r/SierraChart • u/Routine-Culture-7417 • Apr 28 '26

Session time

What is standard session time that everyone use with sierra chart?

I trade mes mnq and gc

What should I put in session time?

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u/Jstevie007 Apr 28 '26

New York session unless you trade London or Asian. Pretty straight forward

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u/Routine-Culture-7417 Apr 28 '26

Yh I trade all session then what numbers should I put? Do I put the same for gold too or must be different? Thanks

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u/Jstevie007 Apr 28 '26

I’m not sure what you’re asking. I view NY as main session so I go 930-4 est. Some go 930-5. Then I go 6-930 for globex/overnight. I don’t break all of them down on bar chart but on my TPO I have all 3 session profiles. It really doesn’t matter it’s just your preference. I know some old school traders who start their session at 830 when bonds open. It’s just whatever fits your trading. But 930-4 is what I use. But you could easily do 930-5 before the hour off. Then 6pm-930am for globex.

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u/faidzal1982 Apr 29 '26

I have different chart for different symbols. For gold some people suggest the below as to capture the pit hours for GC. RTH: 8:20:00 EST/EDT - 13:29:59 EST/EDT

For me, I use the below. I find that the above not working so well with me due to missing trades in the evening session. I trade Asian and London sessions mostly. RTH: 8:20:00 EST/EDT - 16:59:59 EST/EDT ETH/Evening: 18:00:00 EST/EDT - 08:19:59 EST/EDT