DislikedMike,
Your right!! they've all changed significantly...
just wondering then when we all take our bar ends... I'm UK based (although part time trader) and I'm thinkin my bars will end at GMT so currently 11PM for me....Ignored
The answer is there is NO official close time in forex b/c it is not a centralized market. So this means the bars open and close are based on your broker, so yes you can find a different broker with different closing times. I personally prefer one as close to the NY close as possible as I think it is logical. But in the end if you understand location and all that is most important it what make the most difference. I don't agree with having one too much later then a few hours after the NY close though as then you start including asia/Aus into that bar and that can very much skew the closing.
Hope that helps
Mike