We sold $ PLNT at $ 39.44 on the November 14 open, due to weak
volume on the breakout and the ugly reversal candle that formed on November 13.
Not exact matches
Strong earnings from Netflix after the bell, up as much as 7 % premarket, boosted what began as an unenthusiastic
breakout on lower than average
volume due to the session already gaining 1 %.
Are leading stocks break out
on strong
volume and holding up, or are they breaking out and selling off (false
breakouts)?
After a few days of light
volume chop, $ NEWR sold off with the market
on April 13, but swiftly bounced back after closing in the top third of the day's range and finding support at the
breakout pivot.
Lacking institutional accumulation, the
breakout failed and $ RNG tumbled 4 % lower
on higher
volume on March 21.
However, if the
breakout occurred
on measly
volume, it only takes one bout of institutional selling for the
breakout to fail because supply would easily overwhelm demand if
breakout volume was light.
On the chart of S&P 500 SPDR ($ SPY) below, you can see the light
volume of the
breakout by comparing the day's
volume with the green line at the bottom (50 - day average
volume):
Finally, I find it negative that the May 27
breakout to a new record high in the S&P 500 occurred
on volume that was approximately 30 % lighter than average.
- The caveat is that so far the
breakout is
on low
volume, but solid RSI momentum.
Attack
on Titan is a
breakout hit in Japan, where the first five
volumes of the series have sold over 5.5 million copies in just 18 months.
Breakout strategies centre around when the price clears a specified level
on your chart, with increased
volume.
This higher
volume and volatility means that trend continuations happen more often, and
breakouts make more significant moves
on average.