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what stock has the highest volume

by Roberto Gleichner Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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Top Volume

Rankings Symbol Company CHG (%)
Add to Watchlist 1 SU Suncor Energy Inc. 1.142
Add to Watchlist 2 MFC Manulife Financial Corporation -0.381
Add to Watchlist 3 ATH Athabasca Oil Corporation -0.904
Add to Watchlist 4 ARX ARC Resources Ltd. 0.822
Jun 13 2022

Most Active Share Volume
SymbolNameChange
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.-0.48
AAPLApple Inc.+1.61
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.+2.55
AALAmerican Airlines Group, Inc.+0.76
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Full Answer

What is considered a high volume stock?

What is considered a high volume stock? Howerver, high volume stocks typically trade at a volume of 500,000 or more shares per day. Low volume stocks would be below that mark. How big is an acre in football pitches? 4,840 square yards. How land is measured?

How to understand Low vs. high volume in stocks?

  • Minimize volatility: By nature, a stock that’s trading at a higher volume may be less volatile. ...
  • Narrow spreads: High volume stocks tend to have a much closer gap between the bid price and ask price. ...
  • Reduced liquidity risk: Liquidity measures how easily you can convert your investments to cash. ...

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What are the most heavily traded stocks?

exchanges with the highest average daily trading volume, according to Finviz:

  • Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK ), 71.1 million shares.
  • VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX ), 63.2 million shares.
  • SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY ), 62.2 million shares.
  • General Electric Company (NYSE: GE ), 58.5 million shares.
  • iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (NYSE: EEM ), 57.1 million shares.

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Which shares to buy now?

November 2021

  • Vulcan Energy Resources (VUL) $10.81, $1.35bn market cap. For all those who feel like they ‘missed out’ on Vulcan, now might be the last opportunity to buy the stock under ...
  • Heramed (HMD) $0.195, $35m market cap. ...
  • Ramelius Resources (RMS) $1.63, $1.3bn market cap. ...

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What stock has the highest volume ever?

The largest daily turnover in 1963 was on Nov. 26, the first day of trading after the funeral of President Kennedy. A total of 9,323.960 shares changed hands that day as investors expressed confidence in the new stewardship of President Johnson.

What stocks have the most trading volume?

Most Active Stocks by Dollar VolumeCompanyCurrent PriceVolumeAAPL Apple$145.38 -3.9%88.48 millionAMZN Amazon.com$2,447.00 -2.5%4.86 millionAMD Advanced Micro Devices$106.30 -2.1%110.80 millionNVDA NVIDIA$187.20 -4.5%59.85 million50 more rows

How do you find high volume stocks?

High Volume Stocks Explained + 3 Pro Tips to Find Them2.1 #1) Look for the high volume penny stocks that have gone up the most since yesterday's closing price.2.2 #2) Look at social media.2.3 #3) Use a software platform with killer scanning tools.2.4 Technical and Fundamental Analysis.2.5 Analysis Software.More items...

What stock moves the most?

Most Active Share Volume Amazon.com, Inc. SoFi Technologies, Inc. American Airlines Group, Inc. Redbox Entertainment Inc.

What does volume mean in stock trading?

A stock’s trading volume indicates how many times it is traded on a daily basis. Simple enough to understand. But for such a simple concept, trading volume can have a huge impact on a company’s stock price! Some stocks consistently have a ton of daily volume.

What does a high beta mean in stocks?

Stocks with a beta of less than 1 average lower percentage swings than the overall market. And high beta stocks typically experience larger price fluctuations than the overall market. For example, a stock with a beta of 2 averages a price change of 20% when the overall market changes 10%. If you’re looking for a measure ...

Do stocks have volume?

Some stocks consistently have a ton of daily volume. These stocks are usually higher marketcap companies, with billions of shares outstanding and millions of shares being traded each day. Volume spikes and decreases typically have very little impact on the stock price of these large companies.

Top Volume: Sonnet Biotherapeutics Holdings

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Runner Up: Nokia Corp (NYSE:NOK)

It’s unlikely you’ve owned a Nokia phone in the past decade. This one prolific smartphone company was made all but obsolete upon the release of the iPhone and Android’s smartphone competitors.

2nd Runner Up: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)

GE was founded in 1892 and is one of the largest companies in the world. It’s a component of the S&P 500 and has exposure in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, aviation, capital and finance, additive manufacturing, and digital.

3rd Runner Up: Pinterest Inc (NYSE:PINS)

When you think of social media platforms, Facebook [ FB], Snapchat, TikTok, and Twitter [ TWTR] tend to rule the conversation. However, don’t overlook Pinterest, the highly visual social media platform that’s been showing consistent growth since it was founded in 2009.

Warning: Volume and Price

One thing to remember about volume and price is they aren’t correlated, which is a common misunderstanding.

Why do traders use volume?

Technical stock traders often use volume to confirm breakouts or other signals. A technical signal is often considered much more meaningful if it's accompanied by heavy trading volume. In addition to average daily volume, traders will often watch for large changes in volume.

What is the most important metric for stock trading?

One of the most basic but useful metrics a stock trader can watch is daily trading volume. Volume is simply the total number of shares that change hands in a given time period.

Why does volume spike?

Volume tends to spike during periods of capitulation, which can mark the end of a long-term trend. In addition, steadily rising daily volume over an extended period of time could be a sign a stock is forming a base in anticipation of a catalyst or big move.

High Volume Stock Screener

High volume usually implies something interesting is going on in a stock. We may not know the why behind the move for some time. The example I show below is a stock that first alerted on a high volume scan, and then alerted again four hours later, on a ‘social media’ screener. The stock was already up over 6% by then.

High Volume Penny Stocks

All of the above can also be used to find high volume penny stocks. But as penny stocks are so popular, I have written a separate article just for penny stocks. See How To Find Good Penny Stocks.

Summary

When it comes to finding high volume stocks, Trade Ideas has some of the best filter options for volume, particularly intraday volume.

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