Where Next For Trading Volume?

Is volume at a low?

  • Yes, it will begin to recover during 2014 / 2015 / 2016

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • No, it's going lower and won't recover for several years

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • US markets volume has already peaked and will never recover

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • I don't know

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    5
Loosely following on from these threads with respect to volume:

Should I stop day trading?

Prop Today vs 10 Years Ago?

Where next for volume? Are we at a low? Does it matter?

The evidence:

We've reverted to 1998 volume levels:
sp500_monthly_price_and_volume.jpg


We're in the most significant volume 'pullback' since the 1930's:
800px-DJIA_Trading_Volume.png


From BusinessWeek - HFT volume is down (and prop firm volume is down):
How the Robots Lost: High-Frequency Trading's Rise and Fall
 
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