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Mapping Completed Forex Sessions with Colored Chart Regions

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Summary

This charting script marks the Sydney, Tokyo, London, and New York forex sessions with colored rectangles. Users set each session’s opening hour and duration, allowing past session windows to be overlaid on price data. The colored regions can help traders visually compare price behavior and volatility across session periods.

The script runs once and marks historical data; it is not a continuously updating indicator or an expert advisor, and it does not return data or place trades. It also omits the currently ongoing session until that session is complete. The description offers no volatility measurements, market examples, or evidence that session patterns create a trading advantage, so the markings are exploratory context rather than a tested signal.

Key ideas

  • The script marks four major forex sessions using colored chart rectangles.
  • Opening times and session durations are configurable for each market session.
  • Only completed sessions are highlighted, so the active session is omitted.
  • The script is a historical visualization and does not produce signals or trades.

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ForexVolatilityTechnical indicators

This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.