Average price
Trading & ordersThe weighted average cost of a position built across multiple purchases.
In plain terms
Both pyramiding and averaging down improve how it looks. Only one improves your outcome.
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Closing price
Trading & ordersOn Indian exchanges, the volume-weighted average price of the final thirty minutes of the session — not the last trade.
In plain terms
Designed so that one late trade cannot set the close, which makes manipulation substantially harder. It is also why a close beyond a level counts for more than a touch.
Realisation
Fundamental analysisAlso called: Average realisation, Realisation per unit
Revenue divided by units sold — the average price a company actually achieved per tonne, vehicle, subscriber or other physical unit.
In plain terms
Every revenue claim is really two claims: how many were sold, and at what price. The two can move in opposite directions and still produce a flattering headline.
VWAP
Technical analysisVolume Weighted Average Price — the session’s average price weighted by volume traded at each level.
In plain terms
What the average participant paid today. Institutions benchmark their fills against it.
Anchored VWAP
Technical analysisVWAP computed from a chosen starting bar rather than from the session open.
In plain terms
The average price everyone has paid since an event. Above it, they are in profit; below it, they are not.