Define Your Trading Session Windows in Advance

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Key Differences from MQL:

Native Time Math: C#'s TimeSpan naturally understands hours, minutes, and seconds. A simple >= operator evaluates the entire time structure instantly without needing custom minute-conversion logic.

Initialization Parsing: We take a clean string input from the user ("08:00") and parse it once inside OnStart(). On every tick, the EA only compares pre-compiled objects, keeping latency near zero.

Time Zone Pinning: Notice the [Robot(TimeZone = TimeZones.UTC)] header? That guarantees your Server.Time reference remains constant. Backtesting in cTrader defaults to UTC, so locking your bot to UTC ensures your historical tests align perfectly with forward execution.