What it shows
- Active global session windows
- London–New York overlap
- Configurable session times and timezone
Session Lantern
Highlights Asia, London, New York and overlap windows using a configurable timezone.
What it does not do
- Measure broker execution
- Confirm market liquidity
- Account for holidays automatically
3 minutes
How to install
- Open TradingView and select Pine Editor.
- Paste the code below into a new indicator.
- Save, add to chart and adjust inputs for your own test.
Session Lantern.pine
//@version=6
indicator("Chartara — Session Lantern", overlay = true)
// Educational session overlay. Session labels do not imply liquidity or execution quality.
string timezoneInput = input.string("Etc/UTC", "Timezone")
string asiaSession = input.session("0000-0800:23456", "Asia session")
string londonSession = input.session("0800-1600:23456", "London session")
string newYorkSession = input.session("1300-2100:23456", "New York session")
bool showAsia = input.bool(true, "Show Asia")
bool showLondon = input.bool(true, "Show London")
bool showNewYork = input.bool(true, "Show New York")
bool inAsia = showAsia and not na(time(timeframe.period, asiaSession, timezoneInput))
bool inLondon = showLondon and not na(time(timeframe.period, londonSession, timezoneInput))
bool inNewYork = showNewYork and not na(time(timeframe.period, newYorkSession, timezoneInput))
color sessionColor = inLondon and inNewYork ? color.new(#B594FF, 84) : inNewYork ? color.new(#7CA8FF, 88) : inLondon ? color.new(#43D9B3, 88) : inAsia ? color.new(#F4C95D, 90) : na
bgcolor(sessionColor, title = "Active session")
plotchar(inAsia and not inAsia[1], "Asia opens", "A", location.top, color = #C59A25, size = size.tiny)
plotchar(inLondon and not inLondon[1], "London opens", "L", location.top, color = #16A085, size = size.tiny)
plotchar(inNewYork and not inNewYork[1], "New York opens", "N", location.top, color = #4D7FEA, size = size.tiny)
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