Breakout Scalper (Session)This is a twist on my on my Breakout Scalper strategy that limits trading to a user-configurable session
Find the original "Continuous" version of the scalper here:
The breakout scalper is based on "slow" and "fast" donchian periods. In this version, the "slow" donchian is in fact the Day's high/low. This important difference means that we will always be entering our trades at the day's high or low, so you are exposed to the price making new highs/lows but not to oscillations within the day's range.
Furthermore, the scalper is modified to only enter trades after the start of the user-configured session. Any open trades are closed at the end of the user-configured session. The default session is set to 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM because that's when I like to trade.
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FVG Session Break Strategy with ATR RR🧠 FVG Session Break Strategy with ATR RR — Timezone-Aware, Session-Savvy, and Risk-Calibrated
This strategy captures high-probability reversals and continuations by combining Fair Value Gap (FVG) imbalances with session-based breakout logic and ATR-calibrated risk management. It’s designed for traders who want to exploit structural inefficiencies during key market sessions — with precision and portability across global exchanges.
🔍 Core Logic:
Fair Value Gap Detection: Identifies bullish and bearish FVGs using a 3-bar displacement pattern.
Session Breakout Engine: Tracks session highs and lows (Asian, London, NY) and triggers trades only when price breaks these levels — ensuring trades occur at meaningful inflection points.
ATR-Based RR Control: Dynamically sizes stop-loss and take-profit levels using ATR × multiplier, maintaining consistent risk across volatility regimes.
🌐 Timezone-Aware Session Logic:
Session boundaries are defined in UTC-5 (e.g., NY: 0930–1600) but automatically converted to the exchange’s local timezone using timestamp("Etc/GMT+5", ...). This ensures:
Accurate session detection across all markets and assets
No manual timezone adjustments needed
Robust performance on crypto, forex, and global equities
📈 Visuals:
Session highs and lows plotted in orange
Bullish and bearish FVGs marked with green and red triangles
Strategy entries and exits shown on chart with full RR logic
This strategy is ideal for traders who want to combine structural edge with session context and disciplined risk.
USD Session 8FX - LDN & NY (TF-invariant, Live + Table)What changed
Flexible session window
Removed the old fixed NY end-time selector.
Added new inputs so you can pick start time and length:
London: ldnStartSel (default 08:00) and ldnLenSel with options 45/60/90 minutes.
New York: nyStartSel (default 15:30) and nyLenSel with options 45/60/90 minutes.
The session string used by time(refTF, sess, tz) is now built dynamically as "HHMM-HHMM" from start + length (e.g., 1530-1630).
The label shown in the table (winTxt) auto-formats to HH:MM–HH:MM.
New time helpers
addMinutesHHMM() computes the end time from a "HHMM" start plus a minute length.
makeSess() produces the session string "HHMM-HHMM".
prettySess() converts "HHMM-HHMM" → "HH:MM-HH:MM".
(Kept on one line to avoid the “end of line without line continuation” error.)
Stability & UI fixes
Main table now uses table.new(f_pos(tablePos), ...) directly (no undeclared pos variable).
Trade Gate panel uses a properly initialized gatePosEnum before table.new(...) (fixes “Undeclared identifier”).
Minor cleanups; no logic changes.
What did NOT change
Scoring logic: returns → optional ATR normalization → weights → anti-USD vs USD-base averages → final score.
Thresholds: minAbsScore and live intrath alerts are unchanged.
VWAP Gate logic is the same (price vs VWAP consistency depending on USD Strong/Weak).
Freeze/Lock of values at session end is unchanged.
Alerts (session close bias, live threshold cross, and “Entry hint”) are unchanged.
Why this helps (practical impact)
Longer windows (e.g., NY 60/90, LDN 60/90) usually make the score more robust, filtering noise and reducing false signals—at the cost of a slightly slower signal.
You can now A/B test:
London: 45 vs 60 vs 90
New York: 45 vs 60 vs 90
without touching anything else; the indicator adapts automatically.
How to use
Choose Session (London / New York).
Set the start and length for that session.
The background highlight, the winTxt, and the entry/exit logic all follow the dynamic window.
Quick tips to reduce false signals
Try NY 60 or NY 90 and LDN 60 when volatility is choppy.
