Heikin-Ashi and Renko: do they help beginners or hide the truth?

Heikin-Ashi smooths candles so trends look cleaner; Renko builds bricks of fixed price movement and drops time entirely. Both make charts easier to read — and both can mislead you about the prices you'd actually get.

Have you tried them?

• which one, and what it clarified
• the mistake it caused
• whether you still use it

Remember: your orders fill at real bid and ask prices, not at smoothed candle values.