Hi guys.
I’m writing an EA which automatically find STRONG breakout, especially it works very good in USA session.
This is my problem:
It’s mean HOW DO WE KNOW EXACTLY THE DAY TIME SESSION OPENED IS CHANGED IN YEAR?
For example: EUR/USD in 22 Nov 2017, what time USD session opened exactly?
Thank you guys.
(When EA done, I will share to you)
There is no actual daily “opening” or “closing” of trading in any of the principal forex markets. But, most of the trading in each market occurs between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm, local time.
In other words, the New York “session” is said to “open” at 8 am New York time, and “close” at 5 pm
New York time, each week-day (Monday through Friday). The London “session” is said to “open” at 8 am London time, and “close” at 5 pm London time, each day. And the Tokyo “session” is said to “open” at
8 am Tokyo time, and “close” at 5 pm Tokyo time, each day.
For a further discussion on session times, see THIS POST. Also, you can enter “session times” into the SEARCH feature of this website to find other posts on this subject.
If we all accept the 8 am - 5 pm local time-frame for the major trading sessions, then the question becomes: What are these times in GMT, and how do these times change throughout the year when certain countries go onto, or off of, Daylight Saving Time?
During northern hemisphere summer, the U.S. (meaning the New York session) observes Daylight Saving Time, and the U.K. (meaning the London session) observes British Summer Time. But the starting and ending dates of U.S. Daylight Saving Time do not coincide with the starting and ending dates of British Summer Time.
GMT does not change at any time of year.
The result of all of this is that the “opening” and “closing” times of the New York session and the London session change in terms of GMT, twice for each session each year, but on different dates.
Finally, Japan (meaning the Tokyo session) does not observe Daylight Saving Time, so the “opening” and “closing” of the Tokyo session remain unchanged in terms of GMT throughout the year.
Here are the change dates for U.S. Daylight Saving Time (DST) and U.K. British Summer Time (BST), going back 3 years, and forward 3 years (Source: www.timeanddate.com).
Note: all dates are Sundays:
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Using these time-change dates, we can construct the following table (all times shown are GMT):
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Big thanks from deep down of my heart to you, Clint.
I understand clearly with your explanation.
Best wish to you, thank you again, Clint.
I’m glad to help.
Regarding the example question in your opening post, you can now determine that –
– on 22 Nov 2017, the U.S. session opened at 8 am New York time, which was 1300 GMT.
Good luck with your EA.
You will not get the exact answer on forums as it hard to determine daily openings. It depends on many factors. If you really want to follow this strategy the best advice will be to analyze the market by yourself, but in your predictions you need to make an excuse on any force majors.
How do you know what strategy I’m using, lol 
Do you think the EA will be profitable/?
EA profits belongs to strategy, not by itself, dude 
Yes I know…….