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Volume weighted average price

The average price paid for the stock over a period, counting busy days more.

Why it matters

Big investors judge their buying against it: buying below the volume weighted average means you paid less than most. On daily charts Cluenex uses a rolling 20-day version.

How to read it

Price above it means recent buyers are, on average, in profit; below means they are under water.

Also called: VWAP, VWMA

Related

In the Cluenex app, this explanation opens next to every volume weighted average price figure, with the live reading for the stock you are looking at. Open it in Cluenex