Millions of shares change hands each day on the world's stock exchanges, but not all price shifts mean the same thing. A stock rising on heavy trading volume tells a different story than one climbing ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). If you ever look at the volume leaders for the trading day, you will almost ...

Trading volume refers to the total number of shares or contracts traded in a given period. It’s used to measure the market’s activity and liquidity during a certain period of time — like a day. It’s ...