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Trading Sessions & Market Status

Guide to standard/extended trading hours and market status calculations.

Exchange Trading Sessions

Description: Defines core market operating schedules (US Stocks: 09:30-16:00 EST, Indian Stocks: 09:15-15:30 IST, Forex: 24h weekdays, Crypto: 24/7/365).

Practical Uses

Determining if the asset market is open, closed, or operating under extended hours.

How to Draw / Use

Status resolves dynamically based on active symbol and displays on the top toolbar status widget.

Extended Trading Hours

Description: Draws shaded boxes indicating pre-market and post-market trading sessions for supported US stock symbols.

Practical Uses

Visualizing price movements outside standard market session limits.

How to Draw / Use

Select 'Extended Hours' checkbox in the style preferences menu to render session overlays.

Session Break Dividers

Description: Plots vertical dotted grid lines on the chart representing session or daily boundaries.

Practical Uses

Easily identifying trading day breaks and gaps.

How to Draw / Use

Enable 'Session Breaks' under scale settings properties.