Volumetric analysis interprets markets by looking at who is buying and selling, with how much force and at which prices — not only the price line.
In plain terms — Price tells you where the market went; volume and the order book tell you if there was conviction. Two identical rallies can mean opposite things with different volume.
| Tool | What it measures |
|---|---|
| trading-volume | How much traded |
| order-book | Pending orders (bid/ask) |
| Order flow | order-flow |
| Market profile | market-profile |
| Delta | volume-delta |
Main traditions
| School | Focus |
|---|---|
| Wyckoff | Supply/demand, accumulation/distribution |
| Order flow | Tape, footprint, instant liquidity |
| Market Profile | Steidlmayer — auction theory |
Cyclic analysis reads mainly price and time (phases, periodicity, temporal structure). Volumetric analysis adds who is buying and selling and with what conviction — on the same chart the two readings integrate: a cyclic high on falling volume means something different from one on a selling climax.
When to use it
- Confirm breakouts (support-and-resistance)
- See if a move is «real» or on thin liquidity
- Study market-maker and institutional behaviour
Links
- trading-volume
- order-book
- market-cycle
- tradizione-wyckoff
- discipline-cyclic-analysis
- concetti
- quantitative-trading — different approach, often without tape reading