OPEN-SOURCE SCRIPT
Updated VIX High/Low Zones Pro
This Pine Script indicator, "VIX High/Low Zones Pro," plots the VIX (or VXN) directly on a separate pane beneath your chart, giving you a real-time read on market volatility conditions. The VIX line is color-coded dynamically — shifting from lime green at the calmest levels below 16, through orange in the 18–25 range, and into red and dark maroon as fear intensifies above 25 and 32 respectively. A set of key horizontal levels at 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, and 28 are drawn as dashed or dotted reference lines, and an optional moving average (default 50-period SMA) is overlaid on the VIX to help identify the broader trend in volatility. The VIX data can also be smoothed using a short-period SMA, EMA, or WMA to reduce noise, and a small label in the upper right displays the current VIX value along with a momentum arrow showing whether volatility is rising or falling.
The most actionable feature for trade filtering is the background shading, which turns red when VIX is above its moving average and green when it's below. This gives you a simple, visual bias signal — a red background suggests volatility is expanding and the market may be in a risk-off or trending-down environment, while a green background indicates volatility is contracting or subdued, favoring calmer, range-bound conditions. For MNQ traders, this crossover relationship between VIX and its MA can serve as a quick regime filter to adjust strategy selection or position sizing without having to manually interpret the raw VIX number on every bar.
The most actionable feature for trade filtering is the background shading, which turns red when VIX is above its moving average and green when it's below. This gives you a simple, visual bias signal — a red background suggests volatility is expanding and the market may be in a risk-off or trending-down environment, while a green background indicates volatility is contracting or subdued, favoring calmer, range-bound conditions. For MNQ traders, this crossover relationship between VIX and its MA can serve as a quick regime filter to adjust strategy selection or position sizing without having to manually interpret the raw VIX number on every bar.
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Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.