While the volume-weighted average price (VWAP) algorithm has been a mainstay of the buy-side’s trade execution arsenal for many years, it appears many traders are now turning their backs on an old ...

The VWAP, the trading industry performance yardstick, has many critics. And rightfully so – it is used not because it is the best measuring rod, but simply because it is the easiest way to gauge a ...

Investors have plenty of tools in their toolkit to help analyze price charts, including the volume-weighted average price (VWAP). But what is VWAP and how is it used? VWAP is a technical analysis ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in ...

VWAP, or volume-weighted average price, is a technical analysis tool used primarily on intraday charts. It provides a benchmark for the average price a security has traded at during the day, taking ...