Glossary
Volume
The number of shares, contracts or coins traded during a period, usually shown as bars beneath the price chart.
Volume measures how much trading took place in each period. On most charts it appears as a bar under each candle, so a move in price can be compared with the activity behind it.
Traders often compare a period’s volume with its recent average. A breakout or a sharp reversal on unusually high volume is generally read as involving more participants than one on light volume.
Crypto trades on many exchanges at once, so a chart shows only the volume of the exchange or group of exchanges its data comes from. Stock volume can also differ between data providers depending on which venues they include.
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For education only, not financial advice. Crypto assets and stocks are volatile, and leveraged positions can lose more than the money you put in.