Ch 6 · Indicator
Volume Lagging

VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price)

Cumulative price × volume divided by cumulative volume. The "average price everyone paid today" — the institutional benchmark.

Formula

VWAP = Σ(Typical × Volume) / Σ(Volume),  Typical = (H+L+C)/3

What it's for

Intraday fair-value anchor, pullback entries in trending sessions (buy above VWAP on RSI dip), mean-reversion targets in range days.

When it fails

Loses meaning across sessions — usually anchored from open. Very low-volume periods can make VWAP drift.

On the chart

Nifty 50 15-min bars with VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price) pre-loaded:

Where it's used on this site

3 strategies use VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price):