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Session Bar/Candle ColoringChange the color of candles within a user-defined trading session. Borders and wicks can be changed as well, not just the body color. PREFACE This script can be used an educational resource for those who are interested in learning Pine Script. Therefore, the script is published open source and is organized in a manner that follows the recommended Style Guide . While the main premise of the indicator is rather simple, the script showcases various things that can be achieved such as conditional plotting, alignment of indicator settings, user input validation, script optimization, and more. The script also has examples of taking into consideration the chart timeframe and/or different chart types (Heikin Ashi, Renko, etc.) that a user might be running it on. Note: for complete beginners, I strongly suggest going through the Pine Script User Manual (possibly more than once). FEATURES Besides being able to select a specific time window, the indicator also provides additional color settings for changing the background color or changing the colors of neutral/indecisive candles, as shown in the image below. This allows for a higher level of customization beyond the TradingView chart settings or other similar scripts that are currently available. HOW TO USE First, define the intraday trading session that will contain the candles to modify. The session can be limited to specific days of the week. Next, select the parts of the candles that should be modified: Body, Borders, Wick, and/or Background. For each of the candle parts that were enabled, you can select the colors that will be used depending on whether a candle is bullish (⇧), bearish (⇩), or neutral (⇆). All other indicator settings will have a detailed tooltip to describe its usage and/or effect. LIMITATIONS The indicator is not intended to function on Daily or higher timeframes due to the intraday nature of session time windows. The indicator cannot always automatically detect the chart type being used, therefore the user is requested to manually input the chart type via the " Chart Style " setting. Depending on the available historical data and the selected choice for the " Portion of bar in session " setting, the indicator may not be able to update very old candles on the chart. EXAMPLE USAGE This section will show examples of different scenarios that the indicator can be used for. Emphasizing a main trading session. Defining a "Pre/post market hours background" like is available for some symbols (e.g., NASDAQ:AAPL ). Highlighting in which bar the midnight candle occurs. Hiding indecision bars (neutral candles). Showing only "Regular Trading Hours" for a chart that does not have the option to toggle ETH/RTH. To achieve this, the actual chart data is hidden, and only the indicator is visible; alternatively, a 2nd instance of the indicator could change colors to match the chart background. Using a combination of Bars and Japanese Candlesticks. Alternatively, this could be done by hiding the main chart data and using 2 instances of the indicator (one with " Chart Style " setting as Bars , and the other set to Candles ). Using a combination of thin and thick bars on Range charts. Note: requires disabling the "Thin Bars" setting for Bar charts in the TradingView chart settings. NOTES If using more than one instance of this indicator on the same chart, you can use the TradingView "Save Indicator Template" feature to avoid having to re-configure the multiple indicators at a later time. This indicator is intended to work "out-of-the-box" thanks to the behind_chart option introduced to Pine Script in October 2024. But you can always manually bring the indicator to the front just in case the color changes are not being seen (using the "More" option in the indicator status line: More > Visual Order > Bring to front ). Many thanks to fikira for their help and inspiring me to create open source scripts. Any feedback including bug reports or suggestions for improving the indicator (or source code itself) are always welcome in the comments section.
Pine Script® indicator
by n00btraders
12
Sessions with High/Low DiffThe main purpose of this indicator is to facilitate backtesting, but it may also be useful for traders to easily identify the current active/open trading sessions on lower-timeframe charts. This indicator also tracks the session high/low difference and plots it as a label on the last candle of the session once the last bar of that session has finished printing and a new candle opened. The position and direction of the label is based on the session open and close - if the session open is greater than the session close (which would equate to the equivalent of a red candle), the label will be printed UNDER the last candle, and vice versa if the session close is above the session open. The number printed inside the label is the difference between the session high and the session low, scaled to the minimum tick value of the chart. Note #1: There is a Pinescript maximum of 500 labels allowed on any chart. While I could have gotten fancy and done some wizardry with label arrays, I didn't really see a point to it. If labels are enabled for all 4 sessions at the same time, that would still have them available for the past 125 sessions, which would be about 6 months (approx 252 trading days per year, and this would cover 125 of them). If you limit to 2 sessions, you double your potential look-back to almost a year (250 days out of the 252 average trading days each year), and for a single session, you double it yet again to just under 2 years. Note #2: As this indicator tracks open, high, low, and close for each session, it can potentially be enhanced (or forked) to construct "session candles". I'm not sure what use this would be to anyone, but the pieces are there should someone find a use for it. While it would be easy to add alerts on sessions opening/closing, I didn't see a purpose or value in that as it would be little more than a glorified alarm clock. If I get enough demand to add them, I will gladly consider it.
