World Sessions & Countdown [AFD]
Which session is actually running right now, and how many bars are left in it?
Every session tool on the shelf draws the same coloured stripes. Almost all of them are built on a fixed UTC offset, which means twice a year they are quietly an hour wrong and nothing on the chart says so. The highest-profile clock script in the niche states plainly in its own description that it requires manual UTC offset adjustment at each changeover.
World Sessions is anchored to IANA time zone names instead - Europe/London, America/New_York, Asia/Tokyo, Australia/Sydney. Each window follows its own city's daylight-saving policy, on its own, with nothing for you to adjust. The script draws a rectangle around each session's own bars rather than a full-height stripe, a separate rectangle wherever sessions overlap, and a dashboard that tells you what time it is in all four cities and how much of the
current session is left.
Why the time zone thing matters
14 January - London GMT, New York EST - overlap 15:00-17:00 UTC, two hours.
25 March - London BST, New York EDT - overlap 14:00-17:00 UTC, three hours.
15 July - London BST, New York EDT - overlap 14:00-16:00 UTC, two hours.
28 October - London GMT, New York EDT - overlap 14:00-17:00 UTC, three hours.
A fixed-offset script prints one identical row for all four. The late-October row is the one that bites: Europe has left summer time and the United States has not, so the two cities are five hours apart instead of the usual four, and every band built on a captured offset is an hour wrong for that week.
This is a statement about how the script resolves time. It says nothing about volatility, liquidity, or what you should do with any of it.
At a glance
Session boxes - one rectangle per session RUN, spanning that run's own high and low, not a full-height stripe.
Overlap box - a separate rectangle over the bars two or more sessions share, carrying its own composite name.
IANA time zones - each session follows its own city's daylight-saving policy, with no UTC offset to maintain.
Bars left in session - not minutes, BARS, on your current timeframe.
Dashboard - each session's hours, its city's live clock, an open/closed dot, a progress bar, and the countdown to its next boundary.
Five sessions - Sydney, Tokyo, London, New York, and one Custom slot of your own.
New York hours - regular, extended-equities, or CME Globex, chosen automatically from the symbol or forced by hand.
Eight alerts - four session opens, all sessions closed, overlap start, N seconds to bar close, and last bar of session.
Appearance - fill, four gradient depths in two directions, border transparency, width and style, or outline-only.
One box per run, not one box per chart
A session's rectangle is bounded by that session's run, identified by the instant that run closes, and not by a stretch of bars on which the session happened to be live. The distinction is not academic. On a regular-hours US chart every bar is inside New York's 09:30-16:00 window, so a liveness-based tool never sees New York stop being live: it opens one rectangle on the first
bar of history and never closes it, washing the entire chart in one color. This product drew exactly that defect once, and the lifecycle is now keyed on the run instead. You get one box per day, with clean gaps between them.
A box is a session's EXTENT, not a level. It has a top and a bottom and that is where the resemblance to a zone tool stops - no line is drawn at either edge, no edge is labelled or alerted with a price, and nothing downstream reads one.
The overlap box
Two or more enabled sessions running at once get their own rectangle over the shared bars, spanning the high and low of those bars only, and it carries the name of the sessions that actually made it - TOKYO + LONDON, LONDON + NEW YORK.
One color at any depth, deliberately: Sydney, Tokyo and London genuinely stack three deep, and a per-pair colour scheme has no honest answer for a three-way overlap.
Overlap only is the shipped default, so out of the box the chart draws the overlap rectangle and nothing else. On a chart with no overlap running that means no rectangles at all - the intended state, not a fault. Set Overlap to Highlight overlap to see every session box alongside it, or Off for session boxes with no overlap rectangle.
Every session is named exactly once. Where the overlap box is drawn it carries the joint name, so a session's own name centres on the bars it held ALONE. A session that is never alone shows no separate name, because it has already been named.
The dashboard
Per session - a colour chip, the name, an open/closed dot, that session's own hours, the current wall clock in its city (marked +1 or -1 when the city is on another date), a progress bar, and OPENS IN or CLOSES IN to its next boundary. The open session's row is tinted in its own color and its name set bold.
