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Date/Time: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:25:47 +0000
What does session times mean in chart settings?
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| [2022-03-11 15:43:01] |
| Sivle - Posts: 67 |
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i dont understand what session times mean ? session times is located in chart settings under main settings. There is a start time and end time and there is use evening sessiions, and there is a evening start and evening end time what does this mean? i am located in sweden. i know that cme trading hours is open in swedish time from sunday 18:00 to friday 17:00 and every day there is a halt from 16:15 to 16:30 and then the market is open for 30 mins to 17:00 and from 17:00 to 18:00 its closed. i am not planning to trade between 16:00 to 17:00 do i need to change the time in my session times ? or should i leave it there as it is because there was there by it self from the beginning i will upload a picture of the table session times https://i.postimg.cc/xTPJC7zn/session-time.jpg i appreciate all help |
| [2022-03-11 16:13:19] |
| Tony - Posts: 555 |
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Which instrument are you trading?
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| [2022-03-11 16:44:15] |
| Sivle - Posts: 67 |
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micro emini s&p 500 and micro nasdaq futures. |
| [2022-03-11 17:16:56] |
| Sawtooth - Posts: 4185 |
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Since US Daylight Savings changes on different days than Sweden, you should set the Sierra Chart time zone to New York. Global Settings >> Time Zone Settings Then set the chart's Session Times to match the symbol's trading hours in the chosen timezone. For a 24Hr chart: Start Time: 09:30:00 End Time: 09:29:59 The chart's Session times are used by studies that have the option to reset at start of trading day. Chart Session Times: Session Times Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-03-11 17:35:37
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| [2022-03-11 23:43:54] |
| Sivle - Posts: 67 |
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Then set the chart's Session Times to match the symbol's trading hours in the chosen timezone. For a 24Hr chart: Start Time: 09:30:00 End Time: 09:29:59 ok, so i live in sweden and i should change my timezone to New york ? but cme trading hours are: Sunday 5:00 p.m. - Friday 5:45 p.m. CT with no reporting Monday - Thursday 5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CT why should i set Start Time: 09:30:00 End Time: 09:29:59 ? i hope you understand what i mean, but i think i have misunderstood the whole thing, i dont know. |
| [2022-03-12 00:21:34] |
| Sawtooth - Posts: 4185 |
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If you are trading futures of the CME in the USA, you should set your Sierra Chart timezone as if you lived in the USA. If you set your Sierra Chart time zone to New York, the Regular Trading Hours for the ES are 09:30:00 to 16:44:59 If you are not flat by 16:44:59 ET, your position is considered an overnight trade and your account balance must be sufficient to meet the Initial Margin amount, or your position will be liquidated. If you set your Sierra Chart time zone to Chicago, the Regular Trading Hours for the ES are 08:30:00 to 15:44:59 If you are not flat by 15:44:59 CT, your position is considered an overnight trade and your account balance must be sufficient to meet the Initial Margin amount, or your position will be liquidated. If you want to trade during Globex hours, set the Session Times to encompass 24 hrs, like this: 09:30:00 to 09:29:59 (ET, New York time) If you want to trade during Globex hours, set the Session Times to encompass 24 hrs, like this: 08:30:00 to 08:29:59 (CT, Chicago time) The reason the Start time is set to the Regular Trading Hours start time is so that studies that have the option to reset at the start of the trading day, will use the Start Time as the reset time. |
| [2022-03-12 06:18:42] |
| Tony - Posts: 555 |
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So, I assume your time zone is GMT+1? I live in Time Zone GMT-8, but I actually set my time zone to GMT+1, since I write my own Sierra studies, by setting time zone to GMT+1, my session time will be from midnight to midnight (Start Time: 00:00:00, End Time: 23:00:00, 'Use Evening Session' set to 'No', 'New Bar At Session Start' set to 'Yes', and 'Weekend Data' is set to 'Do Not Load Weekend Data'), which means all the bars printed in the same session also on the same date, that simplifies my coding dramatically. If I do need to display local time on my chart, all I have to do is minus 9 hours from internal time (you don't have to :). If you have to use evening session (totally unnecessarily in my opinion), that would be session from 15:30:00 to 23:00:00, evening session from 00:00:00 to 15:29:59 The only difference is, because day light saving schedules are different (Swedish schedule is 2-week shorter than North America's), my day light saving schedule is set from 11am (which is 2am on west coast) on second Sunday in March, to 11am on first Sunday in November. To make that happen, you will have to select "Other/Custom DST..." from the Time Zone (List), instead of a specific city, and manually set the numbers (UTC Offset=+01:00, Daylight Saving Time/Summer Time=Yes, etc.). See attached image. You might want have the same settings, so the most trading activities happen for you would always be 15:30 to 22:00 when US stock market opens. Just be aware there are two weeks (March and November each) every year, that time display on Sierra Chart is one hour ahead your local time (when US stock market opens 14:30 your local time). Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-07-26 20:45:09
