what is volume of trade 
volume of trade is the total quantity of shares or contracts traded for a specified security it can be measured on any type of security traded during a trading day volume of trade or trade volume is measured on stocks bonds options contracts futures contracts and all types of commodities understanding volume of tradevolume of trade measures the total number of shares or contracts transacted for a specified security during a specified time period it includes the total number of shares transacted between a buyer and seller during a transaction when securities are more actively traded their trade volume is high and when securities are less actively traded their trade volume is low volume tends to be highest near the market open and close and the start of the week and last day of the week 