Charts & technicals
What is VWAP?
Also called: Volume weighted average price
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VWAP is the average price of a stock during the day weighted by volume — the 'fair' average price paid by everyone who traded.
Intraday traders watch whether price holds above or below VWAP. Institutions often judge their execution against it.
NSE's official closing price is a VWAP of the last 30 minutes.
Related terms
- Closing priceOn NSE the official closing price is the volume-weighted average price of the last 30 minutes of trading, not the last trade.
- VolumeVolume is the number of shares traded in a period. It shows how much participation is behind a price move.
- Intraday tradingIntraday trading means buying and selling the same stock within one trading day, so no shares are delivered to your demat account.