Features
- The pips on every box: a quiet session and a busy one are easy to tell apart at a glance.
- No GMT offset to work out: the boxes follow your broker's clock by themselves.
- Right all year: each session keeps its own city's hours and summer time.
- The overlap in its own box: the hours when London and New York are both open stand out.
- The next sessions as dotted boxes: you can plan the day before it starts.
- A panel with the times: your broker's clock, the open session and when the next one opens.
- Session alerts: a sound, a pop up, an email or a push notification on your phone when a session opens.
How to Use the Forex Session Indicator
Look at which box you are in before you take a trade. On EURUSD, over 58 trading days from the middle of July to the end of September 2026, the Tokyo session reached 30 pips on 4 days, and the London session on 36. A target that needs 30 pips belongs in the London session or the New York session.
If you only have a few hours a day, use the purple box. The overlap is three hours long, and on almost two days out of three it moved more than the whole Tokyo session.
Input Settings
| Input and default | What it does |
|---|
Broker GMT offset
Automatic | Places the boxes on your broker's clock. Choose Manual to type the offset. |
Days of past sessions
10 | How many past days are drawn. |
Tokyo box (each session has one)
Filled box | Filled box, Outline only or Hidden. Sydney and Frankfurt start hidden. |
Opens at, hour / Closes at, hour
8 / 16 | The session's hours in its own city's local time. |
Hide above this timeframe
H4 | Hides the boxes on higher timeframes. |
Push Notifications
true | Sends the session alert to your phone. |
Pro Tip
Turn on Push Notifications and add your MetaQuotes ID in MetaTrader. The London open then reaches your phone, so you can leave the chart through the quiet Tokyo hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it free for MT4 and MT5?
Yes. Both versions are a free download, with the same boxes and alerts.
Do I need to set my broker's GMT offset?
No. The indicator reads your broker's clock and places the boxes by itself.
Does it change with summer and winter time?
Yes. Sydney, Frankfurt, London and New York each follow their own summer time, so the boxes move with the clocks.
Does it repaint?
A closed session keeps its box and its number. The open session grows with each new high and low until it closes.
