Volume
The quantity of an asset traded over a period, usually a day. It measures participation, not direction: a large move on thin volume reflects fewer participants than the same move on heavy volume.
Also called trading volume · 24h volume
The quantity of an asset traded over a period, usually a day. It measures participation, not direction: a large move on thin volume reflects fewer participants than the same move on heavy volume.
Why it matters
Reported crypto volume varies in quality between venues, so figures from different sources are not always comparable.
Related terms
Keep reading
Liquidity
How easily an asset can be bought or sold without moving its price much.…
Market Capitalisation
Share price multiplied by the number of shares outstanding — or, for a cryptocurrency,…
Capitulation
A phase of heavy, indiscriminate selling in which holders give up regardless of price,…
Bear Market
A prolonged period of falling prices, conventionally a decline of 20% or more from…
Index
A rules-based measure of a group of assets, such as the S&P 500 or…