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Indicator · Pine Script v5 · On the chart
Market Sessions
This indicator highlights major regional trading sessions directly on the price chart, including Asia, Europe, and America.
GitHub stars24on the repository
Pine versionv5runs as is
Lines of code108
Settings20inputs
LicenceMPL-2.0
Last update4 years ago5 Oct 2022
Add It to Your TradingView Chart
- 1Copy the scriptPress Copy script above, or the copy button on the code below.
- 2Open the Pine EditorOpen a TradingView chart and choose Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.
- 3Paste over the templateCreate a new indicator, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
- 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart, then adjust the settings with the gear icon next to its name.
Source Code
108 lines of Pine Script v5 from Market Sessions.pine, published under MPL-2.0. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.
//@version=5
//
// Author: benso87
// benso87.com
//
//
indicator('Market Sessions', shorttitle='Markets', overlay=true, precision=2, max_bars_back=500)
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// Inputs
// Plot Ahead
plotEarly = input.bool(true, title='Show sessions 1 day in advance', group='Plot Ahead')
// Weekends
useWknd = input.bool(false, title='Include weekends?', group='Weekends')
// Asia
showAsia = input.bool(true, title='Show Asia', group='Asia')
startAsiaH = input.int (23, title='Start (UTC)', minval=0, maxval=23, group='Asia', inline='start')
startAsiaM = input.int (0, title=':', minval=0, maxval=59, group='Asia', inline='start')
stopAsiaH = input.int (8, title='Stop (UTC)', minval=0, maxval=23, group='Asia', inline='stop')
stopAsiaM = input.int (0, title=':', minval=0, maxval=59, group='Asia', inline='stop')
colorAsia = input.color(color.new(color.red, transp=90), title='Color', group='Asia', inline='color')
// Europe
showEurope = input.bool(true, title='Show Europe', group='Europe')
startEuropeH = input.int (7, title='Start (UTC)', minval=0, maxval=23, group='Europe', inline='start')
startEuropeM = input.int (0, title=':', minval=0, maxval=59, group='Europe', inline='start')
stopEuropeH = input.int (16, title='Stop (UTC)', minval=0, maxval=23, group='Europe', inline='stop')
stopEuropeM = input.int (0, title=':', minval=0, maxval=59, group='Europe', inline='stop')
colorEurope = input.color(color.new(color.yellow, transp=90), title='Color', group='Europe', inline='color')
// North America
showAmerica = input.bool(true, title='Show America', group='America')
startAmericaH = input.int (12, title='Start (UTC)', minval=0, maxval=23, group='America', inline='start')
startAmericaM = input.int (0, title=':', minval=0, maxval=59, group='America', inline='start')
stopAmericaH = input.int (20, title='Stop (UTC)', minval=0, maxval=23, group='America', inline='stop')
stopAmericaM = input.int (0, title=':', minval=0, maxval=59, group='America', inline='stop')
colorAmerica = input.color(color.new(color.green, transp=90), title='Color', group='America', inline='color')
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// Functions
nocolor=color.new(color.white, transp=100)
// Time session
f_timeSession (H, M) =>
h = H < 10 ? '0' + str.tostring(H) : str.tostring(H)
m = M < 10 ? '0' + str.tostring(M) : str.tostring(M)
t = h + m
// Time period number
f_earlyOffset (P) =>
p = str.tonumber(P) / 60
o = 24 / p
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Calculations
// Plot ahead
earlyOffset = timeframe.isintraday ? math.round(f_earlyOffset(timeframe.period)) : 0
// Weekends
isWkndNormal = dayofweek == dayofweek.saturday or dayofweek == dayofweek.sunday
isWkndOffset = dayofweek == dayofweek.friday or dayofweek == dayofweek.saturday
isWknd = plotEarly ? isWkndOffset : isWkndNormal