Keep ATR normalization ON (useATRnorm = true) for more comparable returns.
Consider raising minAbsScore slightly (e.g., from 0.12 → 0.15–0.20) if you still see noise.
Use the VWAP Gate panel: only act when Bias OK and at least one of the Top-3 pairs shows VWAP OK.
If you want, I can add quick presets (buttons) to jump between LDN 45/60/90 and NY 45/60/90, or plot two Scores side by side for direct comparison.
Aggression Bulbs v3.1 (Sessions + Bias, fixed)EYLONAggression Bulbs v3.2 (Sessions + Bias + Volume Surge)
This indicator highlights aggressive buy and sell activity during the London and New York sessions, using volume spikes and candle body dominance to detect institutional momentum.
⚙️ Main Logic
Compares each candle’s volume vs average volume (Volume Surge).
Checks body size vs full candle range to detect strong directional moves.
Uses an EMA bias filter to align signals with the current trend.
Displays green bubbles for aggressive buyers and red bubbles for aggressive sellers.
🕐 Sessions
London: 08:00–12:59 UTC+1
New York: 14:00–18:59 UTC+1
(Backgrounds: Yellow = London, Orange = New York)
📊 How to Read
🟢 Green bubble below bar → Aggressive BUY candle (strong demand).
🔴 Red bubble above bar → Aggressive SELL candle (strong supply).
Bubble size = relative strength (volume × candle dominance).
Use in confluence with key POI zones, volume profile, or delta clusters.
⚠️ Tips
Use on 1m–15m charts for scalping or intraday analysis.
Combine with your session bias or FVG zones for higher accuracy.
Set alerts when score ≥ threshold to catch early momentum.
DCC Sessions Pro — fixed sessionsDCC Sessions Pro automatically highlights the three main market sessions directly on your candles for a clean and professional chart view.
• Asia (purple): 01:00 – 08:00
• London (blue): 08:00 – 15:30
• US (orange): 15:30 – 23:00
Weekends are automatically excluded so you only see relevant price action.
Perfect for intraday traders who want to track session behavior, volume shifts, and liquidity timing without overlapping colors or messy backgrounds.
Dr.Yazdani V063 Session OR + A-Lines
**ACD Indicator: Mark Fisher's Opening Range Breakout Strategy**
**Overview**
The ACD system, developed by legendary trader Mark Fisher in his book *The Logical Trader*, is a powerful methodology for identifying high-probability trade setups based on the market's opening range (OR). This indicator automates Layers 1 and 2 of the ACD strategy, helping you spot breakout opportunities, trend direction, and key support/resistance levels. Perfect for day traders, scalpers, and swing traders in forex, stocks, futures, or crypto.
**How It Works**
1. **Opening Range (OR)**: Calculated from the high/low of the first X minutes (default: 30-60 min) of major sessions (e.g., Tokyo, London, New York).
2. **A Levels**: Drawn at a percentage (default: 0.5% of OR range or ATR-based) above/below the OR. A breakout above A-Up signals a bullish setup; below A-Down signals bearish.
3. **C Levels**: Wider levels (default: 1-2% or ATR multiplier) for stronger confirmation. Breakouts here confirm trend strength and filter fakeouts.
4. **Pivot Ranges**: Includes daily and N-day pivots to gauge overall market bias (above pivots = bullish; below = bearish).
**Key Features**
- **Customizable Sessions**: Tokyo (00:00-01:00 GMT), London (08:00-09:00 GMT), New York (13:30-14:30 GMT) – adjustable.
- **ATR Integration**: Uses Average True Range for dynamic A/C levels (period: 14 by default).
- **Visual Alerts**: Color-coded lines (green for bullish, red for bearish) + optional labels for breakouts.
- **Pivot Display**: Show/hide daily or multi-day pivots with customizable colors.
- **Risk Management**: Built-in stop-loss suggestions based on OR width.
**Trading Rules**
- **Bullish Setup**: Price breaks and holds above A-Up → Enter long at C-Up confirmation. Target: Next pivot or 1:2 risk-reward.
- **Bearish Setup**: Price breaks below A-Down → Enter short at C-Down.
- **Avoid Fakeouts**: Wait for stabilization (e.g., close above/below level).
