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Daniel N | In the stock market, what is the significance of Volume? |
This may seem like an incomplete question (since I don't know much about the importance of volume). Please, don't simply "define" what volume is. Give it context and explain the significance of this to an investor (or in my case - student).
What does it mean that some stocks trade at a volume of a couple thousand, while others trade at a couple billion. Further, the same stock can be trading in the millions on one day, and in the billions the next. What does THAT mean?
No need to be "comprehensive", just elaborate on some KEY points and let your answers flow logically. I want enough info to give me an idea on where to start my research (sources would be appreciated), but there is no need to write a textbook here (although if your answer's good enough and explains it well, you'll get my vote = 10 points!).
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To seafood10:
- What about when volume is low, but price is rising? |
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icpooreman
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ok stock price is what it costs right now to by one share of a stock. That number is multiplied by the volume (number of shares) to get the value of the company.
the volume is how many shares are owned at the stocks current price.
Usually large jumps in volume will occur when a stock "splits" basically say I own 1 share of google valued at 500 dollars a share. Sometimes companies decide to split the stock to make it look more affordable. So if google were to split it's stock I would then have 2 shares worth 250 it would in effect double the volume of the stock where the overall value of the company would remain the same. |
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Space_Cadet
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Volume provides some indication of a stock's liquidity -- the higher the volume the more buyers and sellers out there.
Most of the stocks that have minimal volume, 15,000 shares per day or less, have a problem. One reason is that stocks with low volume often have very large price swings. These fluctuations are due to the laws of supply and demand. If there is only a few available sellers of the stock you want to buy, you are forced to pay what they want for the stock.
On the other hand, when you decide to sell the stock, you may be forced to keep the shares because there are no buyers of the stock, or to sell them at a really low price.
Volume may indicate a special event. Most stocks trade at an even pace for days or weeks at a stretch -- often until something unusual occurs. Heavy volume may indicate that the company has (or is about to) released important news .Sometimes, however, trading spikes up and the price subsequently moves up for no apparent reason. Very often the reason is a major purchase by large institutions hedge funds or mutual funds. Trading volume for one isolated day generally tells very little. You want to track the average daily volume of trading over time to see what is taking place, what the consensus is about the stock.
Have fun.. |
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bbrown9506
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Volume is huge-When You have large volume up days or down days in telling sign of what Big players (funds, Etc) are trading, follow their lead. Perfect Example right now....Ford---cant get past $9.25, if you get a large volume breakout above that level time to buy! Why because it will have shown that funds are buying even at this "high" levels! but what once was a high will now tend to be support. Take a look around the web for technically trading lessons! GL |
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alnjk
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The important thing is to look at the average daily volume. This is your benchmark. If a stock goes way up in volume in any given day that usually indicates a significant event happening with the company for good or bad. Also keep in mind that the market as a whole can dictate high volume, as in a market correction. As far as low volume from the benchmark, that usually just indicates the market sentiment as a whole. |
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mid232002
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The advantages of trading Currencies over Stocks
Stocks
-8 hours day, 5 days week
-Profit in rising markets only
-High Commission Fees
-Investing in Companies
Can be Manipulated (Enron, Worldcom)
-8,000 Stock to choose from
-Leverage 2 to 1 (trade $1,000 with only $500)
Currencies
-24 hours day, 6 days week
-Both Rising and Falling markets
-Much lower Commissions
-Investing in Countries
-Too Large to be Manipulated
-Only 6 major currencies
-Leverage 400 to 1 (trade $200,000 with only 500 out of pocket)
Forex is an abbreviation for the Foreign Currency Exchange which have been in existance for over 100 years but only became available to the general public 8 years ago in 1998... Due to the availability of the internet.. And it slowly been evolving into an industry of it's own.
Prior to 1998, The largest Banks and Financial Institutions of the world moved hundreds of millions of dollars between the Euro, Swiss Frank, Japanese Yen, British Pound and so on, capitalizing on the constant fluctuations of Currency Exchange rates between countries.
To give you an idea as to the size of this marketplace... There is more money trades on the forex markets in one day than all the worlds stock markets combined in 90 days? 2 trillion dollars... To put that into perspective... The US Annual Budget is 2.7 Trillion. |
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G. G.
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There's a lot of Links at Ask.com, showing Graphs, and something about "Accumilations" N' etc.
Later. Snoop |
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seafood10
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if there are alot of volume while the stock prices is going up = good sign = buy
if there is alot of volumen while the stock is going down = bad sign = sell.
if there is very little volumn while stock prices remain steady = hold. |
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John B
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Trading volume? One of the things it shows is "popularity." If doing a comparison on 1M of trading by ABC vs 1K of XYZ, then ABC is a more popular stock.
Also take note of the direction the volume is going. If there's 1M of shares being bought, then the heavy hitters are thinking it's likely undervalued whereas 1M of shares being sold and it's widely considered a dog to get rid of. |
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johnandeileen2000
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Sorry, my knowledge of the stock market is very limited. |
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