Two kinds of time, on purpose - LOCAL, the dot, PROGRESS and NEXT are real-world clock readings and stay current on a weekend, on a scrolled-back chart, and in Bar Replay. BAR CLOSE is a property of the bar in front of you and shows an em dash on anything but a genuinely live bar, because a countdown to the close of a bar that has already closed cannot mean what it says.
BARS LEFT keeps counting where BAR CLOSE cannot, because one is a bar-structure count and the other is a clock reading. It names the session it is following. Both step green, then amber, then red as they run out.
The progress column always says something - the bar while a session runs, Not in session while it is closed, and No bars here when that session's window has no bars at all on the symbol you are looking at. Tokyo on a US regular-hours chart is the common case.
Position, background, grid lines, the outer frame and its width, one text size for the whole panel, and progress-bar width are all settings. The frame's Countdown mode makes it the same green-amber-red traffic light BARS LEFT carries.
Weekdays are digits, and the rule has a trap in it
Weekdays live in a field of their own, because input.session() renders two clock fields and no weekday picker. 1 is Sunday through 7 is Saturday, so the shipped '23456' is Monday to Friday.
They are not optional. A session string without them applies to EVERY day of the week - invisible on a stock chart, but on a 24/7 symbol it draws a London box straight through Saturday.
For a session that runs past midnight, the digits name the day it ENDS. PulseWire's own documented example is 1700-1700:23456, in which the Monday session starts Sunday at 17:00 and ends Monday at 17:00. So the CME Globex window here is 1800-1700 with the ordinary 23456 - Sunday evening through Friday afternoon, five sessions, the real Globex week. The intuitive-looking 12345 invents a Saturday-evening session that never trades and loses Thursday evening entirely.
Alerts
Sydney session open
Tokyo session open
London session open
New York session open
All sessions closed
Session overlap start
N seconds to bar close - the threshold is a user input, and 0 turns it off
Last bar of session - off by default
Create these from PulseWire's alert dialog. How often an alert re-fires while
its condition holds is set in that dialog, not in the script.
How to use it
Add it to an INTRADAY time-based chart. Boxes and session names need an intraday timeframe; the dashboard works on any timeframe, because its countdowns read the wall clock.
Leave Overlap on Overlap only for the overlap rectangle alone, or switch to Highlight overlap to see every session.
Turn off the sessions you do not follow. Set hours and weekday digits to match what you actually trade.
On a futures contract, check the New York hours group is on extended hours if the Globex window is the one you want boxed. Auto by symbol handles this for you on a real futures contract.
Everything else - fill, gradient depth and direction, border style, boxes kept, panel appearance - is a setting to configure once to taste.
What it deliberately does not do
It draws no zone and publishes no session high or low as a level. It offers no fixed UTC offset option, because a dropdown reading UTC-5 would let you silently break the one thing the product is for. It gives no arrows, no signals, and nothing about what price will do during any session. Educational chart context, not financial advice.
Data, timeframes and repainting
The script uses current chart data only. There are no request.security() calls, no higher-timeframe imports, and no lookahead of any kind.
A running session's box updates as new highs and lows print on the forming bar, and its right edge advances with the chart; it is final once that session's run has ended. Confirm the behaviour with the bar-replay tool on your own chart and timeframe before relying on it.
The dashboard's clock columns advance per tick. Pine provides no timer, so on a closed market - where no tick arrives - they hold at the last moment the script executed rather than ticking on by themselves. Scrolling, zooming, or changing any setting re-executes the script and brings them current. This is platform behaviour, not a setting.
Boxes and session names are intraday-only. On a daily or higher chart a session window is shorter than one bar, so they are not drawn.
Drawing history is bounded by Pine's limits. The source declares budgets of 500 boxes and 500 labels, and Session boxes kept is trimmed automatically to stay inside the box ceiling - a faded session costs one box per gradient step plus its outline.
Standard time-based candles. The session arithmetic reads chart time.
A running alert keeps the inputs, symbol and timeframe it was created with - recreate an alert after changing any of them.
Originality and credit
Other session tools draw stripes on a fixed offset. This one bounds each session run by its own high and low, names the overlap for the sessions that actually made it, resolves every window through an IANA time zone so it holds across daylight saving, and reports the one number the shelf does not carry - how many bars are left in the session you are in, on the timeframe you are on. Open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. (c) Auction Foundry.
