What does Volume mean in Google Finance?

Question

Does Google Finance "Vol:" mean number of shares traded today or over the last 'n' days?

And does"Avg Vol" mean average number of shares traded daily over the last 5 days, 20 days, 100 days?

Or something else completely?

Answer 1

volume means quantity of share trading in one day or month.

Answer 2

It should give you a time frame, if it says 3mo than that is the average volume over the past 3 months. Try www.investopedia.com for any investing questions.

Answer 3

Hi,

You are correct!!!

Volume means the number of shares purchased or sold in the given day.

Avg Vol means average number of shares traded in a given day.

Answer 4

# shares traded - it tells how many days - typically last ten, versus last 90, etc., in the quote box