Pine Script® indicator
by SamAccountX
1
Session AnchorsDescription This indicator highlights the four main global trading sessions — London, New York AM, New York PM, and Asia — as color-coded boxes on the chart. Each session is defined by fixed start/end times (New York time) and dynamically updates with the evolving high and low during that interval. This provides a clear view of how volatility and structure shift as trading activity passes from one region to another. How to use • Works on any timeframe. • Toggle sessions on/off based on your trading hours. • Observe price behavior as one session closes and another opens. • Use session boxes as context for liquidity, volatility, and structure analysis. Originality This script delivers a clean, customizable visualization of global market hours and session ranges, avoiding extra overlays so traders can isolate session-based behavior without distraction. ⚠️ Disclaimer This indicator does not generate signals. It provides a structural mapping of global sessions for contextual analysis only.
Pine Script® indicator
by theunlockedtrading
1
Session extensions [dani]Session Extension Indicator Description The Session Extensions indicator is a customizable tool designed to visually represent key price levels during a specified trading session. It calculates and displays the high, low, and midpoints of the session, along with extension levels based on user-defined multipliers. These extensions help traders identify potential support and resistance zones beyond the initial session range. This indicator is particularly useful for intraday traders who rely on session-based analysis to make informed decisions. It overlays directly on the chart, ensuring seamless integration with price action. Key Features Session-Based Analysis : Tracks and highlights key price levels (high, low, midpoint) during a specific trading session. Customizable Extension Levels : Allows users to define up to six extension levels (both above and below the session range) with unique multipliers, colors, styles, and widths. Real-Time Updates : Automatically updates during the active session and resets at the start of a new session. Usage Guidelines Add the Indicator to Your Chart : Apply the Session Extensions indicator to your chart to visualize key session-based levels. Intraday Focus : This indicator is optimized for intraday trading. Ensure that the chart's timeframe is set to an intraday interval (e.g., 1-minute, 5-minute). Session Alignment : Verify that the session time aligns with your trading schedule and timezone. Misalignment may result in incorrect session detection. (This indicator use America - New York timezone) Avoid Overcrowding : While the indicator supports multiple extension levels, enabling too many levels simultaneously may clutter the chart. Use discretion when configuring extension levels. Customize Line Styles and Colors : Tailor the appearance of lines and labels to align with your trading style. Use solid, dashed, or dotted lines, and choose colors that enhance visibility without cluttering the chart. Combine with Other Tools : Pair this indicator with other technical analysis tools (e.g., moving averages, volume profiles) to enhance decision-making. Disclaimer & Chat The Session Extensions indicator is intended for educational and analytical purposes only. It does not provide financial advice or guarantee trading success. Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of session times and ensuring proper configuration before using the indicator in live trading. This indicator is not a trading signal generator. Thank you for choosing this indicator! I hope it becomes a valuable part of your trading toolkit. Remember, trading is a journey, and having the right tools can make all the difference. Whether you're a seasoned trader or just starting out, this indicator is designed to help you stay organized and focused on what matters most—price action. Happy trading, and may your charts be ever in your favor! 😊 From, Dani.
