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that's the quirk that trips up a lot of people. NT8's built-in Anchored VWAP is classified as a drawing tool, not a regular indicator. Drawing tools don't auto-reload when you reopen a chart -- that's by design, because they're tied to specific anchor points you manually placed. Regular indicators load automatically; drawing tools don't.
Two free ways around this:
Chart templates -- Place your AVWAP anchors exactly where you want them, then right-click the chart and save it as a template. Next session, load that template and your drawings come back. Templates live in Documents\\NinjaTrader 8\\templates\\Chart.
FlyingMonkey's free VWAP suite (thread 35208 here on the forum) -- These load as actual indicators, not drawing tools, so they auto-populate on chart open. The anchoring method is a bit different from Shannon's click-and-drag style, but you get persistence without the hassle.
For staying closer to Shannon's approach, the chart template route is probably your cleanest fix.
And yes -- VWAP absolutely works in futures. ES in particular is heavily driven by institutional participation, and large execution algorithms benchmark directly to VWAP. When price is trading at VWAP on the ES, you're watching real institutional fair value, not a retail squiggle.
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Finally a post I can relate with.... Yes brakkar, The Vwap indicator is the first and only indicator I can heavily rely on. I trade MES and I can always understand if buyers or sellers are in control. It can help you define the current trend and see if it aligns with your trade idea. Let me know if you have any other questions.
like any thing in trading it depends on the time frame the indicator is being applied to. on a trend day the indicator works well , algo s are executing on pull backs to it . on rotational , balanced , or range bound type days price will trade through it all day long . if the trader can not read market breath , volume , opening types , gaps and how they fill or not , it will be a long day at the office .
