Using Session High-Low Ranges to Map Intraday Trading Levels

Summary

The document describes a MetaTrader indicator that draws daily high-low boxes for the Asia, London, and New York trading sessions. It uses hourly data, adjusts broker timestamps to GMT with a configurable offset, and supports sessions that cross midnight. Each box spans the first through last hourly bar assigned to that session, and a lookback setting controls how many calendar days appear.

The proposed interpretation is to use session boundaries as reference levels for breakouts, liquidity sweeps, and range extensions. The text suggests that a narrow Asian range may precede a move in later sessions, and notes that London-New York overlap can increase activity. It offers no performance tests or empirical evidence for these trading ideas. Session definitions and broker offsets must be configured correctly, and the examples are framed around liquid markets such as gold, major currency pairs, and indices. The indicator marks ranges; it does not itself provide entry, exit, or risk rules.

Key ideas

• The indicator uses hourly bars to calculate each session’s daily high-low range.
• A broker-to-GMT offset and configurable session hours determine which bars belong to each box.
• Session highs and lows can serve as reference levels for breakout or liquidity-based analysis.
• The document presents trading interpretations but provides no backtest or performance evidence.
• Incorrect session hours or broker offsets can misplace the displayed ranges.

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