Ask size is a trading term that refers to the number of shares of stock a seller is trying to sell at a certain price. (This is contrary to bid size, which is how many shares a trader wants to purchase.)
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Finance: What is Trading Volume?29 Views
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volume and this is trading with okay yeah yeah you get the idea [Man shouting into megaphone]
volume here is not about number 11 on the dial but rather about the number of [Person turning up volume dial]
shares trading back and forth on a given day week hour a month and generally
speaking higher levels of volume are a relatively bullish sign for the market [Water pouring]
on all else being equal that is optimistic investors are putting money
into the system buying up stocks and contributing liquidity like they are [Investor money transfer to stock market]
seeking risk they're hopeful they're optimistic lots of volume high liquidity
low volume low liquidity and high is good
Inessa not just a california proposition 64 thing high volumes are attractive to [People protesting for cannabis]
large institutional professional traders and investors because there remains the
perception that if they want to sell a given position well then with high
volumes they can get out quickly so they feel less hesitation about getting in
quickly okay good just checking [Man shouting into megaphone]
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