Disclosure: this indicator describes session structure and elapsed time on the current chart. It is not a forecast, a signal, or financial advice. Indicator
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Global Sessions & Kill Zones [jpkxyz]Global Sessions & ICT Kill Zones Indicator
Overview
The Global Sessions & ICT Kill Zones indicator is a comprehensive trading tool designed to help traders identify and visualize the most critical time periods in the 24-hour forex and futures markets. This indicator combines traditional trading session analysis with Inner Circle Trader (ICT) Kill Zone methodology, providing traders with a complete picture of when institutional activity and liquidity are at their peak.
Trading Theory & Foundation
Session-Based Trading
The forex market operates 24 hours a day across four major trading sessions: Sydney, Tokyo, London, and New York. Each session has distinct characteristics in terms of volatility, liquidity, and price behavior. Understanding these sessions is crucial because:
Volatility Patterns: Each session exhibits unique volatility profiles based on which markets are open and which institutional players are active
Liquidity Concentration: Major price movements tend to occur when multiple sessions overlap, as more market participants are active simultaneously
Market Structure: Session highs and lows often act as key support and resistance levels that price respects throughout the trading day
Time-Based Strategies: Many professional traders structure their strategies around specific sessions that align with their preferred instruments and trading style
ICT Kill Zones
The Inner Circle Trader (ICT) methodology emphasizes specific time windows called "Kill Zones" - periods when institutional algorithms and smart money are most active. These time windows represent optimal trading opportunities because:
Institutional Activity: Banks, hedge funds, and large institutions execute their orders during these predictable time windows
Algorithmic Trading: Many institutional algorithms are programmed to operate during these specific periods
Liquidity Sweeps: Kill Zones often feature stop hunts and liquidity grabs before directional moves
Higher Probability Setups: Price is more likely to respect technical levels and follow through on setups during these periods
The four ICT Kill Zones are:
Asian Kill Zone (00:00-03:00 UTC): Early Asian session institutional activity
London Kill Zone (07:00-10:00 UTC): London open and European institutional entry
New York Kill Zone (12:00-14:00 UTC): New York open and North American institutional entry
London Close Kill Zone (15:00-17:00 UTC): European session close and position squaring
What This Indicator Visualizes
Trading Session Boxes
The indicator draws high-to-low range boxes for each major trading session:
Sydney Session (21:00-06:00 UTC): Captures the Australian and early Asian trading activity
Tokyo Session (00:00-09:00 UTC): Represents the main Asian trading period
London Session (08:00-17:00 UTC): Covers the European trading hours
New York Session (13:00-22:00 UTC): Encompasses North American trading activity
Each session box displays:
The session's high and low price levels
Customizable colored borders and fills
Labels showing the exact high and low values
Real-time updates as price moves within the active session
Session Overlaps
The indicator automatically identifies and highlights all session overlaps with distinct colored boxes:
Sydney/Tokyo Overlap: Asian liquidity concentration
Tokyo/London Overlap: Asian-European transition period
London/New York Overlap: The most volatile period with maximum liquidity
Sydney/New York Overlap: Late US session into early Asian session
These overlaps are crucial because they represent periods of increased liquidity when multiple major markets are operating simultaneously, often leading to significant price movements and breakouts.