- **Trend Filter**: Combine with PMA (Pivot Moving Average) for Layer 3 confirmation (search "ACD PMA" in TradingView).
**Settings Guide**
- **OR Timeframe**: Session start time and duration (e.g., 30 min).
- **A Multiplier (%)**: Distance for A levels (default: 0.5).
- **C Multiplier (%)**: Distance for C levels (default: 1.0).
- **ATR Period**: For volatility-based levels (default: 14).
- **Show Pivots**: Toggle daily/N-day ranges.
This indicator balances supply/demand by analyzing volume and price action within the opening range. Backtest on your favorite pairs (e.g., EURUSD, BTCUSD) and adjust for your style. Not financial advice – always use proper risk management!
**Inspired by**: Mark Fisher's ACD Methodology. Open-source for community review. Questions? Comment below!
#ACD #OpeningRange #Breakout #DayTrading #FisherStrategy
Keks Key Level Fx SessionsThis script is designed to automatically plot and manage key levels for the major FX trading sessions (London, New York, and Asia). It helps traders identify the most relevant price areas that often act as support, resistance, or breakout zones during active market hours.
Key features:
Marks session highs, lows, and midpoints
Visualizes key intraday levels for better market structure analysis
Highlights potential breakout and retest areas
Works across multiple timeframes for flexibility
Clean and minimal chart design to avoid clutter
This tool is especially useful for traders who rely on session-based strategies, such as breakout trading, retests, or range trading, by providing a clear visual guide to the most important price zones.
Indian market session on Gift Nifty chartsGift Nifty Market Session Highlighter
This indicator highlights the official Indian market session on Gift Nifty charts — from 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM IST. It shades the background during this time window so traders can instantly identify when the local market is open.
Features:
Marks 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM (IST) session on intraday charts.
Adjustable highlight color and transparency.
Works seamlessly across lower timeframes (1m, 5m, 15m, etc.).
Helps traders align Gift Nifty activity with NSE market hours.
Use Cases:
Quickly distinguish active market hours from overnight or global sessions.
Backtest trading strategies specific to Indian session volatility.
Improv
e focus on expiry-day setups and intraday opportunities.
Disclaimer:
This tool is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It is not financial advice, nor does it guarantee trading success. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial professional before making investment decisions.
Bearish Breakaway Dual Session-FVGInspired by the FVG Concept:
This indicator is built on the Fair Value Gap (FVG) concept, with a focus on Consolidated FVG. Unlike traditional FVGs, this version only works within a defined session (e.g., ETH 18:00–17:00 or RTH 09:30–16:00).
See the Figure below as an example:
Bearish consolidated FVG & Bearish breakaway candle
Begins when a new intraday high is printed. After that, the indicator searches for the 1st bearish breakaway candle, which must have its high below the low of the intraday high candle. Any candles in between are part of the consolidated FVG zone. Once the 1st breakaway forms, the indicator will shades the candle’s range (high to low). Then it will use this candle as an anchor to search for the 2nd, 3rd, etc. breakaways until the session ends.
Session Reset: Occurs at session close.
Repaint Behavior:
If a new intraday (or intra-session) high forms, earlier breakaway patterns are wiped, and the system restarts from the new low.
Counter:
A session-based counter at the top of the chart displays how many bullish consolidated FVGs have formed.
Settings
• Session Setup:
Choose ETH, RTH, or custom session. The indicator is designed for CME futures in New York timezone, but can be adjusted for other markets.
If nothing appears on your chart, check if you loaded it during an inactive session (e.g., weekend/Friday night).
• Max Zones to Show:
Default = 3 (recommended). You can increase, but 3 zones are usually most useful.
• Timeframe:
Best on 1m, 5m, or 15m. (If session range is big, try higher time frame)
Usage:
See this figure as an example
1. Avoid Trading in Wrong Direction
• No Bearish breakaway = No Short trade.
• Prevents the temptation to countertrade in strong uptrends.
2. Catch the Trend Reversal
• When a bearish breakaway appears after an intraday high, it signals a potential reversal.
• You will need adjust position sizing, watch out liquidity hunt, and place stop loss.
• Best entries of your preferred choices: (this is your own trading edge)
Retest
Breakout
Engulf
MA cross over
Whatever your favorite approach
• Reversal signal is the strongest when price stays within/below the breakaway candle’s
range. Weak if it breaks above.
