Redneck trader, your conduct in these forums is most becoming. We may disagree from time to time, but you're a gent. We both know that neither of us can draw any meaningful conclusions from a only handful of trades. However, just out of curiosity, let me ask you this: If you had simply disregarded volume from your setup criteria, would you have fared better, worse, or about the same over the last several trades? (The number of which will depend entirely on your willingness to indulge my request.) Might you have taken more losing trades, or perhaps missed out on other potentially profitable setups had your volume criteria not filtered them out? Essentially, a quick-and-dirty cost-benefit review of including/excluding volume in the mix as it pertains specifically to your own trading.