ICT Kill Zones
Kill Zones are displayed as vertical background highlights that span the entire chart height during their active periods:
Visual clarity: Semi-transparent colored backgrounds that don't obstruct price action
Label identification: Each Kill Zone is labeled at its start for easy recognition
Overlay capability: Kill Zones overlay on top of session boxes, allowing you to see both simultaneously
Independent control: Each Kill Zone can be toggled on/off individually
How Traders Can Use This Indicator
Entry Timing
Wait for Kill Zones: Use Kill Zones as your primary trading windows to increase the probability of institutional support for your trades
Session Boundaries: Look for breakouts or reversals at session open/close times when new participants enter the market
Overlap Periods: Focus on high-conviction setups during session overlaps when liquidity is highest
Support & Resistance
Session Highs/Lows: Previous session highs and lows often act as key support/resistance levels
Sweep Setups: Watch for price to sweep session highs/lows during Kill Zones, then reverse (liquidity grab)
Range Trading: Trade within session ranges during low-volatility periods, breakout during overlaps
Risk Management
Volatility Awareness: Adjust position sizing based on which session is active (London/NY overlap = highest volatility)
Stop Placement: Position stops outside of key session levels to avoid being caught in normal intraday ranges
Time-Based Exits: Consider exiting or tightening stops as sessions close and liquidity decreases
Strategy Development
Session-Specific Strategies: Develop different approaches for different sessions based on your instrument's behavior
Kill Zone Confirmation: Require setups to occur within Kill Zones for higher probability trades
Backtesting Framework: Use historical session and Kill Zone data to backtest time-based strategies
Full Customizability
Session Customization
Every aspect of each trading session can be customized:
Toggle Visibility: Show/hide any session independently
Time Adjustment: Modify start and end hours to match your broker's server time or personal preference
Color Schemes: Customize box colors and border colors for each session
Transparency: Adjust fill transparency to see price action clearly while maintaining visual reference
Kill Zone Customization
Complete control over ICT Kill Zone display:
Individual Toggles: Enable or disable each Kill Zone independently based on your trading style
Color Selection: Choose distinct colors for each Kill Zone (default: Green, Blue, Yellow, Red)
Transparency Control: All Kill Zones use 70% transparency by default, fully customizable
Label Display: Toggle Kill Zone labels on/off via the main label settings
Visual Preferences
Border Control: Toggle session box borders on/off for cleaner charts
Label Size: Choose from tiny, small, normal, large, huge, or auto-sizing for all labels
Label Colors: Customize label background and text colors to match your chart theme
Box Transparency: Set individual transparency levels for each session and overlap
Overlap Customization
All four session overlaps have independent color controls:
Sydney/Tokyo Overlap
Tokyo/London Overlap
London/New York Overlap
Sydney/New York Overlap
Technical Features
Midnight Handling
The indicator uses advanced hour-based detection that seamlessly handles sessions crossing midnight (like Sydney's 21:00-06:00 UTC timeframe) without breaking the visualization into separate boxes.
Real-Time Updates
Active Sessions: Boxes extend and update in real-time as price moves during active sessions
High/Low Tracking: Session highs and lows are continuously updated until the session closes
Kill Zone Detection: Background colors appear/disappear precisely at Kill Zone boundaries
Clean Chart Integration
Minimal Clutter: Only shows active and recently completed sessions
Overlay Friendly: Works seamlessly with other indicators and doesn't obstruct price action
Performance Optimized: Efficient code that doesn't slow down chart rendering
Ideal For
Forex Traders: Track the four major forex sessions and plan trades around overlaps
Futures Traders: Identify when specific futures markets have peak activity
ICT Students: Implement Inner Circle Trader concepts with visual Kill Zone references
Session Traders: Build strategies around specific session characteristics
Scalpers & Day Traders: Focus on high-liquidity periods for tighter spreads and better fills
Swing Traders: Use session levels as key support/resistance for multi-day trades
Best Practices
Start Simple: Enable only the sessions and Kill Zones relevant to your instruments
Color Code Strategically: Use colors that stand out on your chart theme but don't overwhelm
Combine with Price Action: Use session levels and Kill Zones as context, not as standalone signals
Match Your Timezone: Adjust session times if your broker uses non-UTC server time
Focus on Overlaps: Pay special attention to London/New York overlap for highest-probability setups
Journal Performance: Track which sessions and Kill Zones work best for your strategy
Conclusion
The Global Sessions & ICT Kill Zones indicator provides traders with institutional-grade time-based analysis in a highly customizable, visually clear format. By combining traditional session analysis with modern ICT Kill Zone theory, traders gain a comprehensive understanding of when markets are most likely to move and where key levels are established. Whether you're a scalper looking for the highest liquidity periods or a swing trader using session levels for support/resistance, this indicator adapts to your needs while keeping your charts clean and professional.
Trade smarter by trading when the market is most active and predictable. Indicator
Forex Session TrackerForex Session Tracker - Professional Trading Session Indicator
The Forex Session Tracker is a comprehensive and visually intuitive indicator designed specifically for forex traders who need precise tracking of major global trading sessions. This powerful tool helps traders identify active market sessions, monitor session-specific price ranges, and capitalize on volatility patterns unique to each trading period.
