Asset-Specific Condition 1 of 17 market conditions

Relative Volume

Today's volume vs. 20-day average

What Relative Volume Measures

Compares today's trading volume to the stock's own 20-day average volume. High relative volume on a big move suggests conviction. Low volume on a big move suggests the move may lack staying power. Climax volume often marks exhaustion points.

Buckets

TradeOdds classifies each trading day into one of these buckets for Relative Volume. When you run an analysis, matching days must fall in the same bucket (or adjacent buckets if tolerance is set above 0).

Low Volume Normal High Volume Climax Volume

How It's Calculated

Today's volume divided by the 20-day simple moving average of volume. Low = <0.7x, Normal = 0.7-1.3x, High = 1.3-2x, Climax = >2x.

How to Use Relative Volume in TradeOdds

When you run an analysis on TradeOdds, Relative Volume is one of 17 conditions that can be active. If Relative Volume is toggled on, only historical days where Relative Volume was in the same bucket as today are included in the match.

For example, if today's Relative Volume reading puts it in the "Low Volume" bucket, TradeOdds finds all historical days for that stock where Relative Volume was also classified as "Low Volume" — then shows you what happened next.

Adding more conditions narrows the match (fewer but more specific historical days). Removing conditions widens the match (more historical days but less specific). The right balance depends on whether you want statistical significance (more matches) or precision (fewer but more similar matches).

See Relative Volume in Action

Run a free analysis on any stock and see how Relative Volume affects the historical base rate.

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