SessionsMT5 Indicator
Trading Session Highlighter
Tokyo, London, and NY session times — right on your chart.
Tokyo, London, New York — the trading hours of all three major sessions are displayed as colored boxes directly on your chart. See at a glance how price behaved during each session, making it easy to build time-of-day awareness into your strategy.
What It Does
- ✓Draws boxes for the Tokyo, London, and NY sessions
- ✓Visualizes the high-low range of each session
- ✓Each session can be shown or hidden, with customizable colors and start times
- ✓Can look back and display several days of history
Key Parameters
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| InpDaysBack | 15 | Number of days to look back and draw |
| InpShowTokyo | true | Whether to display the Tokyo session |
| InpTokyoStart | 2 | Tokyo session start time (server time, in hours) |
| InpLondonStart | 10 | London session start time (server time, in hours) |
| InpFill | true | Whether to fill the session boxes with color |
Installation
- 1Place the .mq5 file in MT5's data folder → MQL5/Indicators
- 2Compile in MetaEditor (or restart MT5)
- 3Drag and drop the indicator from the Navigator panel onto a chart
Disclaimer
Session times are specified in broker server time. GMT offset varies by broker, so adjust the start and end times to match your trading environment.
Other Indicators