Trading on Volume
Technical researchers and
traders tend to focus almost exclusively on price action. Fundamental traders, on the
other hand, rely on company and stock valuation. Yet it is trading volume that is as
important, if not more important, in understanding and forecasting price movements even
though it is consistently ignored by all but a few knowledgeable individuals.
Trading on Volume explains
how changes in volume can actually disclose the amount and type of interest in a stock and
help you determine where the price is going next. More than just a superficial treatment,
it is a comprehensive study and analysis of behavioral finance as it relates to trading
volume, conventional views on volume from TRIN and tick to Up/Down Volume/Price
combinations, and innovative techniques for understanding volume and using it to your
advantage in virtually any market environment.
Volume data holds a rich body
of practical information. Let Trading on Volume show you how to uncover and use that
information to achieve better buy and sell prices, as you exercise greater control over
the inherent risks involved in trading. Topics covered include:
Indicators for understanding
if lower volume is bullish or bearish, and why
How to use intraday trading
statistics to compute where pressure is coming from, and when and how sharply it might be
changing
Techniques to dissect the
aftermath of a volume-spike day and gauge the behavior of late-coming participants
Ways to judge when a
downside spike might accurately reflect long-term reality or instead represents a
long-term buying opportunity
Beyond the many
difficult-to-measure factors in today's fast-moving markets, it is simple supply and
demand that drive stock prices. Trading on Volume shows you how to use that one unarguable
fact to your advantage. Regardless of your overall technique or strategy, it will supply
you with the knowledge you need to pinpoint the rise, climax, and fall of the activity of
market participants, then use that knowledge to buy near market bottoms and sell near tops
with unprecedented consistency and accuracy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DONALD CAS SIDY is senior
research analyst and manager of money flows analysis for mutual fund tracking firm Lipper,
Inc., where he tracks the movement of funds as driven by investor reaction to market
performance. A popular speaker, Cassidy has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The
New York Times, Barron 's, Forbes, and other leading national publications. He has written
a number of books for individual investors, including When the Dow Breaks and It's When
You Sell that Counts!, and is a regular contributor to AAII Journal.
304 pages