3. Higher Timeframe Confirmation
• 1m can give false reversals if new lows keep forming.
• 5m often provides cleaner signals and avoids premature reversals.
Summary
This indicator offers 3 main advantages:
1. Prevents wrong-direction trades.
2. Confirms trend entry after reversal signals.
3. Filters false positives using higher timeframes.
Failed example:
Usually happen if you are countering a strong trend too early and using 1m time frame
Last Mention:
The indicator is only used for bearish side trading.
Asian & London Session High/LowThis Pine Script v6 indicator plots the high and low of the Asian and London trading sessions on the chart before the New York session opens.
Asian session is defined from 00:00 to 08:00 (Europe/Sofia time).
London session is defined from 09:00 to 16:30 (Europe/Sofia time).
The session highs and lows are tracked live and updated as new candles form within the session time ranges.
At 16:30, when the New York session opens, all high/low values are reset to na to prepare for the next day.
Horizontal lines are plotted using plot.style_linebr to extend the lines until the next candle.
This tool helps traders identify key support/resistance zones formed during the most active pre-New York hours.
AP Session Liquidity with EQH/EQL and Previous DayThis indicator plots key intraday session highs and lows, along with essential market structure levels, to help traders identify areas of interest, potential liquidity zones, and high-probability trade setups. It includes the Asia Session High and Low (typically 00:00–08:00 UTC), London Session High and Low (08:00–12:00 UTC), New York AM Session High and Low (12:00–15:00 UTC), and New York Lunch High and Low (15:00–17:00 UTC). Additionally, it displays the Previous Day’s High and Low for context on recent price action, as well as automatically detected Equal Highs and Lows based on configurable proximity settings to highlight potential liquidity pools or engineered price levels. These session levels are widely used by institutional traders and are critical for analyzing market behavior during time-based volatility windows. Traders can use this indicator to anticipate breakouts, fakeouts, and reversals around session boundaries—such as liquidity grabs at Asia highs/lows before the London or New York sessions—or to identify key consolidation and expansion zones. Equal Highs and Lows serve as magnets for price, offering insight into potential stop hunts or inducement zones. This tool is ideal for day traders, scalpers, and smart money concept practitioners, and includes full customization for session timings, color schemes, line styles, and alert conditions. Whether you're trading price action, ICT concepts, or supply and demand, this indicator provides a powerful framework for intraday analysis.
RTH Session Highs & LowsA Pine Script indicator designed to track and plot the Regular Trading Hours (RTH) session highs and lows on a chart, typically for U.S. equity markets (e.g., S&P 500, Nasdaq, etc.), which operate from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time.
Session High & Low Lines:
During the RTH session, the indicator draws green and red horizontal lines that represent the highest and lowest price seen so far within that trading session.
These levels help traders identify intraday support (low) and resistance (high) levels.
New High/Low Markers:
Small triangle markers are placed:
Above the bar when a new intraday high is made (green triangle).
Below the bar when a new intraday low is made (red triangle).
This visually flags when momentum may be building or reversing.
Intraday Strategy Support:
Use the session high/low as dynamic support/resistance for scalping or breakout strategies.
For example:
Breakouts above session highs may indicate bullish strength.
Breakdowns below session lows may suggest bearish momentum.
Mean Reversion Tactics:
Prices approaching these lines and then rejecting can be used for mean reversion setups.
Combine with volume or candlestick patterns for confirmation.
Risk Management:
Set stops or targets relative to session highs/lows.
For instance, use session high as a stop-loss level in a short position.
Volatility Gauge:
Tracking how frequently new highs/lows are formed can help assess intraday volatility or range expansion.
Complement with Indicators:
Combine this with our "McGinley Dynamic Channel with Directional Shading" indicator or our "EMA Crossover with Shading" indicator to add context to breakouts or rejections.
matrixx Global Sessions + Good/Premium Spread ZonesSimple (enough) Script that allows you to visualize the major trading sessions, with some QoL stuff, Includes a "Monday Open" bar for reference when zooming out.
By default no one 'session' is turned on; instead, we have;
Good Zone - where spread tends to close up enough for (me) to trade in the 1-minute timezones
Premium Zone - where the tightest spreads tend to happen and I (you?) can get more aggressive with Stop Losses, and moment-to-moment trade accuracy.
