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Mom's VWAP Workshop Thread The Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is a reference line you can place on your chart based on a combination of price and volume. Unlike price-only Simple Moving Averages (MA), it changes direction when price movement has volume behind it.
This is the best non-mathematical way to look at the VWAP:
"Draw the VWAP across any duration of time.....if you sold above it, you got a better deal than the average sellers...if you bought below it, you get a better deal than the average buyer"
$AMD intraday example
"Draw the VWAP across any duration of time.....if you sold above it, you got a better deal than the average sellers...if you bought below it, you get a better deal than the average buyer"
$AMD intraday example
Now keep in mind, VWAP is evolving so don't fall in love with the hindsight perspective. In the $AMD chart below you can see, early morning 10 am buyers thought they got a deal but by noon and end of the day they were under-performers
So the most common way VWAP is used by institutional traders is as a yardstick of their "selling" / "buying" performance.
Let's say a trader was to buy 1,000 shares of $AMD on this day, here is a theoretical performance relative to the VWAP at the day's close..his report card
Let's say a trader was to buy 1,000 shares of $AMD on this day, here is a theoretical performance relative to the VWAP at the day's close..his report card
You can extend this concept across any time frame...a trader may have the task of accumulating or distributing a position across a week, month or quarter even
VWAPs can even be anchored to a special trigger event, here's one anchored to rate cut to 0% by the Federal Reserve
VWAPs can even be anchored to a special trigger event, here's one anchored to rate cut to 0% by the Federal Reserve
Next up, we'll look at VWAP bands and how to use the VWAP both a mean reversion and momentum type trade.
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