Volume data

Discussion in 'Trading' started by trader1974, Aug 5, 2020.

  1. trader1974

    trader1974

    Hi, I have a problem.
    There is some index that I would like to see the volume in the period of one minute but I get a message that says that the data provider does not provide that information.
    What data provider should I work with?
    Thank you very much
     
  2. xandman

    xandman

    An index doesn't have trading volume. Maybe you should be looking at an ETF based on that index.
     
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  3. trader1974

    trader1974

    Up to the 5 minute period I can see the volume but one minute does not let me see it
     
  4. jharmon

    jharmon

    An index does have volume - the sum of the volume of the constituents, but not all index providers do that. For those that do, some report consolidated tape, others report listing exchange only. Nobody does it weighted (perhaps they should).

    When I do this for my own indexes I use dollar volume rather than share volume as that's more indicative of anything. e.g. consider AAPL and its upcoming split - that will have a massive impact on volume but none on dollar volume.

    Contact your data provider - it's clearly their problem.
     
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  5. maxinger

    maxinger

    You didn't mention which broker / data feed provider.

    I suspect you are getting free data.
    so there are limitations.


    If you pay for the data, there wouldn't be such problem
     
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  6. Tradex

    Tradex

    If it is a major index like the S&P 500 Yahoo Finance Charting service will give you the volume on the 1 min chart (for free of course).
    https://finance.yahoo.com/chart/^GSPC/
     
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  7. trader1974

    trader1974

    I want to look at the volume of IXCO in a minute,
    I subscribed to some site but the message appears. The data provider does not provide that information.
     
  8. jharmon

    jharmon

    "some site"

    Well that's specific