Understanding when major financial centers are active is crucial for forex trading success. This indicator provides real-time visualization of the Tokyo, London, New York, and Sydney trading sessions, allowing traders to align their strategies with peak liquidity periods and avoid low-volatility trading windows.
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Key Features
📊 Four Major Global Trading Sessions
The indicator tracks all four primary forex trading sessions with precision:
- Tokyo Session (Asian Market) - Captures the Asian trading hours, ideal for JPY, AUD, and NZD pairs
- London Session (European Market) - Monitors the most liquid trading period, perfect for EUR, GBP pairs
- New York Session (American Market) - Tracks US market hours, essential for USD-based currency pairs
- Sydney Session (Pacific Market) - Identifies the opening of the trading week and AUD/NZD activity
Each session is fully customizable with individual color schemes, making it easy to distinguish between different market periods at a glance.
🎯 Session Range Visualization
For each active trading session, the indicator automatically:
- Draws rectangular boxes that highlight the session's time period
- Tracks and displays session HIGH and LOW price levels in real-time
- Creates horizontal lines at session extremes for easy reference
- Positions session labels at the center of each trading period
- Updates dynamically as new highs or lows are formed within the session
This visual approach helps traders quickly identify:
- Session breakout opportunities
- Support and resistance zones formed during specific sessions
- Range-bound vs. trending session behavior
- Key price levels that institutional traders are watching
📱 Live Information Dashboard
A sleek, professional information panel displays:
- Real-time session status - Instantly see which sessions are currently active
- Color-coded indicators - Green dots for active sessions, gray for closed sessions
- Timezone information - Confirms your current timezone settings
- Customizable positioning - Place the dashboard anywhere on your chart (Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right)
- Adjustable size - Choose from Tiny, Small, Normal, or Large text sizes for optimal visibility
The dashboard provides at-a-glance awareness of market conditions without cluttering your chart analysis.
⚙️ Extensive Customization Options
Every aspect of the indicator can be tailored to your trading preferences:
Session-Specific Controls:
- Enable/disable individual sessions
- Customize colors for each trading period
- Adjust session times to match your broker's server time
- Toggle background highlighting on/off
- Show/hide session high/low lines independently
General Settings:
- UTC Offset Control - Adjust timezone from UTC-12 to UTC+14
- Exchange Timezone Option - Automatically use your chart's exchange timezone
- Background Transparency - Fine-tune the opacity of session highlighting (0-100%)
- Session Labels - Show or hide session name labels
- Information Panel - Toggle the live status dashboard on/off
Style Settings:
- Turn session backgrounds ON/OFF directly from the Style tab
- Maintain clean charts while keeping all analytical features active
🔔 Built-in Alert System
Stay informed about session openings with customizable alerts:
- Tokyo Session Started
- London Session Started
- New York Session Started
- Sydney Session Started
Set up notifications to never miss important market opening periods, even when you're away from your charts.
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How to Use This Indicator
For Day Traders:
1. Identify High-Volatility Periods - Focus your trading during London and New York session overlaps for maximum liquidity
2. Monitor Session Breakouts - Watch for price breaks above/below session highs and lows
3. Avoid Low-Volume Periods - Recognize when major sessions are closed to avoid false signals
For Swing Traders:
1. Mark Key Levels - Use session highs and lows as support/resistance zones
2. Track Multi-Session Patterns - Observe how price behaves across different trading sessions
3. Plan Entry/Exit Points - Time your trades around session openings for better execution
For Currency-Specific Traders:
1. JPY Pairs - Focus on Tokyo session movements
2. EUR/GBP Pairs - Monitor London session activity
3. USD Pairs - Track New York session volatility
4. AUD/NZD Pairs - Watch Sydney and Tokyo sessions
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Technical Specifications
- Pine Script Version: 5
- Overlay Indicator: Yes (displays directly on price chart)
- Maximum Bars Back: 500
- Drawing Objects: Up to 500 lines, boxes, and labels
- Performance: Optimized for real-time data processing
- Compatibility: Works on all timeframes (recommended: 5m to 1H for session tracking)
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Installation & Setup
1. Add to Chart - Click "Add to Chart" after copying the script to Pine Editor
2. Configure Timezone - Set your UTC offset or enable "Use Exchange Timezone"
3. Customize Colors - Choose your preferred color scheme for each session
4. Adjust Display - Enable/disable features based on your trading style
5. Set Alerts - Create alert notifications for session starts
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Best Practices
✅ Combine with Price Action - Use session ranges alongside candlestick patterns for confirmation
✅ Watch Session Overlaps - The London-New York overlap (1300-1600 UTC) typically shows highest volatility
✅ Respect Session Highs/Lows - These levels often act as intraday support and resistance
✅ Adjust for Your Broker - Verify session times match your broker's server clock
✅ Use Multiple Timeframes - View sessions on both lower (15m) and higher (1H) timeframes for context
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Why Choose Forex Session Tracker Pro?
