Code for All 4 Forex Sessions W/ Background Highlight!!! — Indicator by ChrisMoody

This is one indicator including the New York Session, Australia Session, Asian Session, Europe Session. IMPORTANT - This template is set up based on East Coast (NY Time). Currently you have to go in to code to change times. Link in 1st Post to VIDEO walking you through the steps. Specific details in 1st Post.

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//Created by user ChrisMoody 2-17-2014
//Forex Session Templates Based on EST-New York Time Zone
//Special Thanks to TheLark AKA The Coding Genius for helping me with the "On - Off" CheckBoxes in the inputs tab

study(title="CM_Forex-Sessions-Highlight_V1",shorttitle="CM_forex_Sess_Highlight", overlay=true)
timeinrange(res, sess) => time(res, sess) != 0

//Change true to false = You have to turn on, won't show up by default
//****Always use lowercase letters

doNYOpen = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="NY Open On")
doNYSession = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="NY Session On")
doNYClose = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="NY Close On")

doAussieOpen = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="Aussie Open On")
doAussieSession = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="Aussie Session On")
doAussieClose = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="Aussie Close On")

doAsiaOpen = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="Asia Open On")
doAsiaSession = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="Asia Session On")
doAsiaClose = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="Asia Close On")

doEurOpen = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="Euro Open On")
doEurSession = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="Euro Session On")
doEurClose = input(defval=true, type = bool, title="Euro Close On")

//You can copy and paste these colors. white - silver - gray - maroon - red - purple - fuchsia - green - lime
//   olive - yellow - navy - blue - teal - aqua - orange 

nySessionStart = white
nySession = white
nySessionEnd = white
australiaSessionStart = #A9A9A9
australiaSession = #A9A9A9
australiaSessionEnd = #A9A9A9
asiaSessionStart = #DAA520
asiaSession = #DAA520
asiaSessionEnd = #DAA520
europeSessionStart = #1E90FF
europeSession = #1E90FF
europeSessionEnd = #1E90FF

//****Note ---- Use Military Times --- So 3:00PM = 1500

bgcolor(doNYOpen and timeinrange(period, "0800-0810") ? nySessionStart : na, transp=20)
bgcolor(doNYSession and timeinrange(period, "0800-1700") ? nySession : na, transp=75)
bgcolor(doNYClose and timeinrange(period, "1650-1700") ? nySessionEnd : na, transp=20)

bgcolor(doAussieOpen and timeinrange(period, "1700-1710") ? australiaSessionStart : na, transp=20)
bgcolor(doAussieSession and timeinrange(period, "1700-0200") ? australiaSession : na, transp=75)
bgcolor(doAussieClose and timeinrange(period, "0150-0200") ? australiaSessionEnd : na, transp=20)

bgcolor(doAsiaOpen and timeinrange(period, "1900-1910") ? asiaSessionStart : na, transp=20)
bgcolor(doAsiaSession and timeinrange(period, "1900-0400") ? asiaSession : na, transp=75)
bgcolor(doAsiaClose and timeinrange(period, "0350-0400") ? asiaSessionEnd : na, transp=20)

bgcolor(doEurOpen and timeinrange(period, "0300-0310") ? europeSessionStart : na, transp=20)
bgcolor(doEurSession and timeinrange(period, "0300-1200") ? europeSession : na, transp=75)
bgcolor(doEurClose and timeinrange(period, "1150-1200") ? europeSessionEnd : na, transp=20)