Chart Labels (i.e. SPY, VIX etc) For ThinkOrSwim

Howdy and good evening,

I am including some script that I put together/modified to allow the users to select which colors they want to show when market indices are positive/negative/neutral. The problem I can't figure out is that when they select a color, it doesn't show up on the chart label background color on the chart. It appears to select the color 5 colors down from wherever it's initially selected.

If someone could, look into the script to see what I am missing. Whatever the color the trader select, that color needs to be applied to the chart label when the condition is met.

Here is the code:
input Label_Neutral_Color = {"magenta", "dark_red", "dark_green", "red", "white", "plum", "dark_orange", "green", "pink", "orange", default "yellow", "cyan", "blue", "gray", "violet"};

input Label_Positive_Color = {"magenta", "dark_red", "dark_green", "yellow", "white", "plum", "dark_orange", "red", "pink", "orange", default "green", "cyan", "blue", "gray", "violet"};

input Label_Negative_Color = {"magenta", "dark_red", "dark_green", "yellow", "white", "plum", "dark_orange", "green", "pink", "orange", default "red", "cyan", "blue", "gray", "violet"};


def Post = SecondsFromTime(1600);
def Pre = SecondsTillTime(930);
def Closed = Post >= 0 or Pre >= 0;
def DayClose = If (Post >= 0, close(period = "Day"), close(period = "Day")[1]);



#*************************************************
# Vix Aggregate Period and Last Price *
#*************************************************
def VxxLowPeriod = low(symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
def VxxHighPeriod = high(symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
def VxxClosePeriod = close(symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);

#Dow Open Close & Last Price
def Vxx_ClosePrice = close(symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY)[1];


def Vxx_Close = close (symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
def Vxx_change = ( Vxx_Close / Vxx_ClosePrice - 1);
def Vxx_value_change = Vxx_Close - Vxx_ClosePrice ;
def Vxx_percent_change = Vxx_change * 100 ;
## End of VXX Section


#VXX
def VxxhiDiff = VxxHighPeriod - VxxHighPeriod[1];
def VxxloDiff = VxxLowPeriod[1] - VxxLowPeriod;


def VxxplusDM = if VxxhiDiff > VxxloDiff and VxxhiDiff > 0 then VxxhiDiff else 0;
def VxxminusDM = if VxxloDiff > VxxhiDiff and VxxloDiff > 0 then VxxloDiff else 0;


#Define VIx ATR
#*********************************
def VxxATR = MovingAverage(AverageType.WILDERS, TrueRange(VxxHighPeriod, VxxClosePeriod, VxxLowPeriod), 14);

#Plotting & Hiding
plot VxxDMP = 100 * MovingAverage(AverageType.WILDERS, VxxplusDM, 14) / VxxATR;
VxxDMP.Hide();

plot VxxDMM = 100 * MovingAverage(AverageType.WILDERS, VxxminusDM, 14) / VxxATR;
VxxDMM.Hide();

AddLabel(yes, "VIX: " + AsText(Vxx_Close) + " ( " + AsText(Vxx_value_change) + " / " + Round(Vxx_percent_change, 2) + "%) ", (if Vxx_value_change > 0 then GetColor( Label_Positive_Color) else if Vxx_value_change == 0 then GetColor( Label_Neutral_Color) else GetColor( Label_Negative_Color)));

Here are the shared items:

Dow Jones: http://tos.mx/u3PgaNm

NASDAQ: http://tos.mx/oaTMhXK

SPY: http://tos.mx/u4ezLnW

SPX: http://tos.mx/RptikL3

VIX: http://tos.mx/hhCyjfz

Russell: http://tos.mx/paSduwX

thanks in advance.
question what are the percentages to the left of the vix price in parenthesis telling me
 
Try this Modified it to add color automatically...
def Post = SecondsFromTime(1600);
def Pre = SecondsTillTime(930);
def Closed = Post >= 0 or Pre >= 0;
def DayClose = If (Post >= 0, close(period = "Day"), close(period = "Day")[1]);



#*************************************************
# Vix Aggregate Period and Last Price *
#*************************************************
def VxxLowPeriod = low(symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
def VxxHighPeriod = high(symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
def VxxClosePeriod = close(symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);

#Dow Open Close & Last Price
def Vxx_ClosePrice = close(symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY)[1];


def Vxx_Close = close (symbol = "VIX", period = AggregationPeriod.DAY);
def Vxx_change = ( Vxx_Close / Vxx_ClosePrice - 1);
def Vxx_value_change = Vxx_Close - Vxx_ClosePrice ;
def Vxx_percent_change = Vxx_change * 100 ;
## End of VXX Section


#VXX
def VxxhiDiff = VxxHighPeriod - VxxHighPeriod[1];
def VxxloDiff = VxxLowPeriod[1] - VxxLowPeriod;


def VxxplusDM = if VxxhiDiff > VxxloDiff and VxxhiDiff > 0 then VxxhiDiff else 0;
def VxxminusDM = if VxxloDiff > VxxhiDiff and VxxloDiff > 0 then VxxloDiff else 0;


