Anchored VWAP (Auto High & Low)

21 Jun 2023

OVERVIEW
This script plots, and auto-updates, 3 separate VWAPs: a traditional VWAP, a VWAP anchored to a trends high, and another anchored to a trends low.

VWAP and Anchored VWAPs are commonly used by institutions responsible for the majority of market volume on a given day. Citadel Trading, for example, accounts for approximately 35% of all U.S. listed retail volume, largely executed through program trades over the course of a day, week, or month.

Because VWAP is a prominent market maker tool for executing large trades, day traders can use it to better anticipate trends, mean reversion, and breakouts.

This is most useful on charts with intraday time frames (1 minute, 5 minute etc.) commonly used for day trading. This is not ideal for larger time frames (1 hour or greater) commonly used for swing trading or identifying larger trends.

INPUTS
You can configure:

• The size, color, and visibility of 6 different plots (VWAP, High Anchor, Low Anchor, Average of Anchors, Quarter Values, Interim Bands)
  
• How smooth the average displays
  

INSPIRATION
1. "How To Measure Anything" by Douglas W. Hubbard
2. "Maximum Trading Gains With Anchored VWAP" by Brian Shannon

Better understanding probability and how to analyze risk (first book), as well as the tools market makers use (second book), has completely reframed how I approach day trading.

21 Jun 2023

Catatan Rilis

Minor cleanup.

21 Jun 2023

Catatan Rilis

Updated chart.

3 Jul 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Improved the scripts color management.
• Minor logic iteration to the "moveCont" function.

3 Jul 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Separated the band visibility from the anchor visibility for more control over what displays.

3 Jul 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Removed the 1/8 plot prices from displaying to declutter the timescale.

7 Jul 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Inputs were set to not display in the status line, minimizing chart clutter.

6 Agu 2023

Catatan Rilis

Visual cleanup of settings panel.

19 Agu 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Added option to specify when a given anchor should be reset if its VWAP has not been broken, measured in sessions. Disabling this feature allows anchors to run indefinitely if they are not broken. Anchors are reset independently of each other. The feature is enabled and set to "1" by default (aka. the way it used to exclusively work).
• Added option to limit anchor resets to only regular trading hours and new sessions, effectively ignoring AVWAP price breaks during the after hours, overnight, and premarket.

19 Agu 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Tooltip corrections.

23 Agu 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Removed unnecessary var declarations to reduce performance penalties.
• Added ability to have VWAP continuation for up to 3 days.

23 Agu 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Updated script to have the new 2 and 3 day VWAPs turned off by default.

24 Agu 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Updated VWAP continuation logic.

24 Agu 2023

Catatan Rilis

• Fixed anchor continuation bug.

10 Jan

Catatan Rilis

Bug Fix: After a TradingView update, the plots did not work as expected. This release patches the indicator to reinstate the intended functionality of plots.

18 Jan

Catatan Rilis

Updating indicator preview. No code changes.

27 Okt

Catatan Rilis

• Improved 2nd and 3rd day VWAP accuracy
  
• Added VWAP color cycling
  
• Added ability to select high / low anchor source
  
• Added TWAP
  
• Fixed bug with quarter value line not displaying
  
• Fixed potential issue with marketHours bool