✨ Professional Grade Tool - Built with clean, efficient code following PulseWire best practices
✨ Beginner Friendly - Intuitive design with clear visual cues
✨ Highly Customizable - Adapt every feature to match your trading style
✨ Performance Optimized - Lightweight code that won't slow down your charts
✨ Actively Maintained - Regular updates and improvements
✨ No Repainting - All visual elements are fixed once the session completes
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Support & Updates
This indicator is designed to provide reliable, accurate session tracking for forex traders of all experience levels. Whether you're a scalper looking for high-volatility windows or a position trader marking key institutional levels, the Forex Session Tracker Pro delivers the insights you need to make informed trading decisions.
Happy Trading! 📈
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Disclaimer
This indicator is a tool for technical analysis and should be used as part of a comprehensive trading strategy. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always practice proper risk management and never risk more than you can afford to lose. Trading forex carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Indicator
Market SessionsMarket Sessions (Asian, London, NY, Pacific)
Summary
This indicator plots the main global market sessions (Asian, European, American, Pacific) as boxes on your chart, complete with dynamic high/low tracking.
It's an essential tool for intraday traders to track session-based volatility patterns and visualize key support/resistance levels (like the Asian Range) that often define price action for the rest of the day.
Who it’s for
Intraday traders, scalpers, and day traders who need to visualize market hours and session-based ranges. If your strategy depends on the London open, the New York close, or the Asian range, this script will map it out for you.
What it shows
Customizable Session Boxes: Four fully configurable boxes for the Asian, European (London), American (New York), and Pacific (Sydney) sessions.
Session High & Low: The script tracks and boxes the highest high and lowest low of each session, dynamically updating as the session progresses.
Session Labels: Clear labels (e.g., "AS", "EU") mark each session, anchored to the start time.
Key Features
Powerful Timezone Control: This is the core feature.
Use Exchange Timezone (Default): Simply enter session times (e.g., 8:00 for London) relative to the exchange's timezone (e.g., "NASDAQ" or "BINANCE").
Use UTC Offset: Uncheck the box and enter a UTC offset (e.g., +3 or -5). Now, all session times you enter are relative to that specific UTC offset. This gives you full control regardless of the chart you're on.
Fully Customizable: Toggle any session on/off.
Style Control: Change the fill color, border color, transparency, border width, and line style (Solid, Dashed, Dotted) for each session individually.
Smart Labels: Labels stay anchored to the start of the session (no "sliding") and float just above the session high.
Why this helps
Track Volatility & Market Behavior: Visually identify the "personality" of each session. Some sessions might consistently produce powerful pumps or dumps, while others are prone to sideways "chop" or accumulation. This indicator helps you see these repeating patterns.
Find Key Support/Resistance Levels: The High and Low of a session (e.g., the Asian Range) often become critical support and resistance levels for the next session (e.g., London). This script makes it easy to spot these "session-to-session" S/R flips and reactions.
Aid Statistical Analysis: The script provides the core visual data for your statistical research. You can easily track how often the London session breaks the Asian high, or which session is most likely to reverse the trend, helping you build a robust trading plan.
Context is King: Instantly see which market is active, which are overlapping (like the high-volume London-NY overlap), and which have closed.
Quick setup
Go to Timezone Settings.
Decide how you want to enter times:
Easy (Default): Leave Use Exchange Timezone checked. Enter session times based on the chart's native exchange (e.g., for BTC/USDT on Binance, use UTC+0 times).