#Define SpX/VIx ATR
#*********************************


def VxxATR = MovingAverage(AverageType.WILDERS, TrueRange(VxxHighPeriod, VxxClosePeriod, VxxLowPeriod), 14);



#Plotting & Hiding


plot VxxDMP = 100 * MovingAverage(AverageType.WILDERS, VxxplusDM, 14) / VxxATR;
VxxDMP.Hide();

plot VxxDMM = 100 * MovingAverage(AverageType.WILDERS, VxxminusDM, 14) / VxxATR;
VxxDMM.Hide();

AddLabel(yes, "VIX: " + AsText(Vxx_Close) + " ( " + AsText(Vxx_value_change) + " / " + Round(Vxx_percent_change, 2) + "%) ", (if Vxx_value_change > 0 then Color.GREEN else if Vxx_value_change == 0 then color.yellow else color.dark_red));
 
Index Label
https://usethinkscript.com/threads/trending-chart-setup-for-thinkorswim.10833/
Ruby:
# scripted by ZupDog

input symbol = "$DJI" ;
def C_now = close("$DJI");
def c = close(symbol, period = AggregationPeriod.day)[1];
def Change = (C_now/c - 1);
Def value_change = C_now - c;
AddLabel(1, Symbol +" = " + value_change, if value_change > 0 then color.DARK_GREEN else color.DARK_RED);

Ruby:
# Scripted by ZupDog

input symbol = "$TRIN" ;

def C_now = close("$TRIN");
def c = close(symbol, period = AggregationPeriod.day)[1];
def Change = (C_now/c - 1);Def value_change = C_now - c;

#AddLabel(1, Symbol +" = " + value_change, if value_change > 0 then color.GREEN else color.PINK);
def Price = close("$TRIN");

#AddLabel( Price, "Curr. Price: " + Price , Color.PINK);
AddLabel( 1, Symbol +" = " + price, if price < 0.80 then color.PLUM else if price > 1.00 then color.CYAN else color.GRAY );

Ruby:
# TRIX
# TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. (c) 2007-2021
# Converted to Label Study by ZupDog

input Label = yes;
input length = 9;
input colorNormLength = 14;
input price = close;
input signalLength = 3;

def tr = ExpAverage(ExpAverage(ExpAverage(Log(price), length), length), length);

def TRIX = (tr - tr[1]) * 10000;
def Signal = ExpAverage(TRIX, signalLength);
def ZeroLine = 0;

rec countup = if TRIX > 0 then countup[1] + 1 else 0;
rec countdn = if TRIX < 0 then countdn[1] - 1 else 0;

#AddLabel(label, Concat("TRIX ", if TRIX > Signal  then  countup else countdn), if TRIX > Signal then Color.GREEN else if TRIX < Signal then Color.PLUM else Color.WHITE );

AddLabel(label, Concat("TRIX ", if TRIX > 0  then  countup else countdn), if TRIX > 0 then Color.GREEN else if TRIX < 0 then Color.PLUM else Color.WHITE );

TRIX
Ruby:
# TRIX
# TD Ameritrade IP Company, Inc. (c) 2007-2021
# Verticals added by ZupDog
# Label added by ZupDog

declare lower;

input showverticals = No;
input Label = No;
input length = 9;
input colorNormLength = 14;
input price = close;
input signalLength = 3;

def tr = ExpAverage(ExpAverage(ExpAverage(Log(price), length), length), length);

plot TRIX = (tr - tr[1]) * 10000;
plot Signal = ExpAverage(TRIX, signalLength);
plot ZeroLine = 0;

TRIX.DefineColor("Highest", Color.YELLOW);
TRIX.DefineColor("Lowest", Color.LIGHT_RED);
TRIX.AssignNormGradientColor(colorNormLength, TRIX.color("Lowest"), TRIX.color("Highest"));

Signal.setDefaultColor(GetColor(3));
ZeroLine.SetDefaultColor(GetColor(5));

AddVerticalLine(showverticals and crosses (TRIX, 0, CrossingDirection.ABOVE), " TRIX_Cross Above", Color.GREEN, 3);
AddVerticalLine(showverticals and crosses (TRIX, 0, CrossingDirection.BELOW), "TRIX_Cross Below",  Color.MAGENTA, 3);


rec countup = if TRIX > 0 then countup[1] + 1 else 0;
rec countdn = if TRIX < 0 then countdn[1] - 1 else 0;

#AddLabel(label, Concat("TRIX ", if TRIX > Signal  then  countup else countdn), if TRIX > Signal then Color.GREEN else if TRIX < Signal then Color.PLUM else Color.WHITE );

AddLabel(label, Concat("TRIX ", if TRIX > 0  then  countup else countdn), if TRIX > 0 then Color.GREEN else if TRIX < 0 then Color.PLUM else Color.WHITE );
 
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