Volatility Radar in 30 seconds
One line tells you who is driving the market right now: fear (VIX, the market’s fear gauge) or price. It compares how fast VIX is moving with how fast your symbol is moving.
What the line is
VSRR measures the gap between two speeds: how fast VIX changed over the last two bars, and how fast the price changed. Both are smoothed and weighted by volume so one odd bar does not dominate.
Red, above zero: fear has the edge
VIX is outpacing the price. This is typical of sell offs, and of moments when option traders get nervous before price has really moved. The further above zero, the stronger the fear.
Green, below zero: calm has the edge
The price is outpacing VIX. Steady uptrends usually live here. Deep green readings mean the market is moving on its own terms with very little fear priced in.
Watch the flips and the extremes
A cross of the zero line shows as TURNING TO FEAR or TURNING TO CALM for two bars. The percentile tells you how unusual today’s reading is inside the window you picked: above 95% or below 5% is rare.
What every number on this page means
- VSRR reading
- The latest value of the line. Above 0 is fear, below 0 is calm. The size tells you how wide the gap between the two speeds is.
- Percentile
- Where the latest reading ranks against every reading in the chosen window. 90% means it is higher than 90% of them.
- Fear impulse
- How fast VIX is moving, smoothed. Positive means VIX is rising.
- Price impulse
- How fast the price is moving, smoothed. Positive means the price is rising.
- Bars in state
- How many bars in a row the line has stayed on the same side of zero.
- Time in fear
- The share of bars in the window that were above zero.
- Window and timeframe
- The window (1Y to 10Y) sets how much history is shown and ranked. The timeframe sets the size of each bar: daily, weekly or monthly.
Good to know. Readings use completed bars only, so the session, week or month still trading is drawn on the price chart but not scored until it closes. VIX measures S&P 500 fear, so on a single stock, gold or crypto the page shows how that asset is moving against broad market fear. This is a description of market data, not a signal to buy or sell.
Educational tool. Tradetus indicators describe market data using fixed rules. They are not investment advice or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold anything, they are the same for everyone, and historical or hypothetical results do not predict future results. Formulas, settings and past readings can change as the tools are updated. See the Terms and Disclaimer.