How to calculate vwap (volume weighted average price) using groupby and apply?

Question

I have read multiple post similar to my question, but I still can\'t figure it out. I have a pandas df that looks like the following (for multiple days):

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Answer 1

Option 0
plain vanilla approach

def vwap(df):
    q = df.quantity.values
    p = df.price.values
    return df.assign(vwap=(p * q).cumsum() / q.cumsum())

df = df.groupby(df.index.date, group_keys=False).apply(vwap)
df

                     price  quantity       vwap
time                                           
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30    1960.0  32.300000
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30     142.0  32.300000
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30    3857.0  32.300000
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30    1000.0  32.300000
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.35     991.0  32.306233
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30     447.0  32.305901

Option 1
Throwing in a little eval

df = df.assign(
    vwap=df.eval(
        'wgtd = price * quantity', inplace=False
    ).groupby(df.index.date).cumsum().eval('wgtd / quantity')
)
df

                     price  quantity       vwap
time                                           
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30    1960.0  32.300000
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30     142.0  32.300000
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30    3857.0  32.300000
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30    1000.0  32.300000
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.35     991.0  32.306233
2016-06-08 09:00:22  32.30     447.0  32.305901