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| [2022-07-23 15:24:57] |
| Technical - Posts: 158 |
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The optimal setup would be for Sierra Chart to use the operating system's time & timezone. For chart session-times might be an offset value of the OS timezone. Consistency is the key. When someone shares a chart book or you download one from a vendor, there is a lot of backend legwork to do to get the chart-settings configured correctly. It's easy to make a mistake. This is could be solved by designing the software to reference the OS settings Global-Settings or perhaps use a universal ASCII configuration file for session times. |
| [2022-07-25 13:15:40] |
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Here is the documentation for Session Times: Chart Session Times No we definitively do not agree with using the operating system time zone. That is a massive mistake. Sierra Chart then becomes victimized by the operating system. When you share a chart, you just need to make sure you set the time zone within that chart itself: Time Zone Setting: Using Different Time Zone in Individual Charts And then you just use this command to translate the symbols and the necessary Symbol Settings like the tick size and other Symbol Settings automatically change as needed within the chart: Edit Menu: Edit >> Translate Symbols To Current Service Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-07-25 13:17:39
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| [2022-07-25 14:12:15] |
| Technical - Posts: 158 |
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I respectfully disagree. I recently bought a chartbook from a Sierra Chart user. It has many charts and few are linked because it doesn't apply in this configuration. My point is: Upon receiving a chartbook, I have to go and tweak the time zone and session times on every single chart. Updates? Same tedious exercise. Over and Over. Were Sierra to use offsets the chart book would require minimal reconfiguration. It seems logical to help others promote your product. |
| [2022-07-25 15:05:32] |
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Was the time zone set individually in each chart and the charts were not set to use the Global Time Zone? There is no possibility we would ever rely upon the operating system time zone. This would never happen. It is so problematic for so many reasons. And we completely fundamentally disagree with it. However, we do not understand how using an offset from the operating system time zone accomplishes anything. When the operating system time zone changes, that can and will change the charts to a completely different and unintended time zone and a nonexistent time zone in some cases. And when there are different daylight savings time rules between time zones, it is further nonsensical to even do this. Also in newer versions of Sierra Chart, when you change the time zone within a chart, the Session Times automatically adjust by the change an offset of the difference between the two time zones. We verified right now that this does work properly. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-07-25 15:35:45
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| [2022-08-22 20:15:37] |
| Technical - Posts: 158 |
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Ok, then if you do not see the OS timezone as a local standard, how about offering the ability to set the timezone for a chart book via an offset? It is very tedious to adjust the time zone and session times on every single chart and internal times on numerous studies. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-09-22 13:32:35
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| [2022-08-24 19:04:50] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 18809 |
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The only thing that we can do is add a new Chart Linking option to link the time zone between charts within the same Chartbook that have the same Link Number. And also currently Session Times can be linked, and that also includes the time zone. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-08-24 19:05:23
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| [2022-09-08 15:55:24] |
| Technical - Posts: 158 |
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I am starting to better understand the issue. If someone shares a chartbook set to their timezone (like EST, not global) then changing it to my Timezone appears to correct the charts start/end time settings. If theirs is set to Global Timezone, then I have to manually select every chart and hand tweak the session start end times for each chart in the book. |
| [2022-09-14 18:32:53] |
| Technical - Posts: 158 |
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Let me also ask that the setting adjust the Studies as well. There are times set in several studies and these can be difficult to find and correct.
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