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Post From: Study/Price Overlay Time Zones Not In Sync

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bradh - Posts: 859
If I overlay a study from a source chart in one time zone (e.g. New York) onto a destination chart in a different time zone, (e.g. Seattle), the times are treated the same as if they are in the same time zone. So the study value that occurs at 12:00 Noon in New York ends up being displayed in the Seattle (destination) chart at 12:00 Noon, when it should be moved to the equivalent time in Seattle(9:00AM). This causes inconsistent results depending on the global time zone setting. It seems only the last bar in the destination matches the correct last bar of the source. The study values being overlaid are ending up at the wrong place in time, and there is a hockey stick at the end of the line. This makes no sense to me. The chart on the left (destination) is in PDT, the one on the right (source) is in EST. Try changing the time zone in either one and the overlay changes. The only correct one is when they match, which defeats the purpose. There are reasons why one would want a chart fixed to New York time (session times, studies that have specific times in them) and why one would want to trade in their own time zone. Please help me understand if I this is how the Study/Price Overlay should work.


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