Weighted Close Price (WCLPRICE)

Summary

Weighted Close Price: a per-bar price average giving the close double weight relative to high and low.

Formula

$\text{WCLPRICE} = \dfrac{\text{High} + \text{Low} + 2\cdot\text{Close}}{4}$

Inputs

• inHigh — High price of each bar
• inLow — Low price of each bar
• inClose — Close price of each bar

Outputs

• outReal — Weighted close price per bar

Properties

Numerical Stability: Start-Independent

✅ Overlap Input i
☐ Independent Y-Axis
☐ Candlestick
☐ Can Output NaN or ±Inf
☐ Identity at Period 1

Implementation

TA-Lib Definition: wclprice.c · wclprice.yaml

Native	File
C	ta_WCLPRICE.c
Rust	wclprice.rs
Java	Core_WCLPRICE.java

TA-Lib is also available for Python, R and more using a wrapper.

Aliases

Weighted Close Price, Weighted Close

See Also

TYPPRICE · MEDPRICE · AVGPRICE