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damoc1
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Hi Guys I am after a touch of advise as I am a newb. When looking on this site I see alot of you guys aying about volume? what does this mean and is it better to have a high volume or a low volume?
also what is a good online broker I can start my dealings with.?

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might refer to share structure: Authorized shares; Oustanding shares; float.

AS = all shares a company *can* issue as dictated during incorporation or amended later (iow, not supposed to be willy-nilly)

OS = shares actually issued; restricted (not for public trade) to insiders and consultants, etc plus nonresctricted

float = shares actually out in the market, available to trade (including what investors own, as they are "available to trade)

might refer to a day's trading totals (or week's etc); iow, "volume today was 5 million shares"

You want to trade in a stock with enough trading volume to exit easily (rule of thumb that many follow is 1 million)

Allstocks has an .edu section on homepage; another source for definitions is investopedia.com.

Good luck...

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