@moleman: " What does it mean when a stock trades at unusually heavy volumes?
 If a stock that normally trades a volume of, lets say, 100,000 in an 
average day is trading at 3,000,000 with no apparent news what does it mean?
 If it is doing this with the privce trending up is it a good buy signal? 
And if the price is trending down ids that a sell signal?"
    @philscott: "news:<email_address>
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volumes?
100,000 in an
what does it mean?
It means the news the insiders are using to buy or sell, or
the hype that has has presented in a limited venue has not
made it to the surface yet... and might or might not ever do
so.
Phil Scott
good buy signal?"
    @kona_cc: "<quote>
 I think that's obvious. The real question is what one should take, if 
anything, from an unusually heavy volume if the price is trending up or down 
during those trades. Does the price direction give any clues about buying or 
selling the stock."
    @richlen1: "Hi Don,
In principle, YES, to both question in your last paragraph.
Second, to take your example in volume multiplying, such a multiple would be
a cross-trade: an investor or institution taking position - or selling - a
quantity he would not be able to on the open market without heavily
disrupting the value of the stock. A lesser multiple might simply be
momentum. Remember there is program trading nowadays.
Rich
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