Indicator · Pine Script v5 · Own pane

VIX Term Structure

by namuan

This indicator plots the implied volatility term structure for US equities in a separate pane.

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GitHub stars318on the repository
Pine versionv5runs as is
Lines of code43
Settings6inputs
LicenceMIT
Last update2 months ago18 Aug 2026

Add It to Your TradingView Chart

  1. 1Copy the scriptPress Copy script above, or the copy button on the code below.
  2. 2Open the Pine EditorOpen a TradingView chart and choose Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.
  3. 3Paste over the templateCreate a new indicator, select all of the template text and paste. Press Save and give it a name.
  4. 4Add it to the chartPress Add to chart, then adjust the settings with the gear icon next to its name.

Source Code

43 lines of Pine Script v5 from tv-scripts/tvt-vix-term-structure.pine, published under MIT. Keep the author's credit and licence lines when you reuse it.

tvt-vix-term-structure.pine
//@version=5
indicator(title="[TVT] VIX Term Structure", shorttitle="[TVT] VIX-TS", overlay=false)

// Input parameters
ma_length = input.int(3, title="MA Length", minval=1)
ma_type = input.string("EMA", title="MA Type", options=["EMA", "SMA"])

// Plot toggles
show_ma_9d = input.bool(true, title="Show MA VIX9D")
show_ma_vix = input.bool(true, title="Show MA VIX")
show_ma_3m = input.bool(true, title="Show MA VIX3M")
show_ma_6m = input.bool(true, title="Show MA VIX6M")

// Fetch VIX data using chart's timeframe
vix9d = request.security("VIX9D", timeframe.period, close)
vix = request.security("VIX", timeframe.period, close)
vix3m = request.security("VIX3M", timeframe.period, close)
vix6m = request.security("VIX6M", timeframe.period, close)

// Function to calculate MA based on type
calcMA(source, length) =>
    ma_type == "EMA" ? ta.ema(source, length) : ta.sma(source, length)

// Calculate MAs
ma9d = calcMA(vix9d, ma_length)
maVix = calcMA(vix, ma_length)
ma3m = calcMA(vix3m, ma_length)
ma6m = calcMA(vix6m, ma_length)

// Define colors with transparency
purple_transp = color.new(color.purple, 50)
blue_transp = color.new(color.blue, 50)
green_transp = color.new(color.green, 50)
orange_transp = color.new(color.orange, 50)

yellow_transp = color.new(color.yellow, 50)
red_transp = color.new(color.red, 50)

// Plot either raw VIX or MA based on toggles
plot(show_ma_9d ? ma9d : vix9d, title="VIX9D", color=purple_transp, style=plot.style_line, linewidth=2)
plot(show_ma_vix ? maVix : vix, title="VIX", color=blue_transp, style=plot.style_line, linewidth=2)
plot(show_ma_3m ? ma3m : vix3m, title="VIX3M", color=green_transp, style=plot.style_line, linewidth=2)
plot(show_ma_6m ? ma6m : vix6m, title="VIX6M", color=orange_transp, style=plot.style_line, linewidth=2)

Overview

VIX Term Structure requests close data for four Cboe volatility indexes: VIX9D (9-day), VIX (30-day), VIX3M (3-month), and VIX6M (6-month) on the current timeframe. For each index, it calculates either an exponential or simple moving average with a customizable length. Users can independently toggle whether to display the smoothed moving average or the raw close price for each maturity, helping track contango and backwardation conditions across volatility tenors.

Details

Published by

namuan on GitHub

Type

Indicator, Pine Script v5

Draws

Separate pane below the chart

Category

Volatility & bands, Moving averages

Markets

Indices, Stocks

Timeframes

Any timeframe

Risk Notes

No repainting, lookahead or stacked entries were found in its code or README. That says nothing about how well it works: test it first.

Topics

trading-strategiesmarket-analysisdtalestock-market-analysistelegram-botearnings-calendaroptions-trading

Settings

The inputs you can change from the gear icon on the chart. Defaults are the author's.

SettingTypeDefaultVariable
MA Lengthint3ma_length
MA TypestringEMAma_type
Show MA VIX9Dbooltrueshow_ma_9d
Show MA VIXbooltrueshow_ma_vix
Show MA VIX3Mbooltrueshow_ma_3m
Show MA VIX6Mbooltrueshow_ma_6m
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this script, and the summary above was generated automatically from its code and README. Indicators describe the past, and a strategy's backtest can look better than live trading, especially when a script repaints. Check it in the Strategy Tester and on a demo account before you rely on it.

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