Function Prototype
/* Volume Weighted Moving Average */
/* Type: overlay */
/* Input arrays: 2 Options: 1 Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: close, volume */
/* Options: period */
/* Outputs: vwma */
int ti_vwma_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_vwma(int size,
TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
TI_REAL const *options,
TI_REAL *const *outputs);Description
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The Volume Weighted Moving Average is simalair to a Simple Moving Average, but it weights each bar by its volume.
It takes one parameter, the period n.
It is calculated for each bar as follows:
$$vwma_{t} = \frac{\sum_{i=0}^{n-1} close_{t-i}volume_{t-i}}{\sum_{i=0}^{n-1} volume_{t-i}} $$
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Example Usage
Calling From C
/* Example usage of Volume Weighted Moving Average */
/* Assuming that 'close' and 'volume' are pre-loaded arrays of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {close, volume};
TI_REAL options[] = {5}; /* period */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* vwma */
/* Determine how large the output size is for our options. */
const int out_size = in_size - ti_vwma_start(options);
/* Allocate memory for output. */
outputs[0] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[0] != 0); /* vwma */
/* Run the actual calculation. */
const int ret = ti_vwma(in_size, inputs, options, outputs);
assert(ret == TI_OKAY);
Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)
-- Example usage of Volume Weighted Moving Average
vwma = ti.vwma(close, volume, 5)
Example Calculation
period = 5
| date | close | volume | vwma |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-11-01 | 81.59 | 5,653,100.00 | |
| 2005-11-02 | 81.06 | 6,447,400.00 | |
| 2005-11-03 | 82.87 | 7,690,900.00 | |
| 2005-11-04 | 83.00 | 3,831,400.00 | |
| 2005-11-07 | 83.61 | 4,455,100.00 | 82.33 |
| 2005-11-08 | 83.15 | 3,798,000.00 | 82.61 |
| 2005-11-09 | 82.84 | 3,936,200.00 | 83.07 |
| 2005-11-10 | 83.99 | 4,732,000.00 | 83.35 |
| 2005-11-11 | 84.55 | 4,841,300.00 | 83.68 |
| 2005-11-14 | 84.36 | 3,915,300.00 | 83.82 |
| 2005-11-15 | 85.53 | 6,830,800.00 | 84.41 |
| 2005-11-16 | 86.54 | 6,694,100.00 | 85.17 |
| 2005-11-17 | 86.89 | 5,293,600.00 | 85.70 |
| 2005-11-18 | 87.77 | 7,985,800.00 | 86.42 |
| 2005-11-21 | 87.29 | 4,807,900.00 | 86.81 |
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