Regular Trading Hours Session Template Issue  [SOLVED]

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Regular Trading Hours Session Template Issue

Postby PD Quig » 19 Oct 2017

Only one of my charts (a 30-min) uses a regular trading hour (RTH) session template. When I switched instruments from @TFS# (the ICE Russell emini contract) to the @RTY# (the CME Russell emini contract), I noticed that two bars now plot after the 16:00 session end for RTY--causing a custom indicator to stop working properly. The chart still works as expected for TFS. See attached pics.

I re-checked the session template in Quote Manager and it's fine. I even tried creating my own RTH custom template and using that. The 16:30 and 17:00 bars are still plotted for RTY only.

Any ideas why on the same chart one instrument would add bars outside the defined session hours while another would not?
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Re: Regular Trading Hours Session Template Issue

Postby Anna MultiCharts » 31 Oct 2017

Hello, PD Quig!

ICE and CME exchanges are located in different time zones: UTC - 5 Eastern Time (US & Canada) and UTC - 6 Central Time (US & Canada) correspondingly.
If you plot the chart in Local time zone then there can be a 1 hour shift for one of the symbols which results in extra bars. If you plot the chart in Exchange time zone, then you should receive the expected results.

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Re: Regular Trading Hours Session Template Issue  [SOLVED]

Postby PD Quig » 31 Oct 2017

D'oh!! Thanks, Anna. All my charts but that one use the 24/7 session. I created a custom CME RTH setting and it's all good now.


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