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MT4 has serious limitations and doesn't allow you to hide or selectively choose time series so i have built for MT5.

You can create a demo mt5 with your broker or change to mt5 and use the following code.

The start hour is set to the time when the session starts you need to set this based on your broker and End hour is supposed to be set to the last hour when the session ends.

The other setting are candle colors etc.

The down side you are going to have to open this as another chart as its going to hide all the current candles and will only show the candle if it within the specified time.

Download here:

https://media.mytradingland.com/prop/5869797965654rfhgu687897780.ex5

Do give feedback on the usage and any changes that you may need.

Hope this helps..

i have been able to install the indicator but I dont understand what to input for session start and session end hours

Does it mean if I want to look at the London session only then I will input the start hour for the London session and the end hour for the London session?

My brokers time is UTC+2 so I guess for the London session I will put 9 for the open and 15 for the close

Its looking like this now, this is showing the London sessions

Also want to ask if deleting the entire indicator is the only way to remove it and go back to normal chart viewing

Some feedback on the indicator:

1. The open and close times are difficult to set precisely had to do trial and error till it corresponded with Nigeria's time zone. And this varies for different instruments.

2. For some instruments the charts refuse to display when you change the session open/close times from the default

1. The open and close times are difficult to set precisely had to do trial and error till it corresponded with Nigeria's time zone. And this varies for different instruments.

I set the values for XM, since i can't know for sure what broker you use i could not have set the values beforehand. It was intended for the user to set the value.

I agree some instruments need special tweaking we could simplify that process but since every broker is different you really can't have fixed default.

2. For some instruments the charts refuse to display when you change the session open/close times from the default.

Some instruments don't trade 24/7 there may be an issue there, you would have to let me know the exact instrument and broker for that.

Could you please give me the name of the instrument, and which broker is it. This will need addressing.

Workspace management:

You can manage various charts in MT5 add it to another chart where you just view the sessions. That way you can plot the levels on session. (see first image)

To answer a previously asked question, yes you would have to remove the indicator for chart to become normal.

I had posted an example of a chart where the candles don't vanish at all the selected session candles have a fixed color rest all show same color.(see second image)

the instrument that refused to display was us30 but I noticed it is when I change the session times to contain hours and minutes for example 13:30

the instrument that refused to display was us30 but I noticed it is when I change the session times to contain hours and minutes for example 13:30

Pls I would also like to know how many hours you capture for a session. for example the London session is from 8 am to 4 pm so am I going to capture the entire London session (plus NY overlap)?

the instrument that refused to display was us30 but I noticed it is when I change the session times to contain hours and minutes for example 13:30

Overnight fall has pushed the current session out of the trading range of last 2 sessions.

I am attaching charts relevant here when we were in the area.

21st May

22nd May

London Session :
First bar is 6AM London time and last bar 12 PM London time.

US session:
First bar is 12PM London time and last bar is 7PM London time.

London Session:
Since Lagos Nigeria and London are in the same time zone, when it is 6AM in Nigeria that is when your session will start and end at 12 Noon.

See the images attached it shows the candles. You can find the exact ones in yourr chart and change the settings.

You can see the hidden candles in the box i have drawn showing support. That is because the candles are just white in color but they are still on the chart.

I tried to replicate your issue but i couldn't. When i filled in the 30 minute all bars were visible could you post a screenshot.

But i can understand setting the hour and minute value to say 830 in my broker will not show the first 30 minute on the hourly chart. That is because as far as MT5 knows on hourly chart its candle should start at either 8 or 9 and when you set 830 it skips the 8 candle. It is by design and you cant fix it. So when i am on 30 minute time frame i am able to see the chart starting at 830, see attached image number 1.

Notice that both charts start at 830 and end at 1430 in the settings but on hourly, the chart is skipping a few candles but on 30 minute they all show it is for the reason i have already mentioned.

See Image 2:
Setting the value to 45 i have to change my timeframe to 15 minute to see the missing candles same issues as with 30 minute.

If you are setting minute value you need to change timeframe to that resolution to visualize the candles as Mt5 can't magically show the candles of the next 30 minutes on your 1 hour timeframe just because you have set that in your indicator..