Some information for your consideration; As you know; I've always maintained that All action happens against the Float. This remains an undeniable fact..
The story begins in March 2000
March 2000 had 22 trading days. There were 4947 companies trading stock in the Nazdaq during March 2000.
Total Monthly exchange volume was 44,682,703,641 The Total Volume was done using trades 54,601,890 Of The volume, Block Vol was 15,240,913,856 The block Volume was taken with block trades 603,487
Move forward to March 2008 reporting 10 days of trading.
Avg # of Companies trading; 3259
After 10 Days Total Volume has been 23,809,484,352 After 10 days Total Trades used 89,501,577 After 10 days Total Block Vol has been 2,800,718,127 After 10 Days Total Block trades used 83,205
Before I offer more, everyone might think about these above data sets......your thoughts, are welcome. Take as much time as you need. But do think about the math of the market, from every possible parameter. |