Pine Script® indicator
by DreamyDans
7
Session Opening Range Breakout (ORBO)This strategy automates a classic Opening Range Breakout (ORBO) approach: it builds a price range for the first minutes after the market opens, then looks for strong breakouts above or below that range to catch early directional moves. Concept The idea behind ORBO is simple: The first minutes after the session open are often highly informative. Price forms an “opening range” that acts as a mini support/resistance zone. A clean breakout beyond this zone can lead to high-momentum moves. This script turns that logic into a fully backtestable strategy in TradingView. How the strategy works Opening Range Session Default session: 09:30–09:50 (exchange time) During this window, the script tracks: orHigh → highest high within the session orLow → lowest low within the session This forms your Opening Range for the day. Breakout Logic (after the window ends) Once the defined session ends: Long Entry: If the close crosses above the Opening Range High (orHigh), → strategy.entry("OR Long", strategy.long) is triggered. Short Entry: If the close crosses below the Opening Range Low (orLow), → strategy.entry("OR Short", strategy.short) is triggered. Only one opening range per day is considered, which keeps the logic clean and easy to interpret. Daily Reset At the start of a new trading day, the script resets: orHigh := na orLow := na A fresh Opening Range is then built using the next session’s 09:30–09:50 candles. This ensures entries are always based on today’s structure, not yesterday’s. Visuals & Inputs Inputs: Opening range session → default: "0930-0950" Show OR levels → toggle visibility of OR High / Low lines Fill range body → optional shaded zone between OR High and OR Low Chart visuals: A green line marks the Opening Range High. A red line marks the Opening Range Low. Optional yellow fill highlights the entire OR zone. Background shading during the session shows when the range is currently being built. These visuals make it easy to see: Where the OR sits relative to current price How clean / noisy the breakout was How often price respects or rejects the opening zone Backtesting & Optimization Because this is written as a strategy(): You can use TradingView’s Strategy Tester to view: Win rate Net profit Drawdown Profit factor Equity curve Ideas to experiment with: Change the session window (e.g., 09:15–09:45, 10:00–10:30) Apply to different: Markets: indices, FX, crypto, stocks Timeframes: 1m / 5m / 15m Add your own: Stop Loss & Take Profit levels Time filters (only trade certain days / times) Volatility filters (e.g., ATR, range size thresholds) Higher-timeframe trend filter (e.g., only take longs above 200 EMA)
Pine Script® strategy
by AIScripts
Sessioned EMA - Frozen EMA in post market hoursWhy I develop this indicator? In future indices, post market data with little volume distort the moving average seriously. This indicator is to eliminate the distortion of data during low volume post market hours. How to use? There is a time session setting in the indicator, you can set the cash hour time, moving average outside the session will be frozen. What this indicator gives you This indicator give you a more make sense ema pattern, the ema lines are more respected by the prices when you set the session properly. Setup 1. Session setting In US indices, such as NQ, ES etc, when there was data release at 0830 hr, huge volume transaction order appears, that makes the 0830 price data important that should be included in your ema trend line calculating. If that is the case, I will set the session begin from 0830, otherwise, I start the session at 0930. Golden rule : Price with huge volume counts. 2. Time zone The coding is decided for GMT+8 time zone, you may amend the code to fit your timezone.
Pine Script® indicator
by MalibuKenny
2
Svopex Session Highlighter# Session Highlighter ## Description **Session Highlighter** is a powerful Pine Script indicator designed to visually identify and mark specific trading hours on your chart. This tool helps traders focus on their preferred trading sessions by highlighting the background during active hours and marking the session start with customizable visual markers. ## Key Features - **📊 Session Background Highlighting**: Automatically shades the chart background during your defined trading hours (default: 7:00 - 23:00) - **🎯 Smart Session Start Marker**: Places a marker on the last candle before session start, intelligently adapting to your timeframe: - 1 Hour chart: Marker at 6:00 - 15 Minute chart: Marker at 6:45 - 5 Minute chart: Marker at 6:55 - 1 Minute chart: Marker at 6:59 - **🌍 Timezone Support**: Choose from multiple timezones (Europe/Prague, Europe/London, America/New_York, UTC) - **🎨 5 Marker Styles**: Customize your session start indicator: - Triangle - Circle - Diamond - Label with time text - Vertical line - **⚙️ Fully Customizable**: Adjust start/end hours, timezone, and marker style through simple settings ## Settings - **Start Hour**: Set your session start time (0-23) - **End Hour**: Set your session end time (0-23) - **Timezone**: Select your trading timezone - **Marker Style**: Choose your preferred visual marker ## Use Cases - Identify London/New York trading sessions - Mark Asian session hours - Highlight your personal trading windows - Avoid trading during off-hours - Perfect for day traders and scalpers ## Installation 1. Copy the Pine Script code 2. Open TradingView Pine Editor 3. Paste the code and click "Add to Chart" 4. Configure settings to match your trading schedule
Pine Script® indicator
by svopex
