Volume (finance)
AMOUNT OF A SECURITY TRADED DURING A PERIOD OF TIME
Trading volume; Volume of trade; Trade volume
In capital markets, volume, or trading volume, is the amount (total number) of a security (or a given set of securities, or an entire market) that was traded during a given period of time. In the context of a single stock trading on a stock exchange, the volume is commonly reported as the number of shares that changed hands during a given day.