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Anchored VWAP function - AVWAP()
Use the AVWAP() function to create a scan for price crossing above or below an anchored VWAP line. The VWAP anchor can be based off a rolling period, eg last month or change the Look Back Type to Fixed and select a specific date from the calendar.
Blog post: Scripting and Anchored VWAPs
Here's crossing below the AVWAP over the last month:
To set the anchoring to a specific date:
To automatically draw the AVWAP from the year's high in a Show Plot tool:
Blog post: Scripting and Anchored VWAPs
Here's crossing below the AVWAP over the last month:
CLOSE() CrossesBelow AVWAP(BACKTYPE=Month)
To set the anchoring to a specific date:
CLOSE() Crosses AVWAP(BACKTYPE=Fixed, DATE=2020-03-01)
To automatically draw the AVWAP from the year's high in a Show Plot tool:
//Define starting date as first trading day of the year; Start = (BARDATE() == STRDATE(DATE=2020-01-02)); //Find where date matches the Highest High since Dec 31st; Sig = HIGH() == HIGHESTSINCE(Start); //Remove Non Zero results to show date of high as latest value; $DATE = BarDate(NonZero(Sig)); //Calculate VWAP from High Date; AVWAP(BACKTYPE=Fixed, DATE=$DATE)