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Volume Role in Advance/Decline Analysis

(Indicators based on the "advances" and "declines" concept)


Description: Advance/Decline technical analysis of volume and issues, breadth indicators, technical analysis of the S&P 500 index charts, advances/declines and advancing and declining volume.

Bellow you may see some quotes from the "Advance Decline Volume and Issues" article published on MarketVolume's website which explains on the example how issues and volume could be analyzed together:

"...If you were to analyze the S&P 500 index at the end of a trading day, you found that 400 stocks were in the group of advancing issues and only 100 stocks in the group of declining issues, you could say that market sentiment during the day that had just elapsed was positive...

... upon closer inspection of the volume data associated with the advancing and declining groups, you might discover that the advances volume was 600,000,000 shares, while the declines volume amounted to 400,000,000 shares. From this data, you could make the determination that the "bullish trend" was not as strong as you first believed...

...Let us apply our two indicators to the S&P 500 index over a 5-day period (see Chart 1 below).

Chart 1. Advancing and Declining (AD) Issues and AD Volume.
S&P 500 Index. 5-day Intraday (One Bar = 15 minutes)
S&P 500 Chart - Advance/Decline Volume and Issues

Table 1. Advancing and Declining (AD) Issues and AD Volume. End-of-day data. S&P 500 Index. August 20, 2004 to August 26, 2004.

Date S&P 500
Change from
previous close
Advancing
Issues
Declining
Issues
%
Advancing
Issues
Advanced
Volume
Declined
Volume
08/20/2004 +0.65% 420 75 84.0% 985 M 331 M
08/23/2004 -0.24% 169 323 33.8% 578 M 570 M
08/24/2004 +0.04% 278 213 55.6% 515 M 657 M
08/25/2004 +0.80% 402 91 80.4% 1,122 M 216 M
08/26/2004 +0.01% 256 234 51.2% 472 M 668M

...In summary, we can say that during these 5 days, market breadth was positive and the uptrend remained "healthy"...

...As you can see, volume data helps you gain a more accurate view of market activity. If you are already applying the AD issues indicator to your analysis, it is certainly a good idea to add the AD volume indicator as well."

Volume will make your analysis more accurate and more reliable.

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