Adjusting ACTUAL server time/candle close time

Created at 09 Sep 2017, 01:17
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tradermikefx

Joined 09.09.2017

Adjusting ACTUAL server time/candle close time
09 Sep 2017, 01:17


Hi,

Have to start by saying I applaude the people behind cTrader for making such a user friendly and intuitive platform, well done!

My only real gripe is that the server time is off by +1 hour compared to the majority of brokers which use GMT(UTC) time.Which isn't a problem when trading on the 1h or less time frame.

However, it causes a real issue on the higher time frames (4h or higher) since the closes are off sync compared to what the majority of traders see. So instead of closing the 4h canles on the 4,8,12,16 etc GMT time the closes are 1,5,9,13,17 etc. This becomes an issue since the candle patterns/formations/support & resistance on this GMT+1 timeframe is observed by pretty much no one and therefore carries much less reliability than on a GMT server time where most traders will be basing their decisions of the close of the 4h candle, GMT tiime. 

 

Summing that up:

First, is there a way to change the SERVER time (not to be confused with the  current time feature) ?

Second,  when will we see a feature where one can adjust server time or the ability to adjust closing time so that even though your broker might use a more exotic server time you could adjust so that cTrader displays the candles as if the broker where using a GMT 0(UTC) time (or whatever server time you preferred) ?

 

Cheers,

 

Daniel


@tradermikefx
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