Swordfish Indicators Volume Weighted Average Price Version 2
Current Version: 2.0 Updated: 2014/06/25
The Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is drawn on any Swordfish intra-day chart. The VWAP is shown as a black line and is calculated from scratch for the current day only. It will not be displayed on EOD or other non-intraday charts. VWAP - StockCharts
Version 2 of this indicator will also display the VWAP on a specified historical day, which makes it easier to back test or review days prior to the current day. The VWAP indicator now has one parameter to add to specify the additional day to calculate. Vesion 1 of the VWAP indicator for Swordfish is available here.
Create the VWAP Indicator on your Swordfish by following the instructions below: Follow the detailed instructions for the Custom Indicator Installation Example if you are unsure of how to add an indicator or watch our YouTube video.
Download the Swordfish indicator script file. Use Ctrl-V to paste the code from the downloaded file into the script area.
The updated Volume Weighted Average Price indicator uses 1 parameter that has to be added manually when you create the script.
CS_VWAP Volume Weighted Average Price
Name VWAPDate
Default 20130920
Minimum 20000101
Maximum 20500101
Type String
VWAPDate is the historical day for which the VWAP will be calculated. Format the date exactly as shown.
The sample shows CS_VWAP overlayed on the Main Swordfish price on a 15 minute chart on the 25th of September 2013. The additional day VWAPDate is set as 20130920.