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volume bar

A small bar under each candle showing how much trading happened then.

The fuller meaning

The histogram bar under a candle showing the volume traded in that period, often coloured by candle direction and compared with a 20-candle average line. Tall bars on breakouts show strong participation; bars shrinking at new highs can warn a move is tiring.

volume bar.

Related words

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