The Monday Open - for reference.
You are able to go into the settings and turn these on and off at will, making any combination of 'zones' you prefer, and can colour code them, as well.
Points of Difference;
You can turn on and off any group or set of sessions for an overview;
Additionally, this is coded so that if there is a "Daylight Saving" or other localized timezone shift, it should be reflected correcty, as timezones are calculated based on each sessions' data, not arbitrarily with +/- as most of the other scripts that do similar to this one.
Monday Open
you can toggle sessions, or instead toggle the 'off hour' zones, at will
Futures Globex Session(s)This indicator draws a box around the Globex Session for the various Futures markets. The box height defines the highs and lows of that session, and the width defines the timeframe of that session. The boxes are outlined green if price rose during that period, and red if price fell during that period. The default Globex Session is set for the Equity Index Futures and is set in the UTC-4 time zone (Eastern Time). In the settings you can adjust the session time and time zone of your Globex Session to reflect the trading times of that market. Below are the session times for various Futures markets set in time zone UTC-4.
Equity Indexes: 18:00 - 9:30
(ES, NQ, YM, RTY)
Treasuries: 18:00 - 8:20
(ZN, ZB)
Metals: 18:00 - 8:20
(GC)
Energies: 18:00 - 9:00
(CL, NG)
Agricultures: 20:00 - 9:30
(ZS, ZW)
Volatility Weighted Moving Average + Session Average linesHi Traders !
Just finished my Y2 university finals exams, and thought I would cook up a quick and hopefully useful script.
VWAP + Session Average Lines :
Volatility Weighted Average Price in the standard case is a trading indicator that measures the average trading price for the user defined period, usually a standard session (D timeframe), & is used by traders as a trend confirmation tool.
This VWAP script allows for altering of the session to higher dimensions (D, W, M) or those of lower dimension (H4, or even H1 timeframes), furthermore this script allows the lookback of data to be switched from the standard session to a user defined amount of bars (e.g. the VWAP of 200 bars as opposed to the VWAP of a standard session which contains 95 bars in M15 timeframe for 24/7 traded assets e.g. BTCUSD), lastly this script plots Session VWAP Average Lines (if true in settings) so tradaes can gauge the area of highest liquidity within a session, this can be interpreted as the fair price within a session. If Average lines are increasing and decreasing consistently like a monotonic function this singles traders interest is at higher / lower prices respectively (Bullish / Bearish bias respectively ?), However if Average lines are centered around the same zones without any major fluctuations this signals a ranging market.
VWAP calculation :
VWAP is derived from the ratio of the assets value to total volume of transactions where value is the product of typical price (Average of high, low and close bars / candles) and corresponding bar volume, value can be thought of as the dollar value traded per bar.
How is VWAP used by Institutions / Market movers :
For some context and general information, VWAP is typically used by Market movers (e.g. Hedge funds, Mutual funds ,..., ...) in their trade execution, as trading at the VWAP equals the area of highest market volume, trading in line with the volume of the market reduces transaction costs by minimizing market impact (extra liquidity lowers spreads and lag time between order fills), this overall improves market efficiency.
In my opinion the script is best used with its standard settings on the M15 timeframe, note as of now the script is not functional on certain timeframes, however this script is not intended to be used in these timeframes, i will try fix this code bug as soon as possible.
Custom Trading Session HighlighterThe Custom Trading Session Highlighter is a simple yet powerful indicator that allows you to visualize specific trading sessions on your chart by highlighting the background within the specified time range. This indicator can be helpful for traders who want to focus on specific market hours or analyze the market behavior during certain time periods.
Features:
>Customizable start and end times: Input your desired trading session start and end times using the format "HHMM" (e.g., "0930" for 9:30 AM). The indicator allows you to select the time range in 30-minute intervals.
>Trading session background color: The specified trading session will be highlighted with a semi-transparent green color, making it easy to differentiate the session from the rest of the chart.
>Overlay: The indicator overlays on the price chart, so it doesn't take up any additional space on your screen.
How to use:
>Add the Custom Trading Session Highlighter to your chart.
>Configure the start and end times of the session you want to highlight using the input fields in the indicator settings.
