Value and volume are concepts used in publications about the economy. However, volume is often mistaken for quantity, which is just one of the three components that make up volume. In this Focus we ...

In technical analysis, volume measures the number of a stock’s shares that are traded on a stock exchange in a day or a period of time. Volume is important because it confirms trend directions. The ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in ...

Open interest and volume are two closely related topics in the world of options trading, so it makes sense to discuss them as a unified subject. Volume is already a familiar concept to stock traders, ...