OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
Candle Color [AY¹]

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
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
Script open-source
In pieno spirito TradingView, il creatore di questo script lo ha reso open-source, in modo che i trader possano esaminarlo e verificarne la funzionalità. Complimenti all'autore! Sebbene sia possibile utilizzarlo gratuitamente, ricorda che la ripubblicazione del codice è soggetta al nostro Regolamento.
Declinazione di responsabilità
Le informazioni ed i contenuti pubblicati non costituiscono in alcun modo una sollecitazione ad investire o ad operare nei mercati finanziari. Non sono inoltre fornite o supportate da TradingView. Maggiori dettagli nelle Condizioni d'uso.
Script open-source
In pieno spirito TradingView, il creatore di questo script lo ha reso open-source, in modo che i trader possano esaminarlo e verificarne la funzionalità. Complimenti all'autore! Sebbene sia possibile utilizzarlo gratuitamente, ricorda che la ripubblicazione del codice è soggetta al nostro Regolamento.
Declinazione di responsabilità
Le informazioni ed i contenuti pubblicati non costituiscono in alcun modo una sollecitazione ad investire o ad operare nei mercati finanziari. Non sono inoltre fornite o supportate da TradingView. Maggiori dettagli nelle Condizioni d'uso.