OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT

Custom HTF candle overlay, ICT True Day

Updated
-input your own session time for custom 'daily' or HTF candles to overlay on your lower time frame charts.

-based on ICT's notion of 'True Day'.
-customize the HTF candles to any start/end time.
-set lookback period/cutoff in days (i.e. backtesting vs only viewing recent price action).
-option to toggle on/off custom opening price line.
-works across all lower time frames.

~useful for visualizing the chunks of the day where the action tends to happen.
~useful for other session times intraday; to be visualized as a single custom HTF candle.
Release Notes
-added option to plot wick midpoint lines (default off)
Release Notes
-added tooltip
Release Notes
-added wick midline color option
Release Notes
-Two Session Day: added option to plot HTF overlay candles for 2 distinct sessions in the day
-Weekly Candle: added option to plot one HTF overlay weekly candle

~sidenote: if you find the indicator status line annoyingly long, go to chart settings>>status line, and toggle off 'arguments'
Release Notes
Two session HTF overlay for opening hour and closing hour Nasdaq 5min chart:
snapshot

Weekly candle overlay on ES hourly chart with wick midlines (CE of Wicks):
snapshot
Release Notes
-fix color formatting error
Release Notes
-changed syminfo.timezone to "America/New_York" so the input sessions are in line with NY time (no need to adjust by 1hr anymore)
Release Notes
-Added optional HTF Body CE lines / midlines (default is toggled OFF)
Release Notes
-Added box border color & width options.
Default is invisible border; select color AND increase transparency to show border.
Release Notes
-fix bull vs bear border options
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