FXEA365 Forex Session Highlighter
- Indicators
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Kenichiro Sakamoto
I'm Kenichiro Sakamoto, the developer behind FXEA365 — a studio building transparent, rule-based Expert Advisors for MetaTrader 5. - Version: 1.20
- Updated: 20 September 2026
FREE — shades the Tokyo, London and New York trading sessions as high–low boxes directly on your intraday chart, so you always see which market is driving the price.
100% free, no limitations. If it earns a place on your charts, a short review is the one thing that helps us most — it takes 30 seconds and it is what lets other traders find this tool.
Platform: MetaTrader 5 only — there is no MetaTrader 4 edition.
=== WHAT IT DRAWS ===
- One box per session per day: the box spans the session's hours and its exact high–low range.
- Tokyo (default steel blue), London (default sea green), New York (default indian red).
- The last 15 days by default, configurable via InpDaysBack.
- Each session can be toggled on/off individually; boxes can be filled or outline-only.
- The current session's box grows in real time up to the current bar; redraws happen once per bar, so the chart stays light.
=== WHY TRADERS USE IT ===
Session structure is half of intraday context: the Tokyo range often becomes the box London breaks out of, and the London/New York overlap is where most of the day's volatility lives. Seeing 15 days of session boxes at once also makes it obvious which sessions actually move your symbol — and which ones you can skip.
=== SETTINGS ===
- InpDaysBack (default 15): days of history to draw.
- Start/end hour for each session, in broker server time (0–24).
- InpShowTokyo / InpShowLondon / InpShowNY: toggle each session.
- Colours and box fill are configurable.
=== HONEST NOTE ===
Session hours are specified in your broker's server time, and you must check them for your broker. The defaults (Tokyo 2–11, London 10–19, New York 15–24) assume a common GMT+2/+3 style server; if your broker uses a different offset, shift the hours accordingly — the indicator cannot detect this for you, and daylight-saving changes may need a manual adjustment twice a year. The tool is meant for intraday timeframes (M1–H1); on H4 and above the boxes lose their meaning.
=== WHO THIS IS FOR / NOT FOR ===
Right fit: intraday traders on M1 to H1 who want to see at a glance which session is driving price, anyone testing whether their symbol actually moves in Tokyo or only in the London/New York overlap, and anyone who trades session-range breakouts.
Not a fit: swing and position traders on H4 and above, where the boxes stop meaning anything, and anyone who wants the tool to detect their broker's timezone for them — you set the session hours yourself.
=== 5-MINUTE CHART CHECK ===
1) Attach it to an M15 chart of a symbol you trade.
2) Before anything else, settle the timezone. Find a day you remember and check that the London box starts where London volume actually started on your broker's feed. The defaults (Tokyo 2–11, London 10–19, New York 15–24) assume a GMT+2/+3 server.
3) If the boxes are shifted, move every session's start and end hour by the same offset, then re-check.
4) Look across the 15 days of history. Which session's box is consistently the widest on this symbol? That is the session worth trading here.
5) Watch the current session's box extend in real time on the right edge — it should grow, not redraw the earlier boxes.
Remember to re-check the hours after each daylight-saving change; the indicator cannot do this for you.
=== MORE FREE TOOLS FROM US (FXEA365) ===
- Currency Strength Meter 8 Majors: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/190005
- MTF Trend Dashboard: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/185940
- Spread Guard Live Spread: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/185748
- Donchian Trend Engine (free EA): https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/185534
Our other free tools: https://www.mql5.com/en/users/app.develop.sk/seller
If this is useful, a review helps us more than anything else.
If this tool is useful in your trading, a short review on this page would help, good or bad, including anything you would like improved. It helps other traders decide and tells us what to fix next.
100% free, no limitations. If it earns a place on your charts, a short review is the one thing that helps us most — it takes 30 seconds and it is what lets other traders find this tool.
Platform: MetaTrader 5 only — there is no MetaTrader 4 edition.
=== WHAT IT DRAWS ===
- One box per session per day: the box spans the session's hours and its exact high–low range.
- Tokyo (default steel blue), London (default sea green), New York (default indian red).
- The last 15 days by default, configurable via InpDaysBack.
- Each session can be toggled on/off individually; boxes can be filled or outline-only.
- The current session's box grows in real time up to the current bar; redraws happen once per bar, so the chart stays light.
=== WHY TRADERS USE IT ===
Session structure is half of intraday context: the Tokyo range often becomes the box London breaks out of, and the London/New York overlap is where most of the day's volatility lives. Seeing 15 days of session boxes at once also makes it obvious which sessions actually move your symbol — and which ones you can skip.
=== SETTINGS ===
- InpDaysBack (default 15): days of history to draw.
- Start/end hour for each session, in broker server time (0–24).
- InpShowTokyo / InpShowLondon / InpShowNY: toggle each session.
- Colours and box fill are configurable.
=== HONEST NOTE ===
Session hours are specified in your broker's server time, and you must check them for your broker. The defaults (Tokyo 2–11, London 10–19, New York 15–24) assume a common GMT+2/+3 style server; if your broker uses a different offset, shift the hours accordingly — the indicator cannot detect this for you, and daylight-saving changes may need a manual adjustment twice a year. The tool is meant for intraday timeframes (M1–H1); on H4 and above the boxes lose their meaning.
=== WHO THIS IS FOR / NOT FOR ===
Right fit: intraday traders on M1 to H1 who want to see at a glance which session is driving price, anyone testing whether their symbol actually moves in Tokyo or only in the London/New York overlap, and anyone who trades session-range breakouts.
Not a fit: swing and position traders on H4 and above, where the boxes stop meaning anything, and anyone who wants the tool to detect their broker's timezone for them — you set the session hours yourself.
=== 5-MINUTE CHART CHECK ===
1) Attach it to an M15 chart of a symbol you trade.
2) Before anything else, settle the timezone. Find a day you remember and check that the London box starts where London volume actually started on your broker's feed. The defaults (Tokyo 2–11, London 10–19, New York 15–24) assume a GMT+2/+3 server.
3) If the boxes are shifted, move every session's start and end hour by the same offset, then re-check.
4) Look across the 15 days of history. Which session's box is consistently the widest on this symbol? That is the session worth trading here.
5) Watch the current session's box extend in real time on the right edge — it should grow, not redraw the earlier boxes.
Remember to re-check the hours after each daylight-saving change; the indicator cannot do this for you.
=== MORE FREE TOOLS FROM US (FXEA365) ===
- Currency Strength Meter 8 Majors: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/190005
- MTF Trend Dashboard: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/185940
- Spread Guard Live Spread: https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/185748
- Donchian Trend Engine (free EA): https://www.mql5.com/en/market/product/185534
Our other free tools: https://www.mql5.com/en/users/app.develop.sk/seller
If this is useful, a review helps us more than anything else.
If this tool is useful in your trading, a short review on this page would help, good or bad, including anything you would like improved. It helps other traders decide and tells us what to fix next.
