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Mondo Visione  Apr 18  Comment 
The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database.  The report includes trading on the NYSE for Apr....
TheStreet.com  Apr 17  Comment 
WINDERMERE, Fla. (Stockpickr) -- Professional traders running mutual funds and hedge funds don't just look at a stock's price moves; they also track big changes in volume activity. Often when above-average volume moves into an equity, it precedes...
TheStreet.com  Apr 17  Comment 
The Hindu Business Line  Apr 17  Comment 
A volume of 12.45 lakh kg would be offered for Sale No: 16 of Coonoor Tea Trade Association auction to take place on Thursday and Friday, reveals an analysis of the brokers’ listings. Thi...
Wall Street Journal  Apr 16  Comment 
TD Ameritrade's profit rose 5.1%, helped by an increase in net new assets, but the online brokerage firm said its trading volume this year has missed its own expectations as many retail investors remained on the sidelines despite a market rally.
TheStreet.com  Apr 15  Comment 
WINDERMERE, Fla. (Stockpickr) -- Professional traders running mutual funds and hedge funds don't just look at a stock's price moves; they also track big changes in volume activity. Often when above-average volume moves into an equity, it precedes...
Reuters  Apr 15  Comment 
* Automated trading firm in process of buying Knight Capital
Wall Street Journal  Apr 15  Comment 
McDonald's is pushing its value message harder amid lackluster consumer spending. The chain is expected to report an increase in first-quarter profit on Friday.
TheStreet.com  Apr 12  Comment 
WINDERMERE, Fla. (Stockpickr) -- Professional traders running mutual funds and hedge funds don't just look at a stock's price moves; they also track big changes in volume activity. Often when above-average volume moves into an equity, it precedes...
Mondo Visione  Apr 12  Comment 
Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) is pleased to announce that the total trading volume of derivatives on its market since January 2013 recorded 101,530,625 units (preliminary estimates) today. OSE achieved the record earlier than last...




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Volume is the number of shares traded in a given day

The Average Volume for a stock tracks the typical trading volume for a certain stock. The volume for a stock tracks the amount of shares that exchange hands on a particular day and is a measure of activity.

Volume is frequently used as an indicator in technical analysis as it measures whether the markets have made a strong price decision in one direction or the other. The greater the volume, the more people who are behind a stock's movement in one direction or the other.

Examples

  • You decide to buy 10,000 shares of an extremely illiquid stock. It's so infrequently traded that you're the only person buying the stock on the day in question so the day's volume for that stock is 10,000.
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