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Context · 02/10Live · v2.1.0

VWAP. Institutional reference price.

Session and anchored VWAP with standard-deviation bands. The institutional reference price — where large participants transact. Includes multi-anchor support (session, weekly, event-anchored) and auto-clearing on session roll.

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§ Who it’s for

Built for traders who need a decision, not noise.

  • Futures day traders using VWAP as a mean-reversion target
  • Equity traders sizing into institutional fills near VWAP
  • Systematic traders using VWAP + deviation bands as entry/exit levels

§ Features

What’s in the box.

  • Session VWAP with automatic session-boundary reset
  • Anchored VWAP from any bar (earnings, FOMC, session high)
  • Standard-deviation bands (1σ, 2σ, 3σ) computed correctly from volume-weighted variance
  • Multi-anchor overlay — up to 3 active anchored VWAPs simultaneously
  • Replay-safe recalculation — no look-ahead bias on historical replay
  • Strategy-consumable properties (VwapValue, DeviationAbove, DeviationBelow)

§ Parameters

Every setting, documented.

ParameterTypeDefaultRangeDescription
  • SourceenumHLC3Close · HL2 · HLC3 · OHLC4Price input for the volume-weighted calculation.
  • Show DeviationsbooltrueRender 1σ, 2σ, 3σ bands above and below VWAP.
  • Deviation Mult 1double1.00.5–3.0Inner deviation band multiplier.
  • Deviation Mult 2double2.00.5–4.0Outer deviation band multiplier.
  • Anchor ModeenumSessionSession · Weekly · CustomWhen to anchor (reset) the VWAP calculation.
  • Show LabelbooltrueDisplay current VWAP value at right edge.

§ Changelog

Every change, public.

  1. v2.1.02026-03-28
    • Added weekly anchor mode.
    • Label positioning now respects ChartScale margins.
  2. v2.0.02026-02-10
    • Rewrote deviation-band math to use volume-weighted variance (was: naive stddev).
    • Multi-anchor support — up to 3 VWAPs on one chart.