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Institutional VWAP Bands [JOAT]
Institutional VWAP Bands [JOAT]
An anchored VWAP with standard-deviation bands that classifies price as cheap, fair or expensive and offers two complementary playbooks: mean reversion and trend pullback.
What it is
VWAP is the benchmark institutions measure their own fills against — the market's running notion of fair value. Standard-deviation bands around it map where price is stretched relative to that benchmark. This indicator runs an anchored VWAP with three band pairs and turns them into a structured, non-repainting decision tool rather than a plain VWAP line.
How it works
• Anchored VWAP — volume-weighted average price accumulated from a chosen anchor (session, week or month) with a controlled reset, so the reference restarts cleanly each period.
• Sigma bands — three pairs of bands at one, two and three standard deviations of price around VWAP, computed from the same volume-weighted variance. These define the stretch zones.
• Value state — every bar is classified with a z-score into cheap, fair or expensive relative to VWAP. This drives the colour system and the dashboard.
• Mean-reversion fades — when price is stretched to the outer bands against the higher-timeframe trend and then reclaims back inside, a fade toward VWAP is signalled. The reclaim requirement is deliberate, so you are not blindly catching a falling knife.
• Trend-pullback entries — in a trend, a retracement to VWAP or the first band that holds is a discount entry in the trend direction. Both playbooks are labelled by type, and Buy/Sell are mutually exclusive with a minimum-gap control.
Trade levels
Each signal draws a red risk box to the ATR stop and a green reward box to the third target, with inner dividers and right-edge labels for entry, stop and each take-profit. For reversion signals the first target is clamped toward VWAP so it always sits on the profit side of entry.
The dashboard
An adjustable value-ladder panel shows the value state, the z-score, the trend bias, the active playbook and signal, a conviction estimate, and a live first-target-before-stop tally from closed bars only.
How to use it
• Choose the anchor that matches your style: session for intraday, week or month for swing context.
• Fade the outer bands only against the trend and with a reclaim; take pullbacks to VWAP with the trend.
• Works across assets and timeframes, though the anchor should suit the timeframe you trade.
Settings
Anchor period, VWAP source, three band multipliers, trend filter length, reversion trigger, ATR risk multiple and target R multiples, plus visual and dashboard controls.
Originality and usefulness
VWAP and deviation bands are standard building blocks; the contribution here is the explicit two-playbook logic (reclaim-based reversion versus trend pullback), the value-state classification that ties colour, dashboard and signals together, and the reversion target clamp — combined into one coherent, non-repainting framework and fully explained.
Notes and limitations
• VWAP is most meaningful on instruments with reliable volume; on symbols without real volume the bands lose accuracy, which is stated here honestly.
• Reversion trades against a strong trend carry inherent risk even with the reclaim filter.
• The tally reflects only past bars on the current chart and is not a forecast.
• Educational and analytical tool, not financial advice.
— made with passion by officialjackofalltrades
An anchored VWAP with standard-deviation bands that classifies price as cheap, fair or expensive and offers two complementary playbooks: mean reversion and trend pullback.
What it is
VWAP is the benchmark institutions measure their own fills against — the market's running notion of fair value. Standard-deviation bands around it map where price is stretched relative to that benchmark. This indicator runs an anchored VWAP with three band pairs and turns them into a structured, non-repainting decision tool rather than a plain VWAP line.
How it works
• Anchored VWAP — volume-weighted average price accumulated from a chosen anchor (session, week or month) with a controlled reset, so the reference restarts cleanly each period.
• Sigma bands — three pairs of bands at one, two and three standard deviations of price around VWAP, computed from the same volume-weighted variance. These define the stretch zones.
• Value state — every bar is classified with a z-score into cheap, fair or expensive relative to VWAP. This drives the colour system and the dashboard.
• Mean-reversion fades — when price is stretched to the outer bands against the higher-timeframe trend and then reclaims back inside, a fade toward VWAP is signalled. The reclaim requirement is deliberate, so you are not blindly catching a falling knife.
• Trend-pullback entries — in a trend, a retracement to VWAP or the first band that holds is a discount entry in the trend direction. Both playbooks are labelled by type, and Buy/Sell are mutually exclusive with a minimum-gap control.
Trade levels
Each signal draws a red risk box to the ATR stop and a green reward box to the third target, with inner dividers and right-edge labels for entry, stop and each take-profit. For reversion signals the first target is clamped toward VWAP so it always sits on the profit side of entry.
The dashboard
An adjustable value-ladder panel shows the value state, the z-score, the trend bias, the active playbook and signal, a conviction estimate, and a live first-target-before-stop tally from closed bars only.
How to use it
• Choose the anchor that matches your style: session for intraday, week or month for swing context.
• Fade the outer bands only against the trend and with a reclaim; take pullbacks to VWAP with the trend.
• Works across assets and timeframes, though the anchor should suit the timeframe you trade.
Settings
Anchor period, VWAP source, three band multipliers, trend filter length, reversion trigger, ATR risk multiple and target R multiples, plus visual and dashboard controls.
Originality and usefulness
VWAP and deviation bands are standard building blocks; the contribution here is the explicit two-playbook logic (reclaim-based reversion versus trend pullback), the value-state classification that ties colour, dashboard and signals together, and the reversion target clamp — combined into one coherent, non-repainting framework and fully explained.
Notes and limitations
• VWAP is most meaningful on instruments with reliable volume; on symbols without real volume the bands lose accuracy, which is stated here honestly.
• Reversion trades against a strong trend carry inherent risk even with the reclaim filter.
• The tally reflects only past bars on the current chart and is not a forecast.
• Educational and analytical tool, not financial advice.
— made with passion by officialjackofalltrades
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Open-source script
In true TradingView spirit, the creator of this script has made it open-source, so that traders can review and verify its functionality. Kudos to the author! While you can use it for free, remember that republishing the code is subject to our House Rules.
The AI Trading Ecosystem, Built to win trades 📈
Get Full Access 👇
jackofalltrades.vip 🌐
t.me/jackofalltradesvip 🃏
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jackofalltrades.vip 🌐
t.me/jackofalltradesvip 🃏
Disclaimer
The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.