The term “volume” in trading indicate to the total number of shares that are traded in during a given period of time. That time can be of any frame(30min,1hour,day,month,year). The volume of trade is calculated on all types of financial instruments, including stocks, options contracts, bonds, futures contracts, commodities,etc. Every transaction that takes place between a buyer and a seller of a security contributes to the total volume count of that security. Read more