>Observe the highlighted trading session on your chart to analyze market behavior within that specific time range.
Daily Session Windows background highlight indicatorIn intraday studies of stock indexes and Forex I have this weird habit of highlighting premarket, core session, lunch break and extended session with different backgrounds. If done by hand, this is tedious work that has to be repeated daily.
I think this feature should be built-in in TradingView. But it isn't.
For a few months now, I have been using this tiny indicator that does precisely that job. It saved me literally hours of focus time and mistakes. I have decided to revamp it and release it. I'm sure it can be useful to others.
Features:
Background color highlighting for premarket , core session , lunch hour and extended session of the trading day.
Session timing preset to match US session, but can be customized.
Can be enabled or disabled on a day of the week basis, including week-end.
Timezone is selectable, matches the chart's instrument but can be set independently to track a different timezone.
Not affected by the timezone you decided to assign to the chat's time scale.
Ready for stock indexes, but can be used to highlight Forex sessions too.
BTMM OFJ FOR BEST RESULTS PLEASE SWITCH TO LINE CHART OR DISABLE THE CHART CANDLES. BELOW IS A LINE WITH OPACITY TURNED DOWN TO 15%
ASIA, LONDON, AND NEW YORK SESSIONS CAN BE CUSTOMIZED (1ST 3 HRS DEFAULT)
VOLUME CANDLES CAN BE APPLIED WITH SUPPLY AND DEMAND OR MARKET MAKER METHOD. IN A STRONG TREND YOU WANT TO SEE REPEATED HIGH VOLUME CLUSTERS IN THE DIRECTION OFTHE TREND AND FADING LOW VOLUME ON THE RETRACE
BASICK KEY LEVELS WEEKLY INITIAL BALANCE (MONDAY+TUESDAY HIGHEST HIGH AND LOWEST LOW) YESTERDAY AND LASY WKHI/LO
QUICK APPLICATON
Pre and Market OpeningsPre and Market Openings is to enable you to quickly visualize the opening markets and how they could influence trading.
The below script has used the market time data from the below links:
Tokyo/Asia www.tradinghours.com
London www.tradinghours.com
New York www.tradinghours.com
The below script aims to plot:
Daily Asia Open
Weekly Asia Open
Daily London Open
Weekly London Open
Daily New York Open
Weekly New York Open
Using background colour it also shows market sessions (pre-market) for London and New York and regular for London, New York and Asia.
There is also plotted text for days of the week and sessions.
As you can see from the picture below that these market openings can act as support and resistance:
BTC
ETH
5-Min ORB - NY Session5-Minute Opening Range Breakout (ORB) - NY Session Indicator
This TradingView indicator identifies and plots the Opening Range Breakout (ORB) based on the first 5-minute candle of the New York trading session.
Key Features:
Automatic Detection: Automatically detects the NY session open (default 9:30 AM ET, fully customizable) and captures the high/low of the first 5-minute bar
Multi-Timeframe Support: Works on any chart timeframe (1-min, 3-min, 15-min, etc.) by requesting 5-minute data
Dynamic Price Targets: Calculates both bullish (above ORB high) and bearish (below ORB low) price targets based on the opening range size
Configurable Targets: Set up to 10 price target levels on each side, with targets spaced proportionally to the ORB range
Extended Lines: All lines automatically extend ahead of the current bar by a configurable number of minutes for better forward visibility
Price Labels: Optional price labels display exact values at the end of each level
Midpoint Line: Optional dashed midpoint line shows the center of the opening range
Custom Styling: Fully customizable colors and transparency for all lines and labels
How It Works:
The indicator measures the distance between the ORB high and midpoint, then projects additional targets at equal intervals above the high (bullish targets in green) and below the low (bearish targets in red).
Why Use a 5-Minute ORB?
Tighter Range: The 5-minute opening range is typically smaller than the 15-minute range, providing more precise entry and exit levels
Earlier Signals: Breakouts are identified sooner, allowing for faster reaction times
Scalping-Friendly: Ideal for day traders and scalpers who prefer shorter timeframes and quicker price movements
Higher Probability Zones: The narrower range often creates more reliable support/resistance levels for intraday trading
Best Practices:
Works best on liquid instruments with high volume during NY session open
Combine with volume analysis to confirm breakout validity
Consider using the first target as a take-profit level for quick scalps
Watch for false breakouts within the first 15-30 minutes of the session
5-Minute Opening Range Breakout (ORB) - NY Session IndicatorThis TradingView indicator identifies and plots the Opening Range Breakout (ORB) based on the first 5-minute candle of the New York trading session.
