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Anchored VWAP

By Andrew Gomes Updated

What anchored volume-weighted average price shows, how to pick an anchor, and how to use the AVWAP overlay on Breakaway's charts.

What it is

VWAP is the average price paid for a stock, weighted by the volume traded at each price. Session VWAP resets every day. Anchored VWAP starts from a bar you pick and runs forward from there. You might anchor it to an earnings gap, a swing low, or the start of a base. It tells you the average cost of everyone who bought since that moment. That is the price where the average buyer goes from winning to losing.

How to use it on the chart

Turn on the AVWAP overlay on any ticker page. It starts from the lowest low in view, and you click a bar to move the anchor. Anchor it to a breakout day and the line shows whether buyers since the breakout are still ahead. A stock riding above a rising anchored VWAP is supported by its holders. A drop through it means the average buyer since the anchor is now losing money. That is when sellers tend to appear.

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