Sessions[Lenny Kiruthu]The script below is designed to show up to 4 different trading sessions i.e. London, New York, Tokyo and Sydney sessions, it also displays the days each session is taking place in as well as two horizontal lines one for the previous days high and the other for the previous days low. It also displays a table that shows the user the highest and lowest price for 4 different currency pairs the previous day as well as their current prices and below it a confirmation row that shows whether price is currently above, below or within yesterdays range. Note that it only states "High Broken" or "Low Broken" if the current close is above or below the lines. What you can change Your time zone for example GMT -4 or GMT +3 The session start and end time The colors, border type and border width of the session ranges Displaying the table Ability to choose the 4 symbols to view on the table
Pine Script® indicator
by Lenny_Kiruthu
8
Session Liquidity Raid ModelSession Liquidity Raid Model This indicator helps you understand what each market session is doing with liquidity — without guessing, predicting, or over-complicating things. It tracks the Asia, London, and New York sessions and shows you: Where each session’s highs and lows are Whether those levels have been taken (raided) or are still untouched When New York is likely cleaning up liquidity left by London The basic idea (very simple) If London moves price strongly without taking Asia’s opposite side, New York often comes back to raid London levels first before the real move happens. This indicator makes that process visible at a glance. What it shows on the chart Asia High & Low London High & Low Whether each level is taken or not A simple Bullish / Bearish / Neutral session bias Clean horizontal lines for key session levels No buy or sell signals. No indicators stacked on top of each other. Just context. How to use it Use it to avoid bad trades, not force trades Wait for liquidity to be taken before looking for entries Combine it with your own price action, structure, or FVGs If you trade CME_MINI:NQ1! , this helps you stay aligned with what New York is actually doing, instead of reacting late. Important note This is not a trading strategy and it does not predict the future. It simply shows which session still owes liquidity and which one has already been cleared.
Pine Script® indicator
by deepcryp
Session Breakout/Sweep with alertsThis indicator is based on popular London breakout strategy. but as I noticed that it don't work good with breakouts so I made it to be used as reversal entries as well. By default the timing is set for asian session but you can change it according to your need. Use as breakout Use as liquidity sweep Note: On some pairs the timing changes automatically (I don't know why), if you face this issue , go to settings and set the timing accordingly and save it as templet so that you don't have to change it every time you load the chart with timing issue. I hope you guys find it useful. Do share your though and feedback in comments.
Pine Script® indicator
by a_guy_from_wall_street
14
Session Lines + ATR AnalyticsDescription: Overview: A comprehensive trading tool that combines session visualization with real-time ATR analytics. Perfect for intraday traders who need precise timing and volatility measurements. Features: Session Markers Visual indicators for Asia (00:00-08:00), London (07:00-15:00), and New York (13:00-21:00) trading sessions Color-coded session bands at the bottom of the chart for quick identification Fully customizable session times and colors Hourly Vertical Lines Automatic vertical lines drawn at the start of each hour (works on 1-minute charts) Multiple line styles available: solid, dotted, dashed, arrows Adjustable color and width settings Helps identify exact timing of price movements ATR Tool Real-time candle range measurement Modified ATR calculation (excludes current candle for accuracy) Customizable ATR length and multiplier Live countdown timer showing time remaining in current timeframe Floating label with adjustable offset and styling Date & Timeframe Display Bottom-right watermark showing current date in LA timezone Displays current timeframe with proper units (1m, 5m, 1H, etc.) Useful for backtesting to confirm you're viewing the correct date Best Used For: Day trading and scalping (especially on 1-minute charts) Session-based trading strategies Volatility analysis using ATR Time-based entry and exit planning Settings: All elements are fully customizable through the indicator settings panel, including colors, sizes, visibility toggles, and calculation parameters.
Pine Script® indicator
by Eddie_Rx7
Session Open PricelinesSimple Indicator which shows 5 customizeable Lines for the sessions opening price. I use it with New York Timezone. You can easily modify the code for the time, you can also add more sessions to it. I am no coder and have no idea why the indicator is showing all lines just under m10. I use it with m1 and m3 most of the time. If you know the answer, it would be so cool if you could write me to modify it and make it work in all timeframes.
Pine Script® indicator
by HanDollarian
8
Session breaksThis indicator marks the start of each trading session around the world, starting with Tokyo at 0am UTC, London at 7am UTC, NY at 12pm and Sydney at 9pm, is non-intrusive (light gray vertical lines) and works with both UTC and exchanges' local time and handles DST / timezone offsets as well. You can easily see that sometimes it acts as pivot-point especially on high volume. And last, it is supposed to replace the "Session breaks" option that you can find in "Settings - Appearance" that only displays the end of session for the current exchange.
Pine Script® indicator
by icostan
34