IntermediateMAD Academy0:44Indicators

The Line Institutions Are Measured Against

VWAP is a benchmark before it is an indicator, and knowing who is being graded by it explains why price reacts there.

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0:00VWAP is not primarily a trading signal. It is a scorecard.
0:05What it computes. Every trade of the session, weighted by size. Big prints move it; small ones barely do.
0:14Why it matters. A desk filling a large order is graded against VWAP. Beating it is the job.
0:23The behavior that follows. That incentive puts real orders near the line, which is why price so often reacts there.
0:32The limit. It resets at the open, so on a daily chart VWAP has no meaningful history.
0:39Watch it because other people are being judged by it.

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