Timescaled price range summary symbols data structure generation, display, method, and device

An apparatus for displaying a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the apparatus comprising:

• processing circuitry configured to
• receive, for each intra-time period of a plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, intra-time price data including an intra-time open price and an intra-time close price corresponding to the intra-time period;
• determine, from the received intra-time price data for the plurality of intra-time periods, an open price, which is an intra-time open price of an initial intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods;
• determine a total-above-open-price counter value by determining, for each particular intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods, whether the intra-time close price of the particular intra-time period was greater than the open price, so that the total-above-open-price counter value indicates a number of the intra-time periods for which the intra-time close price was greater than the open price;
• and
• generate and display, the symbol, which illustrates a relationship between the total-above-open-price counter value and the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period.

A method for generating a data structure, the data structure being used to generate a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the method comprising:

• receiving, for each intra-time period of a plurality of intra-time periods in the time period, intra-time price data including an intra-time open price and an intra-time close price corresponding to the intra-time period;
• determining, from the received intra-time price data for the plurality of intra-time periods, an open price, which is an intra-time open price of an initial intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods;
• determining a total-above-open-price counter value by determining, for each particular intra-time period of the plurality of intra-time periods, whether the intra-time close price of the particular intra-time period was greater than the open price, so that the total-above-open-price counter value indicates a number of the intra-time periods for which the intra-time close price was greater than the open price;
• and
• storing the time period, the open price, the total-above-open-price counter value, and a resolution value representative of the plurality of intra-time periods in the time period in association with one another in the data structure on a non-transitory computer readable medium.