Trading sessions

Named time windows, such as London or New York, that Zentralog uses to tag each trade by time of day.

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Where: your avatar → Settings → Sessions

A session is a time window of the trading day. Each trade gets the session it happened in. You can then filter by session and compare them in Analytics.

Add a session

  1. Open Settings and click Sessions.
  2. Click Add session.
  3. Type a Session name, for example London.
  4. Type Start (HH:MM) and End (HH:MM), and pick the session's Timezone.
  5. Leave Enabled on and click Save.

Edit or pause a session

  1. Click the pencil next to a session.
  2. Change the times, or turn off Enabled to pause it without deleting it.
  3. Click Save. Your existing trades are re-tagged.
Session form in edit mode with name, start, end, timezone and Enabled
Start and end in HH:MM; end before start crosses midnight.

What's on the screen

Sessions page listing London and New York sessions
Your sessions, each with its own timezone.
  1. Sessions: tag each trade by time of day.
  2. Trading Sessions: each session has its own timezone.
  3. Pencil: edit a session in place.
  4. Bin: deletes the session immediately.
  5. Add session: create a new session window.

The bin deletes a session at once, with no confirmation. To keep it for later, turn off Enabled instead.

FAQ

Can a session cross midnight?

Yes. Make the end earlier than the start, for example 22:00 to 05:00. The list marks it «(next day)».

Why do some trades say No session?

They happened outside every enabled session. Add a session that covers that time.