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Anchored VWAP Swings

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VWAPs re-anchored at every swing high and low with sigma bands

Volume & ProfilePrice overlay CanvasGradient fillCandle colorsSignalsAlerts
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Language
QuaScript
Engine
Native C++, incremental on live ticks
Rendering
Canvas
Placement
Price overlay
Settings
2
Plots
6
Lines of code
80
Source
presets/analysis/volume/anchored_vwap_swings.qs
Anchored VWAP Swingsengine result
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quatick-charts · QuaScript engine on synthetic 1-minute bars · drag to pan · scroll to zoom · Run executes the script on the engine (⌘/Ctrl+Enter while editing)

About

Two VWAPs re-anchored automatically: one from the last confirmed swing high and one from the last swing low, each with a one-sigma band. The space between them is a gradient cloud, the anchors are tagged where they start and candles are colored by which side of both VWAPs price trades on.

6
Plotted series
2
Signal marks
2
Drawings
2
Alert rules
2
Settings
73
Lines of code

What it draws

Price overlay · counted from the engine's plot table and the script's draw calls

Series

  • Line6
    VWAP from highVWAP from lowHigh bandHigh band lowLow band highLow band
  • Band fills (render.band calls)3
Legend
VWAP from high VWAP from low High band High band low Low band high Low band

Signal marks

Above bothBelow both

Drawings and chart effects

  • Tags2 created
  • Candle colors

How it runs

From source to the live chart, for this script

  1. 1
    Compile

    The QuaScript compiler checks the 80-line script (73 lines of code) and lowers it for the native C++ engine. Compile errors point at the exact line and column.

  2. 2
    Place

    The header sets overlay = true, so everything is drawn on the price chart, on the same scale as the candles.

  3. 3
    Compute

    The script runs once per bar, oldest to newest. Each bar also runs 2 loops (2 for). 6 persist variables keep state (objects, counters) across bars.

  4. 4
    Stay live

    On the terminal the script keeps one live engine session: a tick rolls the forming bar back to its checkpoint and re-executes only that bar, and new bars are appended, so history is never rerun while the market moves. The live result is identical to a full run.

  5. 5
    Render

    The results are handed to the chart: series on Canvas.

  6. 6
    Tune

    2 settings in 1 group appear in the chart's settings dialog. Changing one reruns the engine with the new value.

Rendering

This script draws on Canvas

WebGPUNot used

The browser's modern GPU API. The chart uploads every line, band and mark of the script as GPU buffers and draws them in one pass, so dense heatmaps and dozens of series stay smooth while you pan and zoom. Without WebGPU support the chart's GPU layer falls back to WebGL 2, then Canvas 2D.

WebGLNot used

GPU drawing through WebGL 2, available in every current browser. Used for chart-native profiles and for series that ask for it with backend = "webgl". Fast for large numbers of bars and wide fills.

CanvasSeries renderer

The browser's 2D drawing API. Text-heavy and object-style output (dashboard tables, zones, tags, segments), candle colors and backgrounds are painted by the QuaScript layer, a Canvas 2D surface over the chart. Series use Canvas when the script's header does not ask for a GPU.

In this script
  • • 6 plotted series
  • • 3 band fill calls
  • • 2 signal mark types
  • • 2 tags (QuaScript layer)
  • • candle colors (QuaScript layer)

Alerts

2 alert rules declared with alert.rule

Above both anchored VWAPs

Close above the VWAPs from the last swing high and low

Below both anchored VWAPs

Close below the VWAPs from the last swing high and low

Settings

2 settings, grouped as in the chart's settings dialog

General
SettingTypeDefaultRange / optionsId
Swing legsInteger102 – 60swing_legs
Band (sigma)Number10.2 – 4, step 0.1band_sigma

Script

packages/quascript/presets/analysis/volume/anchored_vwap_swings.qs

Header

analysis "Anchored VWAP Swings" {
    overlay = true
    max_objects = 200
}
Total lines
80
Code lines
73
Comment lines
5
Helper functions
0
Loops
2
Persistent variables
6
Higher-interval feeds
0
Engine plots
6

Built with

Technical analysis (ta.*)
ta.atrta.pivot_highta.pivot_low
Math (math.*)
math.is_namath.maxmath.minmath.sqrt

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