Is volume a good indicator of price action

[u0362565 28]

Hi all,

What indicators do you use to gauge price action?  I basically want to know which markets generally have bigger price swings.  This must be partly dependent on the popularity of the market and how many traders trading.  An overview that doesn't involve measuring the size of individual candles would be useful.

Thanks 

[dmedin 870]

Sometimes yes and sometimes no.

[dmedin 870]

[dmedin 870]

[u0362565 28]

I'm trying to decide what makes me pick a market to trade on.  I've been sticking to GBP/US dollar more out of habit than anything but there are markets with considerably lower margin requirement so if the price is moving sufficiently on those why wouldn't i trade those instead..

Thanks

[dmedin 870]

1 minute ago, u0362565 said:

I'm trying to decide what makes me pick a market to trade on.  I've been sticking to GBP/US dollar more out of habit than anything but there are markets with considerably lower margin requirement so if the price is moving sufficiently on those why wouldn't i trade those instead..

Thanks

 

Don't use volume as a criteria

[u0362565 28]

Well that's an answer at least  Its like if you want to compare the rate of price change between markets do i just have to measure between two for a set period of time.  In the longer term there will be differences.  Haven't looked for a while but the DAX had crazy price jumps over last few months.  40-50 points in an hour wouldn't be uncommon.

 

[dmedin 870]

Candlesticks are pretty good.  Have you read Nison's book?

[dmedin 870]

So tell me, does the huge volume on the down candle make it more likely that price will keep going down?

[dmedin 870]

Tamsin? 🤪

[u0362565 28]

3 hours ago, dmedin said:

Candlesticks are pretty good.  Have you read Nison's book?

No I haven't read any books, but I am a fan of heiken ashi candles. Maybe I might actually get somewhere if I actually read some actual books. The internet is 75% **** on this subject.

[dmedin 870]

I would post links to some ebooks but might get into trouble for it.

[Ludwik Chodzko-Zajko IG 64]

9 hours ago, dmedin said:

I would post links to some ebooks but might get into trouble for it.

Go ahead - we don't endorse anything external, but happy for you to link.

Just nothing paid for please.

[Caseynotes 2,847]

Anna Coulling's 'A Complete Guide to Volume Price Analysis'.

 

https://www.fx-arabia.com/vb/uploaded/3212_11399310873.pdf

 

[jlz 168]

You can also try to calculate market volatility. 

http://1.droppdf.com/files/gxQpD/volatility-trading-2013.pdf

 

[u0362565 28]

Thanks guys, these look like great resources!

[dmedin 870]

This is Nison's candlestick book and it's one of my favourites.

https://www.pdfdrive.com/japanese-candlestick-charting-techniques-e13778991.html

[dmedin 870]

Hearing more people talk about 'volume profile' and 'zones of control' and such these days.

[dmedin 870]

Observe how volume was higher on the down days.  Ah powers of hindsight, I never lost them!

[dmedin 870]

On 06/09/2020 at 19:12, dmedin said:

Hearing more people talk about 'volume profile' and 'zones of control' and such these days.

W*nkers, mainly.

[dmedin 870]

Volume clusters!

https://www.tradingview.com/chart/AUDUSD/2tdpXmYl-AUD-USD-reaction-on-Volume-clusters/

[TheGuru12 67]

I'd say more often than not, No.