have a pothead friend who smokes 24/7.....found out he can do this for a living and his sole income is buying selling stocks like this.....right now he buys MGLG at .0003 and sells at .0004 and keeps...
to me that would indicate all sells are being bought up and the o/s is staying the same....it would be equivalent to a day with no volume....sideways trading...now if the stock is going down or up...
volume is not always a good thing...take SPNG for example. On sep 8th they did 400 million in volume and the stock dropped 30%. Volume just represents the buying/selling of a stock...usually stocks...
i used thinkorswim....i also use that for some of my trading...mostly charting..all you need to do is register for the site...no need to put money into it
etrade pro is an upgrade...for someone with no experience just get a regular account....no cost to open...just need a bank account to tranfer funds into it
you will be put on a 90day restriction from using unsettled funds. this means that if you want to buy another stock you have to wait till the funds from the sell have been settled....usually takes 3...