Manual (Pro): Uncheck Use Exchange Timezone. Enter your UTC Offset (e.g., +2 for Berlin). Now, enter all session times as they appear on the clock in Berlin.
Go to each session tab (Asian, European...) to enable/disable it and set the correct start/end hours and minutes.
Style the colors to match your chart theme.
Disclaimer
For educational/informational purposes only; not financial advice. Trading involves risk—manage it responsibly. Indicator
ORBs, EMAs, SMAs, AVWAPThis is an update to a previously published script. In short the difference is the added capability to adjust the length of EMAs. Also added 3 customizable SMAs. Enjoy! Let me know what you think of the script please. This is only second one I have ever done. Through practice and people like @LuxAlgo and other Pinescripters this isn't possible. Tedious hrs with ChatGPT to correct nuances, who doesnt seem to learn from (insert pronoun) mistakes
This all-in-one indicator combines key institutional tools into a unified framework for intraday and swing trading. Designed for traders who use multi-session analysis and dynamic levels, it automatically maps out global session breakouts, moving averages, and volume-weighted anchors with high clarity.
Features include:
🕓 Tokyo, London, and New York ORBs (Opening Range Breakouts) — 30-minute configurable range boxes that persist until the next New York open.
📈 Anchored VWAP with Standard Deviation Bands — dynamically anchorable to session, week, or month for institutional-grade price tracking.
📊 Exponential Moving Averages (9, 20, 113, 200) — for short-, mid-, and long-term momentum structure.
📉 Simple Moving Averages (20, 50, 100) — fully customizable lengths, colors, and visibility toggles for trend confirmation.
🏁 Prior High/Low Levels (PDH/PDL, PWH/PWL, PMH/PML) — automatically plotted from previous day, week, and month, with labels placed at each session’s midpoint.
🎛️ Session-Aligned Time Logic — all time calculations use New York session anchors with DST awareness.
💡 Clean Visualization Options — every component can be toggled on/off, recolored, or customized for your workflow.
Best used for:
ORB break-and-retest setups
VWAP and EMA rejections
Confluence-based trading around key session levels
Multi-session momentum tracking Indicator
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Sessions Lite [TradingFinder] New York, London, Asia, NYSE Forex🔵 Introduction
A trading session is one of the basic concepts in the financial market that refers to specific time periods. In fact, a session means hours during the day and night, during which traders in a certain part of the world conduct their transactions.
Although the "Forex" and "CFDs" market is open 24 hours a day and it is possible to trade in it, but in some hours the activity in this market decreases so much that many traders prefer not to trade and only watch the market. On the other hand, there are specific times when the market is very busy and dynamic, and many traders tend to trade during these hours of the day and night.
Trading sessions are usually divided into three main categories, which are "Asian", "European" and "North American" sessions. These trading sessions are also called the "Tokyo", "London" and "New York" sessions, respectively. But they also categorized these sessions in more detailed ways such as "Sydney session", "Shanghai session" or "NYSE session".
🔵 Tokyo trading session (Asian session)
After the weekend that happens on Saturday and Sunday, the Forex market starts with the Asian session. In this continent, most of the transactions are done in the Tokyo session, and for this reason, it is usually called the Asian session or the Tokyo session. However, other countries such as Australia, China and Singapore also do a lot of trading in this session.
The Tokyo session has a lower volume of transactions compared to the London and New York sessions, and therefore the liquidity is lower. In this session, most of the Forex currency pairs move in a price range. For this reason, different people use the ups and downs with the trading strategy in the range and get profit.
The low liquidity of the Tokyo session means that trading spreads are also higher during these hours. Besides, most of the transactions of this session are done in the early hours and at the same time as the planned news release.
In the Tokyo or Asia session, the best currency pairs to trade are the "Japanese yen", the "Australian dollar", and the "New Zealand dollar".
"Nikkei" index is also a good option for trading. If you trade in the Tokyo session, you should also be aware of the release of economic news and data from Australian, New Zealand and Japanese financial institutions.
🔵 London trading session (European session)
After the Asian session, it is time for the European session. In this period of time, transactions are very large and many European markets are involved. However, the European session is usually known as the London session.
