What does VOLUME mean when looking at a stock quote?

Question

What does VOLUME mean when looking at a stock quote?

Answer 1

Amount of the sum of open interest versus closed interest

Answer 2

Number of stocks traded.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

volume means number of stocks traded.

Answer 5

Volume means the current number of share holders.Volume tells us how strong the company is and how many people trust it.

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Answer 6

That means how many shares have been traded during the day.

It can be an indicator of interest when you look at a days volume versus the Average Daily Volume.

If XYZ company averages 1 million shares a day but comes out with huge news, usually the volume will be over the average.

Sometimes you can also spot a short squeeze (with other info.) and use the move to your advantage.

Put simply, it tells you how active and how much interest there is in the stock for that day.