What is the meaning of Volume Price Trend (VPT)?

In which a running sum is maintained when a day's total volume is added if the market closes positive or the day's total volume is subtracted if the market closes lower. See: On-balance volume.

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APABarry Goldsmith. (2010). Volume Price Trend (VPT). Retrieved September 23, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/volume_price_trend_(vpt)/definitions/1166318
ChicagoBarry Goldsmith. 2010. "Volume Price Trend (VPT)" http://smartdefine.org/volume_price_trend_(vpt)/definitions/1166318 (accessed September 23, 2026).
HarvardBarry Goldsmith 2010, Volume Price Trend (VPT), Smart Define, viewed 23 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/volume_price_trend_(vpt)/definitions/1166318>.
MLABarry Goldsmith. "Volume Price Trend (VPT)" 21 October 2010. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/volume_price_trend_(vpt)/definitions/1166318>