OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
Example - Custom Defined Dual-State Session
Updated
This script example aims to cover the following:
Articles and further reading:
Reason for Study:
Before considering writing this example I had seen multiple similar questions
asking how to go about creating custom timeframes or sessions, so it seemed
this might be a good topic to attempt to create a relatively generic example.
- defining custom timeframe / session windows
- gather a price range from the custom period ( high/low values )
- create a secondary "holding" period through which to display the data collected from the initial session
- simple method to shift times to re-align to preferred timezone
Articles and further reading:
Reason for Study:
- Educational purposes only.
Before considering writing this example I had seen multiple similar questions
asking how to go about creating custom timeframes or sessions, so it seemed
this might be a good topic to attempt to create a relatively generic example.
Release Notes
Minor quick-fix update.- Adjusted license info in header, it's a freely usable example.
- Updated variable naming conventions inside `f_captureSessionHL()` - now all prefixed with `_`
Open-source script
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