Volume Weighted Moving Average (vwma)

Volume Weighted Moving Average weights each price by its corresponding volume, giving more influence to prices traded with higher volume.

Common parameters

All indicator requests share these parameters. See Single Indicator for details.

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
`exchange`	string	Yes	—	Exchange identifier, e.g. `binance`, `bybit`.
`symbol`	string	Yes	—	Trading pair, e.g. `BTCUSDT`.
`timeframe`	string	Yes	—	Candle interval: `1m`, `5m`, `15m`, `1h`, `4h`, `1d`, `1w`.
`results`	integer	No	1	Number of historical values. Use `max` for all available.
`backtrack`	integer	No	0	Candles to skip from most recent.

Indicator parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
`period`	number	No	`—`	period

Example

curl -G https://v2.taapi.io/indicator/vwma \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "exchange=binance" \
  --data-urlencode "symbol=BTCUSDT" \
  --data-urlencode "timeframe=1h"

const res = await fetch(
  'https://v2.taapi.io/indicator/vwma?exchange=binance&symbol=BTCUSDT&timeframe=1h',
  { headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' } }
);
const data = await res.json();

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    'https://v2.taapi.io/indicator/vwma',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'},
    params={'exchange': 'binance', 'symbol': 'BTCUSDT', 'timeframe': '1h'}
)
print(resp.json())

Response

Results are always wrapped in arrays, even when only one value is returned.

200 OK

{
  "vwma": [0.0],
  "timestamp": [1708300800]
}

Errors

Response

{
  "vwma": [0.0],
  "timestamp": [1708300800]
}

Data is being fetched. Retry after 1–2 seconds.

Response

{ "pending": true, "key": "ta:binance:BTCUSDT:1h:vwma:..." }

Response

{ "error": "Missing required: exchange, symbol, timeframe" }

Response

{ "error": "Invalid or missing API key." }

Response

{ "error": "Rate limit exceeded. Your plan allows 30 requests per 15 seconds." }

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