Why does the timing of the beginning & ending of 4-hour chart candlestick not match up with Eastern Standard Time?
rd122481:
Your charts are based on the server time, not local time. Server time is the time used by your broker.
Right now it is 12:09 am. The most recent candlestick that I show on my 4-hour chart shows that the candle started at 4:00 am. It is not even 4:00 am in my time zone yet?! What the heck?!
Oh...okay. Is there any way that I can change over to a server that runs on EST? I am currently using MT5 connecting to the Demo server.
rd122481:
Oh...okay. Is there any way that I can change over to a server that runs on EST? I am currently using MT5 connecting to the Demo server.
You have to find a broker who used EST time, but I don't know one, sorry.
Oh...okay. Is there any way that I can change over to a server that runs on EST? I am currently using MT5 connecting to the Demo server.
rd122481:
This is why H4 and D1 are bad timeframes . . .
Right now it is 12:09 am. The most recent candlestick that I show on my 4-hour chart shows that the candle started at 4:00 am. It is not even 4:00 am in my time zone yet?! What the heck?!
So I understand that I need to find a Broker/Server who's timezone is EST. Once I do that, do I just uninstall my copy of MT5 and DL a new copy from that specific broker's website?
rd122481:
So I understand that I need to find a Broker/Server who's timezone is EST. Once I do that, do I just uninstall my copy of MT5 and DL a new copy from that specific broker's website?
Yes
So I understand that I need to find a Broker/Server who's timezone is EST. Once I do that, do I just uninstall my copy of MT5 and DL a new copy from that specific broker's website?
Thank you. :-)
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Right now it is 12:09 am. The most recent candlestick that I show on my 4-hour chart shows that the candle started at 4:00 am. It is not even 4:00 am in my time zone yet?! What the heck?!