various places found on google can describe both vwap and mavg reasonablly well, but I can't see any real difference in their uses.
Beyond the mathematical difference, could you please help explain when it's appropriate to use the VWAP or MAVG in algorithms?
ps: i'm a noob who's starting with interday of high volume ETF's, so maybe that's why I can't see any real use cases?
an update, this provides the best description i've found: http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:technical_indicators:vwap_intraday
sounds like any trades i'd be considering would not fall within the "uses for vwap" so that means MAVG is going to be more accurate...???
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