// Asia
startAsia = startAsiaH * 100 + startAsiaM
startAsiaStr = f_timeSession(startAsiaH, startAsiaM)
stopAsia = stopAsiaH * 100 + stopAsiaM
stopAsiaStr = f_timeSession(stopAsiaH, stopAsiaM)
asiaOpen = startAsia <= stopAsia ? time(timeframe.period, session=startAsiaStr + '-' + stopAsiaStr) : time(timeframe.period, session='0000-' + stopAsiaStr + ',' + startAsiaStr + '-2359')
// Europe
startEurope = startEuropeH * 100 + startEuropeM
startEuropeStr = f_timeSession(startEuropeH, startEuropeM)
stopEurope = stopEuropeH * 100 + stopEuropeM
stopEuropeStr = f_timeSession(stopEuropeH, stopEuropeM)
europeOpen = startEurope <= stopEurope ? time(timeframe.period, session=startEuropeStr + '-' + stopEuropeStr) : time(timeframe.period, session='0000-' + stopEuropeStr + ',' + startEuropeStr + '-2359')
// America
startAmerica = startAmericaH * 100 + startAmericaM
startAmericaStr = f_timeSession(startAmericaH, startAmericaM)
stopAmerica = stopAmericaH * 100 + stopAmericaM
stopAmericaStr = f_timeSession(stopAmericaH, stopAmericaM)
americaOpen = startAmerica <= stopAmerica ? time(timeframe.period, session=startAmericaStr + '-' + stopAmericaStr) : time(timeframe.period, session='0000-' + stopAmericaStr + ',' + startAmericaStr + '-2359')
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// Plots
bgcolor(timeframe.isintraday and showAsia and asiaOpen and (not isWknd or useWknd) ? colorAsia : na, offset=plotEarly ? earlyOffset : 0)
bgcolor(timeframe.isintraday and showEurope and europeOpen and (not isWknd or useWknd) ? colorEurope : na, offset=plotEarly ? earlyOffset : 0)
bgcolor(timeframe.isintraday and showAmerica and americaOpen and (not isWknd or useWknd) ? colorAmerica : na, offset=plotEarly ? earlyOffset : 0)
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Alerts
Overview
Users can customize the exact start and stop times in UTC for each region, as well as the background fill colors. Additional settings allow traders to include weekend sessions and project market session hours up to one day in advance. It operates primarily on intraday timeframes to visually separate daily trading hours.
- Highlights Asia, Europe, and America trading sessions
- Customizable start and stop hours in UTC
- Option to display sessions one day in advance
- Customizable session background colors
- Weekend session filtering option
Details
Published by
benso87 on GitHub
Type
Indicator, Pine Script v5
Draws
On the price chart
Category
Sessions & time
Markets
Forex, Crypto, Indices
Timeframes
M1-M5, M15-H1
Risk Notes
No repainting, lookahead or stacked entries were found in its code or README. That says nothing about how well it works: test it first.
Settings
The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.
| Setting | Type | Default | Variable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Show sessions 1 day in advance | bool | true | plotEarly |
| Include weekends? | bool | false | useWknd |
| Show Asia | bool | true | showAsia |
| Start (UTC) | int | 23 | startAsiaH |
| : | int | 0 | startAsiaM |
| Stop (UTC) | int | 8 | stopAsiaH |
| : | int | 0 | stopAsiaM |
| Color | color | color.new(color.red, transp=90) | colorAsia |
| Show Europe | bool | true | showEurope |
| Start (UTC) | int | 7 | startEuropeH |
| : | int | 0 | startEuropeM |
| Stop (UTC) | int | 16 | stopEuropeH |
Show all 20 settings
| Setting | Type | Default | Variable |
|---|---|---|---|
| : | int | 0 | stopEuropeM |
| Color | color | color.new(color.yellow, transp=90) | colorEurope |
| Show America | bool | true | showAmerica |
| Start (UTC) | int | 12 | startAmericaH |
| : | int | 0 | startAmericaM |
| Stop (UTC) | int | 20 | stopAmericaH |
| : | int | 0 | stopAmericaM |
| Color | color | color.new(color.green, transp=90) | colorAmerica |
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