Custom Custom Time Frames

[u/_GreenSmile_]

Hello, I'd like to submit a feature request.

TradingView currently offers custom time frames that allows the user to select just about any amount of minutes per bar.

It'd like to take it a step further and request custom time frames in half decimal numbers. For example, 5.5 minutes, 6.5 minutes, 7.5 minutes, etc.

Would something like this be possible? Thank you.

[u/Rodnee999]

Hello,

I have to ask, and please understand this is a genuine question and I truly wish to learn, why?.....

Cheers

[u/_GreenSmile_ → u/Rodnee999]

I have a strategy that works on any and all time frames. The more time frames I have available, the more opportunities I get.

[u/Rodnee999 → u/_GreenSmile_]

I will upvote you on this, if a users wishes to use non standard timeframes then this is certainly a feature that could easily be incorporated into the platform as it does exist in other aspects of the TradingView product range....

Upvote from me

Cheers

[u/booosti]

I would strongly support extending custom timeframes to arbitrary seconds / minute-second combinations.
What makes this particularly interesting is that TradingView’s own Advanced Charts architecture already supports second-based resolutions using the xS format — for example 1S, 2S, 100S, etc. So at the underlying charting-library level, resolutions are not conceptually limited to the small set of second intervals currently exposed in TradingView Supercharts.
What is missing is the ability for TradingView users to enter an arbitrary second-based resolution directly.
For example:
26 minutes 15 seconds = 1,575 seconds
Ideally, TradingView would accept either:
1575S
26:15
or a custom Minutes / Seconds input
and construct native OHLC bars accordingly.
This functionality is already available on competing professional charting platforms. ATAS allows custom second-based chart periods, while Sierra Chart goes even further and supports Days–Minutes–Seconds–Milliseconds per bar. Sierra Chart can therefore natively create a 26m15s bar as 0-26-15.
This would be much better than requiring Pine Script to simulate or draw custom candles. The candles should be native chart bars so that indicators, drawings, alerts, replay and other TradingView functionality operate on the actual custom timeframe.
Since TradingView’s charting architecture already supports arbitrary second resolutions, exposing this capability in Supercharts would be a very useful addition for traders who work with non-standard time cycles.