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Trading glossary · structure

participation

How many people joined a price move. More people trading makes a move more believable.

The fuller meaning

How much trading activity backs a move, read from volume. A breakout on volume clearly above average shows strong participation and is harder to stop; a move on thin or shrinking volume shows weak participation and fails more easily.

participation.

Related words

above-average volume · bounce · break of structure · breakaway gap · breakdown · breakout · broken level · channel · choppy market · common gap