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Trading volume is the number of shares trading back and forth at a given time.

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finance a la shmoop what is training volume training volume with a lot of

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volume and this is trading with okay yeah yeah you get the idea [Man shouting into megaphone]

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volume here is not about number 11 on the dial but rather about the number of [Person turning up volume dial]

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shares trading back and forth on a given day week hour a month and generally

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speaking higher levels of volume are a relatively bullish sign for the market [Water pouring]

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on all else being equal that is optimistic investors are putting money

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into the system buying up stocks and contributing liquidity like they are [Investor money transfer to stock market]

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seeking risk they're hopeful they're optimistic lots of volume high liquidity

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low volume low liquidity and high is good

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Inessa not just a california proposition 64 thing high volumes are attractive to [People protesting for cannabis]

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large institutional professional traders and investors because there remains the

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perception that if they want to sell a given position well then with high

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volumes they can get out quickly so they feel less hesitation about getting in

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quickly okay good just checking [Man shouting into megaphone]

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