Intra-period resolution value data generation, storage, display, system, method, and device

A method of generating first OHLC (open, high, low, close) data representative of price changes over a predetermined time period having a first duration, the method comprising:

• in response to determining that the first OHLC data representative of price changes over the predetermined time period having the first duration cannot be obtained directly, determining whether second OHLC data representative of price changes over an intra-time period having a second duration shorter than the first duration can be obtained, wherein the first duration divided by the second duration is an integer K greater than one;
• when determining that the second OHLC data can be obtained, obtaining K items of the second OHLC data, wherein each item of the obtained second OHLC data is representative of price changes over the intra-time period having the second duration;
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• generating the first OHLC data representative of price changes over the predetermined time period having the first duration from the obtained K items of the second OHLC data.

A method of displaying a symbol representative of changes in price during a time period, the method comprising:

• receiving a first intra-time open price, a first intra-time high price, a first intra-time low price, and a first intra-time close price corresponding to a first intra-time period in the time period;
• receiving a second intra-time open price, a second intra-time high price, a second intra-time low price, and a second intra-time close price corresponding to a second intra-time period in the time period wherein the second intra-time period occurred after the first intra-time period;
• determining whether the second intra-time high price is higher than the first intra-time high price and whether the second intra-time low price is higher than the first intra-time low price;
• in response to the determining that the second intra-time high price is higher than the first intra-time high price and that the second intra-time low price is higher than the first intra-time low price, incrementing a higher-high-higher-low-price counter value;
• determining whether the second intra-time high price is lower than the first intra-time high price and whether the second intra-time low price is lower than the first intra-time low price;
• in response to the determining that the second intra-time high price is lower than the first intra-time high price and that the second intra-time low price is lower than the first intra-time low price, incrementing a lower-high-lower-low-price counter value;
• determining whether the second intra-time high price is higher than the first intra-time high price and whether the second intra-time low price is lower than the first intra-time low price;
• in response to the determining that the second intra-time high price is higher than the first intra-time high price and that the second intra-time low price is lower than the first intra-time low price, incrementing a higher-high-lower-low-price counter value;
• determining whether the second intra-time high price is lower than the first intra-time high price and whether the second intra-time low price is higher than the first intra-time low price;
• in response to the determining that the second intra-time high price is lower than the first intra-time high price and that the second intra-time low price is higher than the first intra-time low price, incrementing a lower-high-higher-low-price counter value;
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• generating and displaying, by a charting engine, the symbol, which illustrates a relationship between the higher-high-higher-low-price counter value, the lower-high-lower-low-price counter value, the higher-high-lower-low-price counter value, and the lower-high-higher-low-price counter value.