Key Features:
Automatic Detection: Automatically detects the NY session open (default 9:30 AM ET, fully customizable) and captures the high/low of the first 5-minute bar
Multi-Timeframe Support: Works on any chart timeframe (1-min, 3-min, 15-min, etc.) by requesting 5-minute data
Dynamic Price Targets: Calculates both bullish (above ORB high) and bearish (below ORB low) price targets based on the opening range size
Configurable Targets: Set up to 10 price target levels on each side, with targets spaced proportionally to the ORB range
Extended Lines: All lines automatically extend ahead of the current bar by a configurable number of minutes for better forward visibility
Price Labels: Optional price labels display exact values at the end of each level
Midpoint Line: Optional dashed midpoint line shows the center of the opening range
Custom Styling: Fully customizable colors and transparency for all lines and labels
How It Works:
The indicator measures the distance between the ORB high and midpoint, then projects additional targets at equal intervals above the high (bullish targets in green) and below the low (bearish targets in red).
Why Use a 5-Minute ORB?
Tighter Range: The 5-minute opening range is typically smaller than the 15-minute range, providing more precise entry and exit levels
Earlier Signals: Breakouts are identified sooner, allowing for faster reaction times
Scalping-Friendly: Ideal for day traders and scalpers who prefer shorter timeframes and quicker price movements
Higher Probability Zones: The narrower range often creates more reliable support/resistance levels for intraday trading
Best Practices:
Works best on liquid instruments with high volume during NY session open
Combine with volume analysis to confirm breakout validity
Consider using the first target as a take-profit level for quick scalps
Watch for false breakouts within the first 15-30 minutes of the session
Multi-Session Viewer and AnalyzerFully customizable multi-session viewer that takes session analysis to the next level. It allows you to fully customize each session to your liking. Includes a feature that highlights certain periods of time on the chart and a Time Range Marker.
It helps you analyze the instrument that you trade and pinpoint which times are more volatile than others. It also helps you choose the best time to trade your instrument and align your life schedule with the market.
NZDUSD Example:
- 3 major sessions displayed.
- Although this is NZDUSD, Sydney is not the best time to trade this pair. Volatility picks up at Tokyo open.
- I have time to trade in the evening from 18:00 to 22:00 PST. I live in a different time zone, whereas market is based on EST. How does the pair behave during the time I am available to trade based on my time zone? Time Range Marker feature allows you to see this clearly on the chart (black lines).
- I have some time in the morning to trade during New York session, but there is no way I am waking up at 05:00 PST. 06:30 PST seems doable. Blue highlighted area is good time to trade during New York session based on what Bob said. It seem like this aligns with when I am available and when I am able to trade. Volatility is also at its peak.
- I am also available to trade between London close and Tokyo open on some days of the week, but... based on what I see, green highlighted area is clearly showing that I probably don't want to waste my time trading this pair from London close and until Tokyo open. I will use this time for something else rather than be stuck in a range.
Pre-London & London Session (Auto DST) MMMThis indicator automatically marks the Pre-London and London Open sessions for any trading day, with full U.S. Daylight Saving Time (DST) adjustment.
It’s ideal for traders backtesting Gold (XAUUSD) or other pairs sensitive to London liquidity, as it dynamically shifts between UTC-4 and UTC-5 to stay perfectly aligned with institutional session timing.
Features:
🕑 Auto-detects whether the date falls under U.S. Daylight or Standard Time
🟧 Highlights Pre-London session (2 a.m.–3 a.m. EDT / 1 a.m.–2 a.m. EST)
🟩 Highlights London session (3 a.m.–5 a.m. EDT / 2 a.m.–4 a.m. EST)
⚙️ No manual adjustments needed — fully automatic for any backtest date
📈 Perfect for ICT, Smart Money, and liquidity-based session strategies
Recommended settings:
Chart timezone: New York
Works on all symbols and timeframes