Because of its specific time zone, London is not only known as the Forex trading center in Europe, but it is also known as the Forex trading center in the world. The London session overlaps with two other major trading sessions in the world, Asia and America. This means that most of the Forex transactions are done in this session. According to the latest statistics, 32% of Forex transactions are related to the London session, which shows that about a third of the activity performed in Forex takes place during this period.
This will increase the volume of Forex transactions and increase liquidity. An event that causes the spread of transactions to decrease. Of course, high liquidity also leads to greater volatility, which is desirable for many traders.
In the European session, the pound and euro currencies and the "DAX", "FTSE100", and "CAC40" indices are known as the best tradable assets. Also, traders of this session should pay attention to the news and data published by the "European Central Bank" and the "Bank of England". The news of countries like Germany, France and Italy are also very important.
🔵 American trading session (New York session)
When the New York session begins, several hours have passed since the end of the Tokyo session, but the European session is in the middle. In this session, they usually affect the financial activities carried out in America, but they also affect other countries such as Canada, Mexico and several South American countries.
The "US dollar" and stock indices such as "S&P", "Dow Jones" and "Nasdaq" are the most important assets that are traded in this session.
The early hours of the American session have a lot of liquidity and volatility due to the overlap with the European session, but with the end of the European session, the activity in the American session also decreases.
You can trade all major Forex currency pairs in the New York trading session. In this session, the "Federal Reserve", as the most important central bank in the world, is the institution that you should pay attention to its news and data.
The trading session indicator is an analytical tool in the financial markets that is used to display and analyze specific trading periods during a day. These indicators are generally useful for determining support and resistance levels during any trading session and for detecting different trading patterns.
For example, usually these indicators display the open and close price levels, the highest and lowest prices during a trading session. Also, you may notice various price patterns such as price channels, price phase phases and market trend changes during different trading sessions using these indicators.
🔵 cause of construction
In particular, the session light indicator version is designed and built for those traders who use many different tools on their chart at the same time. These traders can include "Volume Traders", "ICT traders", "Day Traders" and... These individuals can use "Session Lite" without disturbing the display of their other trading tools such as "Order Blocks", "Liquidity", "Zigzag", "FVG" etc.
But in general, there are several reasons for making tools like trading session indicators in financial markets, some of which include the following :
1. Analysis of specific time frames : Some traders and investors like to consider specific time frames for price analysis and review. For example, analyzing price changes during each trading session can help analyze trading patterns and identify trading opportunities.
2. Recognize different price patterns : Different price patterns may be observed during trading sessions. Trading session indicators can help to make better trading decisions by analyzing these patterns and their strengths and weaknesses.
3. Identifying Support and Resistance Levels : These tools may help to identify support and resistance levels during any trading session which can be helpful in deciding whether to enter or exit the market.
🔵 How to use
The Session Lite indicator displays 8 sessions by default. Asia session, Sydney session, Tokyo session, Shanghai session, Europe session, London session, New York session and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) session are the sessions that are displayed.
You can activate or deactivate the display of each session by using the tick button next to the name of each session.
Two gray vertical dashes are also displayed by default, which indicate the beginning of the European session and the New York session. This feature is available for all sessions, but it is enabled by default only for these two sessions, and you can activate it for the rest of the session. You can enable or disable the display of this line by using the Start Session tick key.
Likewise, the information table is displayed by default, which includes the open or closed information of each session and the start and end times of each session. These timings are based on the UTC time zone.
Accordingly, the schedule of trading sessions is as follows :
Asia session from 23:00 to 06:00
Sydney session from 23:00 to 05:00
Tokyo session from 00:00 to 00:06
Shanghai session from 01:30 to 06:57
European session from 07:00 to 16:30
London session from 08:00 to 16:30
New York session from 13:00 to 22:00
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) session from 14:30 to T 22:00
Important note : the beginning of the European session coincides with the opening of the Frankfurt market.
🔵 Settings
• In the settings section, there are customization capabilities according to the type of use of each user. The settings related to showing or not showing the box of each session, the start indicator of each session, setting the start and end time of the session and choosing the desired color to display each session are among the things that can be set from this section.
• At the end of the settings, you will see the "Info Table" option; By disabling this option, the "sessions" clock table displayed on the upper right side will be disabled.
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