How To Change The Time Zone On Tradingview Charts
Changing the time zone on Tradingview charts is quite easy as long as you know where to look and how they are set up.
Location Of The Time Zone Settings
The time zone setting dropdown menu can be accessed by clicking the time counter at the bottom right hand corner of your chart. When you hover your mouse over that area, it will show a tooltip that says Timezone. Click that to open up the dropdown menu of time zones.
Selecting A Time Zone
You can select the local time zone that your place of residence is, the time zone the asset you are trading uses or select a time zone that helps you identify important times easier.
Why I Set My Charts To New York Time
Personally, I set my charts to the New York time zone even though I do not live in New York because that is the time zone that the New York Stock exchange runs on and other major exchanges base their operating hours on that time zone.
Since I trade assets that are on these exchanges, I like my charts to show the exact New York hours because I know that at 930 am in New York is when the regular trading hour session opens and 4 pm in New York is when the regular trading hour session closes.
Tip: Set your chart time frame to one that fits your trading style. For day trading, many users like the 1-15 minute charts and for swing trading, many traders use the 1H-1D time frames. We have a full guide on how to change the time frame on Tradingview charts, as well as how to favorite certain time frames and add or delete custom time frame so make sure to check out that article.
When To Use UTC - 0 Time Zone
If you are trading crypto markets, you may want to set your charts to UTC – 0. This is because those markets are open 24/7 and the users that trade these markets are all over the world, so using a time zone that is relative to all of the participants can be useful.
However, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still pay attention to regular trading hours from things like the New York session, because you will notice a large volume spike at 930 am New York time and a large drop off in volume after 4 pm New York time since those are the regular trading hours for the New York session. Make sure to pay attention to situations like that so you don’t get caught off guard when the markets go wild(even for crypto) right at 930 am New York time.
Using Exchange Timezone
Tradingview also offers an option you can choose that is called Exchange time zone. This one will sync your charts to the hours that the exchange you are viewing operates on so that you don’t have to worry about that when you are switching between assets that are based in different time zones such as US stocks and China stocks.
Important Note About Timezones And Daylight Savings Time
You will notice that the UTC number will change across some of the time zones in March and November. This is for areas that participate in Daylight Savings Time which means those areas will change their clocks forward one hour on the second Sunday of March and then set the clocks back one hour on the first Sunday in November.
When this happens, New York time zone(and others that participate in daylight savings time) will change. At the time of writing, New York time zone is the same as UTC – 4 but in November when clocks move forward, it will be UTC – 5.
So when you are selecting your time zone, just click on the location you want to use and Tradingview will keep your chart synced to that location’s current time automatically for you.