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Does a VWAP reclaim signal a real move?
TheDesperateTrader.com· Crosses back above VWAP
Reclaiming the volume-weighted average price. The quietest cohort here, and it lags. Over 605k occurrences, it shows no net edge over the market baseline on the net move - the number that matters once you stop counting upside you never keep.
VWAP reclaim
Crosses back above VWAP
No net edgeoccurrences605k
◀ downsidenetupside ▶
−10%dashed = market baseline reach+10%
Avg max up
+0.65%
Avg max down
−0.64%
Avg net
−0.01%
Reached +5%1.2%
Dropped −5%1.0%
What this means rules-based, no AI guesswork
- No net edge: it nets roughly flat against the market baseline.
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Base rates measured over our own intraday history (2026-07-16 to 2026-09-11), tradeable-liquidity names only, refreshed nightly. Max up and max down are the most a stock moved, not what a trader keeps (excursion is not capture). This is research, not investment advice.