of the symbol's position on the RRG plot. The color of the tail reflects the quadrant the symbol is currently located in, so it is easy to see at a glance which symbols have the desired relative strength and momentum compared to a benchmark symbol (typically the S&P 500).

A chart for the benchmark symbol is shown to the right of the RRG plot, to give you a sense of what the benchmark was doing at the time shown on the chart. The timeframe covered by the tails is shown in blue on the benchmark chart.

Note: Both “Relative Rotation Graph®” and “RRG®” are registered trademarks of RRG Research.

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Accessing RRG View

From Your Dashboard, select RRG from the View As dropdown next to the ChartList you wish to view. Alternatively, you can switch to RRG format from other ChartList formats, such as Summary View, Gallery View, or CandleGlance View. To do so, select RRG from the View List As dropdown.

Once in RRG View, you can use the Select List dropdown menu above the RRG chart to choose a different ChartList to display.

Using RRG View

Getting Symbol Information from the Chart

The RRG chart has one tail for each chart in your ChartList, up to a maximum of 50 charts. A table below the RRG plot shows each of the symbols on the chart, color-coded and sorted based on which quadrant they are in. Mouse over the candlesticks icon next to any symbol to see a mini-chart for that symbol.

You can click on any of the symbols in the Symbol Table below the RRG Plot to turn on highlighting for that symbol. This will fade all the other symbols on the RRG plot, so that you can more easily see the path of the highlighted symbol. Click on the line again to turn off highlighting. Only one line at a time can be highlighted.

You can also uncheck the checkbox next to any symbol in the table in order remove those symbols from the plot completely. Check the box again to re-add them to the plot.

Changing the Size and Scaling of the RRG Chart

To change the size of the entire RRG chart, click and drag the resize icon in the lower right corner of the RRG chart.

To change the scaling of the RRG plot, use the buttons below the benchmark chart:

• + and – allow you to manually zoom the RRG plot in and out.

• fit automatically adjusts the vertical scales so that all RRG lines are always visible.

• ctr enables a mode that ensures that all RRG lines are always visible and also centers the origin of the chart (very useful with the animate option).

• max expands the vertical scales to the maximum size needed to see every RRG line at any point in time.

In addition to those buttons, you can also click on the RRG plot itself and drag to change the position of the chart's origin.

Changing the Chart's Ending Date

By default, today's RRG chart is shown, but you can click anywhere on the benchmark chart to change the ending date for the RRG plot. The date that you clicked on in the benchmark chart will be used as the RRG chart's ending date. Another way to change the ending date is to simply use your keyboard's left and right arrow keys.

In addition to choosing one ending date, you can "animate" the chart to show how the tails' positions change over time. Press the animate button below the benchmark chart to automatically move the RRG plot through all the available historical data.

You can also click and drag manually from one spot on the benchmark chart to another, to manually create a chart "animation". The RRG plot will update as you drag your mouse across the benchmark chart.

Configuring the Data Shown on an RRG Chart

Changing the Benchmark Symbol

You can change the benchmark symbol that the symbols on your ChartList are compared against. This is done by editing the symbol in the Benchmark box above the RRG plot and clicking the “Update” button.

Changing the Range

By default, the RRG chart covers a range of 1 year. This affects the amount of historical data that is available when choosing a different end date for the RRG chart, or for animating the chart. To create a shorter- or longer-term RRG chart, use the Range dropdown menu above the RRG plot to choose a different range, then click the "Update" button. The choices available range from 1 day to 10 years. Longer duration charts take longer to load.

Note: A ticker symbol must have at least 50 data points to appear on an RRG chart. This amounts to roughly 10 weeks of data for a daily RRG, one year of data for a weekly RRG, and just over four years of data for a monthly RRG.

Changing the Period

By default, RRG charts use weekly data in their calculations; in this configuration, each data point on a tail represents one week of data. You can change the chart so that it uses a period other than weekly (anything from 5 minutes to 1 month) using the “Periods” dropdown menu above the RRG plot and clicking the "Update" button.

Changing the Tail Length

You can use the “Tail Length” slider below the benchmark chart to adjust the length of the tails (the number of historical data points on the tails) on the RRG plot. The zone highlighted in blue on the benchmark chart shows the period of time covered by the tails.

Editing the ChartList

While Edit View provides the most comprehensive set of editing tools for your ChartList, some very limited editing can be done directly from the RRG View. For example, you can add or edit notes for the entire ChartList by clicking in the ChartList Notes box at the bottom of the screen. Click the “Save” button once you've made your changes.

For more editing functionality, use the “Edit List” button at the top of the screen to load the ChartList in Edit View.

The “Delete List” and “New List” buttons can be used to delete the current ChartList and create a new ChartList, respectively.