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Global Sessions by Back Ground Color
Global Sessions Background Color Indicator
This free TradingView tool visually highlights major global trading sessions directly on your chart using clean, professional color coding. It’s designed to help traders quickly identify periods of high liquidity and overlapping sessions, which often drive volatility and key price movements.
Features:
Session Highlights: Marks Asian, European (London), US (New York), and Overnight sessions with distinct background colors.
Overlap Detection: Special colors for overlapping sessions (e.g., London + New York).
Market Open/Close Alerts: Displays labels for major financial centers when they open or close.
Timezone-Aware: Automatically adjusts to Europe/Amsterdam (modifiable for your needs).
Clean Design: Uses a light, professional color palette for easy chart readability.
Why Use It?
Session timing is critical for spotting breakouts, reversals, and liquidity shifts. This indicator gives traders a clear visual edge without cluttering the chart—perfect for scalpers, day traders, and swing traders.
Completely free for the TradingView community – built by a trader, for traders.
How to Use the Global Sessions Indicator
This indicator automatically highlights major trading sessions on your chart using background colors. It helps you quickly identify when liquidity and volatility are likely to increase.
Color Guide:
Light Sky Blue → Asian Session (Tokyo, Sydney)
Active from 02:00 to 12:00 Amsterdam time. Often quieter but sets early trends.
Light Coral → European Session (London, Frankfurt)
Active from 09:00 to 17:30 Amsterdam time. Brings strong liquidity and trend continuation.
Light Green → US Session (New York, Chicago)
Active from 15:30 to 22:00 Amsterdam time. High volatility, major moves often occur here.
Gold/Yellow → Overnight/Wellington
Active from 23:00 to 02:00 Amsterdam time. Low liquidity, pre-Asia positioning.
Overlap Colors:
Orchid (Pinkish) → Asia + Europe Overlap
Indicates transition from Asia to London—watch for breakouts.
Light Salmon → Europe + US Overlap
The most volatile period of the day—ideal for intraday traders.
Extra Feature:
Labels show market open/close times for major financial centers (e.g., London Open, New York Close).
This free TradingView tool visually highlights major global trading sessions directly on your chart using clean, professional color coding. It’s designed to help traders quickly identify periods of high liquidity and overlapping sessions, which often drive volatility and key price movements.
Features:
Session Highlights: Marks Asian, European (London), US (New York), and Overnight sessions with distinct background colors.
Overlap Detection: Special colors for overlapping sessions (e.g., London + New York).
Market Open/Close Alerts: Displays labels for major financial centers when they open or close.
Timezone-Aware: Automatically adjusts to Europe/Amsterdam (modifiable for your needs).
Clean Design: Uses a light, professional color palette for easy chart readability.
Why Use It?
Session timing is critical for spotting breakouts, reversals, and liquidity shifts. This indicator gives traders a clear visual edge without cluttering the chart—perfect for scalpers, day traders, and swing traders.
Completely free for the TradingView community – built by a trader, for traders.
How to Use the Global Sessions Indicator
This indicator automatically highlights major trading sessions on your chart using background colors. It helps you quickly identify when liquidity and volatility are likely to increase.
Color Guide:
Light Sky Blue → Asian Session (Tokyo, Sydney)
Active from 02:00 to 12:00 Amsterdam time. Often quieter but sets early trends.
Light Coral → European Session (London, Frankfurt)
Active from 09:00 to 17:30 Amsterdam time. Brings strong liquidity and trend continuation.
Light Green → US Session (New York, Chicago)
Active from 15:30 to 22:00 Amsterdam time. High volatility, major moves often occur here.
Gold/Yellow → Overnight/Wellington
Active from 23:00 to 02:00 Amsterdam time. Low liquidity, pre-Asia positioning.
Overlap Colors:
Orchid (Pinkish) → Asia + Europe Overlap
Indicates transition from Asia to London—watch for breakouts.
Light Salmon → Europe + US Overlap
The most volatile period of the day—ideal for intraday traders.
Extra Feature:
Labels show market open/close times for major financial centers (e.g., London Open, New York Close).
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Script de código abierto
Fiel al espíritu de TradingView, el creador de este script lo ha convertido en código abierto, para que los traders puedan revisar y verificar su funcionalidad. ¡Enhorabuena al autor! Aunque puede utilizarlo de forma gratuita, recuerde que la republicación del código está sujeta a nuestras Normas internas.
Exención de responsabilidad
La información y las publicaciones no constituyen, ni deben considerarse como asesoramiento o recomendaciones financieras, de inversión, de trading o de otro tipo proporcionadas o respaldadas por TradingView. Más información en Condiciones de uso.