Volume: how much conviction

If price is 'how much', volume is 'how serious'. Read them together.

2026.06.03·4 min·

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Volume is how many shares changed hands that day. If price tells you *what level* it traded at, volume tells you how many people actually backed that move.

Up dayDown dayBars below = volumeExample

The top is price (candles); the bars below are volume. See how volume spiked on day four's big move? (Educational example)

Quick check

Price jumped hard, and volume was way above normal. What does that usually mean?

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