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 ...

How do you know if a stock’s price move is genuine or just a temporary “head fake” designed to trap unwary investors? Most investors focus solely on the price chart, watching candles, lines, and ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

When you first open a stock chart, the complexity can be paralyzing. There are hundreds of mathematical tools — or technical indicators — available, all promising to unlock the market’s secrets. But ...

Joseph Granville developed and introduced the on-balance volume (OBV) indicator to the technical analysis community in his 1963 book “Granville’s New Key to Stock Market Profits.” It has since become ...

Investors always seek balance in their portfolios. A retirement saver might balance their assets with a 401(k) account and a Roth IRA to take advantage of different tax benefits. An investor can ...

Whether an option is bought or sold, whether it is a call or a put, when it trades on the exchange, it is considered volume. In short, option volume is the number of contracts traded in a security or ...