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Updated Vertical Time Marker Configurable (VTMC)
# Vertical Time Marker Configurable (VTMC)
## Overview
The Vertical Time Marker Configurable (VTMC) is a powerful PineScript v6 indicator designed to help traders quickly identify key market times across their entire chart history. Instead of hovering over candles to check timestamps, VTMC draws clear vertical lines with customizable labels at your specified times, making it easy to spot important market sessions, news events, or personal trading windows at a glance.
## Key Features
### ⏰ Flexible Time Selection
- Set any time using an intuitive time picker (defaults to 8:30 AM Central Time)
- Automatically draws lines at your specified time across all historical data
- Perfect for marking market opens, closes, news releases, or personal trading times
### 🎨 Full Visual Customization
- **Line Color**: Choose any color (defaults to white for maximum visibility)
- **Line Style**: Solid, dashed, or dotted options
- **Line Width**: Adjustable from 1-10 pixels
- **Opacity Control**: Precise opacity slider (0-100%) for both line and text
### 🏷️ Smart Text Labels
- **Preset Options**: New York Open, New York Close, London Open, London Close, Asia Open, Asia Close
- **Custom Labels**: Enter any text for personalized marking (news events, trading windows, etc.)
- **Configurable Text**: Adjustable size (8-20px), color, and opacity
- **Smart Positioning**: Text appears just above the price action for clear visibility
### 📊 Professional Display
- Lines extend fully from top to bottom of chart
- Clean, non-intrusive design that doesn't clutter your analysis
- Works on any timeframe and market
- Historical lines persist across all chart data
## Perfect For
### Market Session Traders
- Mark key session opens and closes
- Identify overlap periods between major markets
- Track session-specific price behavior patterns
### News Traders
- Mark important economic releases (FOMC, NFP, etc.)
- Create visual reminders for scheduled events
- Track market reaction patterns around news times
### Institutional Flow Traders
- Identify key institutional activity times
- Mark order block formation periods
- Track smart money movement windows
### Personal Trading Systems
- Mark your optimal trading hours
- Create visual discipline for trading windows
- Track performance during specific time periods
## Why VTMC?
Unlike hardcoded session indicators that only work for specific markets, VTMC gives you complete flexibility to mark ANY time that matters to your trading strategy. Whether you're tracking "MY Trading Window" from 9:30-10:30 AM or marking custom news events, VTMC adapts to your specific needs.
The indicator eliminates the constant need to hover over candles to check times, instead providing instant visual reference points across your entire chart. This makes pattern recognition, backtesting, and trade timing significantly more efficient.
## Usage Tips
- Use multiple instances for different time zones or events
- Combine with other indicators for comprehensive market timing
- Customize colors to match your chart theme
- Use custom labels for personalized trading reminders
*Built with precision in PineScript v6 for reliable performance and modern TradingView compatibility.*
## Overview
The Vertical Time Marker Configurable (VTMC) is a powerful PineScript v6 indicator designed to help traders quickly identify key market times across their entire chart history. Instead of hovering over candles to check timestamps, VTMC draws clear vertical lines with customizable labels at your specified times, making it easy to spot important market sessions, news events, or personal trading windows at a glance.
## Key Features
### ⏰ Flexible Time Selection
- Set any time using an intuitive time picker (defaults to 8:30 AM Central Time)
- Automatically draws lines at your specified time across all historical data
- Perfect for marking market opens, closes, news releases, or personal trading times
### 🎨 Full Visual Customization
- **Line Color**: Choose any color (defaults to white for maximum visibility)
- **Line Style**: Solid, dashed, or dotted options
- **Line Width**: Adjustable from 1-10 pixels
- **Opacity Control**: Precise opacity slider (0-100%) for both line and text
### 🏷️ Smart Text Labels
- **Preset Options**: New York Open, New York Close, London Open, London Close, Asia Open, Asia Close
- **Custom Labels**: Enter any text for personalized marking (news events, trading windows, etc.)
- **Configurable Text**: Adjustable size (8-20px), color, and opacity
- **Smart Positioning**: Text appears just above the price action for clear visibility
### 📊 Professional Display
- Lines extend fully from top to bottom of chart
- Clean, non-intrusive design that doesn't clutter your analysis
- Works on any timeframe and market
- Historical lines persist across all chart data
## Perfect For
### Market Session Traders
- Mark key session opens and closes
- Identify overlap periods between major markets
- Track session-specific price behavior patterns
### News Traders
- Mark important economic releases (FOMC, NFP, etc.)
- Create visual reminders for scheduled events
- Track market reaction patterns around news times
### Institutional Flow Traders
- Identify key institutional activity times
- Mark order block formation periods
- Track smart money movement windows
### Personal Trading Systems
- Mark your optimal trading hours
- Create visual discipline for trading windows
- Track performance during specific time periods
## Why VTMC?
Unlike hardcoded session indicators that only work for specific markets, VTMC gives you complete flexibility to mark ANY time that matters to your trading strategy. Whether you're tracking "MY Trading Window" from 9:30-10:30 AM or marking custom news events, VTMC adapts to your specific needs.
The indicator eliminates the constant need to hover over candles to check times, instead providing instant visual reference points across your entire chart. This makes pattern recognition, backtesting, and trade timing significantly more efficient.
## Usage Tips
- Use multiple instances for different time zones or events
- Combine with other indicators for comprehensive market timing
- Customize colors to match your chart theme
- Use custom labels for personalized trading reminders
*Built with precision in PineScript v6 for reliable performance and modern TradingView compatibility.*
Release Notes
Vertical Time Marker that I fully configureable. Use it to mark precise market times, events, news, trades etc. This is an upgraded version from it's initial introduction. One example is that when trading the electronic trading hours, the session start begins at 5 PM CDT and is notmally marked on TV platform by a vertical line. However, the NY open is not marked leaving traders to scroll and scroll back viewing the timeline to find prior NY opens. This script makes it easy to quickly find the NY open. You can add multiple incidences of this script in order to make any custom time you wish for any reason. Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
Rick Nelson
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.
Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
Rick Nelson
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.