TA Technical Analysis · Updated February 2026 · ~4 min · For TradingView desktop 3.2.1
Bitcoin VWAP & Anchored VWAP for Intraday Trading
VWAP (volume-weighted average price) is the weighted cost line of the day's trades, a common benchmark for algo orders. Crypto trades 24/7, so the "day" start of VWAP is worth watching.
Intraday direction filter
The cleanest intraday discipline: only long above VWAP, only short below. A pullback to VWAP is the most-used second entry for an intraday trend — after price extends away and pulls back, that's the with-trend add.
Anchored VWAP
Ordinary VWAP resets daily, but crypto has no close. More useful is Anchored VWAP, anchored from a key event, e.g.:
- from the swing low — the average cost of longs;
- from a major news event / halving — the market's cost since;
- from the prior high — the overhang of trapped supply.
Tip: VWAP is "average cost," not support/resistance — don't use it as a drawn line. Its strongest use is filtering direction and confirming second entries, alongside RSI and structure.