True average price of a bar?

[Len20]

It doesn't seem possible, but does anyone know if there's a way to find the true average price of a 1 minute bar? By that, I mean the average of every transaction that occurred in that minute, or as close as possible.

I've tried code like (high + low) / 2, but that only finds the midpoint on the candle. It's not the true average price because, for example, 90% of the trading could have happened near the low of the candle, and only a few trades near the mid and top end. Then the true average would be below the midpoint. Similar issue with (high + low + open + close) / 4.
Any ideas?

 

[CreaitiveFreedom]

It doesn't seem possible, but does anyone know if there's a way to find the true average price of a 1 minute bar? By that, I mean the average of every transaction that occurred in that minute, or as close as possible.

I've tried code like (high + low) / 2, but that only finds the midpoint on the candle. It's not the true average price because, for example, 90% of the trading could have happened near the low of the candle, and only a few trades near the mid and top end. Then the true average would be below the midpoint. Similar issue with (high + low + open + close) / 4.
Any ideas?

The ATR?

 

[Len20]

Thanks for the reply. I think the ATR would give the range of prices but unfortunately not the actual average of all transactions within a bar. I now think thinkscript just doesn't have access to any data that would make it possible to determine. Thanks again for the idea though

 

[CreaitiveFreedom]

Thanks for the reply. I think the ATR would give the range of prices but unfortunately not the actual average of all transactions within a bar. I now think thinkscript just doesn't have access to any data that would make it possible to determine. Thanks again for the idea though

Gotcha.

I'm not sure if this is what you want but here is code for time weighted average price (TWAP). You might be able to tweak or pull some of the code out of it for what you're looking for.

09:46 Mobius: Jaycon -

# Time Weighted Average Price
# Mobius
# Mobius at MyTrade
# TWAP in algorithmic trading is the even distribution of a large order over an even amount of time using the (V)olume (W)eighted (A)verage (P)rice. This is NOT that. This is an attempt to weight an average price using the values for the largest areas of distribution by time.

input n = 20;
input ValueAreaPercent = 70;
input SDmult = 2;
input ATRmult = 1.5;
input Time = {default chart, day};

def c = close;
def agg = getAggregationPeriod();
def TPOperiod = agg * n;
def allchart = 0;
def yyyymmdd = getYyyyMmDd();
def seconds = secondsFromTime(0);
def month = getYear() * 12 + getMonth();
def day_number = daysFromDate(first(yyyymmdd)) + getDayOfWeek(first(yyyymmdd));
def dom = getDayOfMonth(yyyymmdd);
def dow = getDayOfWeek(yyyymmdd - dom + 1);
def expthismonth = (if dow > 5
                    then 27
                    else 20) - dow;
def exp_opt = month + (dom > expthismonth);
def period = countTradingDays(Min(first(yyyymmdd), yyyymmdd), yyyymmdd) - 1;
def count = CompoundValue(1, if period != period[1]
                             then (count[1] + period - period[1]) % 1
                             else count[1], 0);
def cond = count < count[1] + period - period[1];
def timeSwitch = if Time  then cond else allchart;
profile tpo = timeProfile("startNewProfile" = timeswitch, "onExpansion" = yes, "numberOfProfiles" = 1000, "pricePerRow" = ticksize(), "value area percent" = valueAreaPercent);
tpo.Show("color"=Color.DARK_GRAY, "poc color" = Color.LIGHT_GRAY, "va color" = Color.GRAY, "open color" = Color.WHITE, "close color" = Color.YELLOW, "ib color" = Color.BLUE, "volume va color" = Color.CYAN, "volume poc color" = Color.DARK_ORANGE);
def PPR = PriceperRow.ticksize;

def hVA = if IsNaN(tpo.getHighestValueArea())
          then hVA[1]
          else tpo.getHighestValueArea();
def lVA = if IsNaN(tpo.getLowestValueArea())
          then lVA[1]
          else tpo.getLowestValueArea();
def pc = if IsNaN(tpo.getPointOfControl())
         then pc[1]
         else tpo.getPointOfControl();
def Wt = (1-(pc / ((hva - lva) + pc)));
def SD = StDev(c, n);
def ATR = Average(TrueRange(high, close, low), n);

plot TWAP = ExpAverage((sum(c, n) + sum(wt, n)) / n, n);
     TWAP.SetStyle(Curve.Firm);
     TWAP.SetLineWeight(1);
     TWAP.AssignValueColor(if TWAP < TWAP[1]
                           then Color.Red
                           else Color.Green);

plot TWAPupper = TWAP + (SDmult * SD);
     TWAPupper.SetDefaultColor(Color.Yellow);

plot TWAPatr = TWAP + (ATRmult * ATR);
     TWAPatr.SetDefaultColor(Color.Red);

plot TWAPlower = TWAP + (-SDmult * SD);
     TWAPlower.SetDefaultColor(Color.Yellow);

plot TWAPatrDn = TWAP - (ATRmult * ATR);
     TWAPatrDn.SetDefaultColor(Color.Red);

AddCloud(TWAPatr, TWAPupper, CreateColor(50,50,50), Color.Current);
AddCloud(TWAPatrDn, TWAPlower, Color.Current, CreateColor(50,50,50));

# End Code TWAP

 

[Len20]

That sounds interesting. I'm gonna take a look at the code and see if it might help. Thanks!