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Candle Color [AY¹]

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Visually highlight specific time periods with custom colors on intraday charts.
Ideal for session-based traders who want to emphasize New York, London or any custom trading hours. Developed by AY¹
Candle Color Highlighter [AY¹]
A simple yet powerful intraday visualization tool that colors candles or chart background during your chosen trading sessions.
Perfect for traders who rely on time-based confluences — such as ICT, SMC, or session scalping frameworks.
🔧 Key Features

✅ Highlight up to four custom time periods (e.g. London Open, NY Open, Lunch Hour, etc.)
✅ Supports multiple highlight styles:
 • Bar Color only
 • Background only
 • Both
✅ Full timezone control (Exchange, UTC, New York, London, Tokyo, or custom UTC+3)
✅ Works on all intraday timeframes or only those you select (1m–4h).
✅ Optional labels marking session starts.
✅ Integrated alerts when any period becomes active.
✅ Informative status table showing timezone, timeframe, and active period.

🕒 Use Cases

Highlight New York Killzone (07:30–09:30) or London Open (02:00–03:00)

Separate different liquidity windows

Emphasize your backtest periods

Combine with volume, displacement, or structure indicators for time-based confluence setups

🎨 Customization

Each of the four configurable periods allows you to choose:

Start/End time

Custom color and transparency

Session label visibility

Highlight style preference

💡 Example Setup
Period Session Time Color Notes
Period 1 02:00–03:00 Magenta London Killzone
Period 2 07:30–08:30 Yellow NY Pre-market
Period 3 08:30–09:30 Blue NY Open
Period 4 09:30–10:00 Green Initial Balance

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