This Trading View script highlights the trading sessions for New York, European, and Asian markets on the chart and adds labels at the start of each session. The script uses Pine Script version 5 and converts local session times to UTC to accurately display the session times regardless of your local Time zone.
Features :
Session Times: New York: 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM (Eastern Time, GMT-4) European: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM (London Time, GMT+1) Asian: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Tokyo Time, GMT+9)
Background Highlighting: The script shades the background for each session. New York Session: Blue European Session: Green Asian Session: Red Today's sessions are shaded with 90% opacity. Tomorrow's sessions are shaded with 70% opacity.
How It Works :
Session Times Conversion: The script converts the session times from local timezones to UTC using the timestamp function.
Background Coloring: The bgcolor function is used to shade the background for each session.