Volume question?

1997zj said: "What is the minimum Volume a company must have for you to trade with them? I fear buying stock and then not being able to sell it quick enough :("

Rbreb13 said: "It depends on the stock somewhat. But I usually look for about 100k+ avg. per day."

Cryogenix said: "Though somewhat flexible, depending on the circumstances, I try to stick to stocks that average 600,000, to increase my chance of getting rid of something in a hurry, while avoiding having to resort to a market order to sell. MANT was a more recent exception because it kept having terrific, consistent gains that it would typically lose by the end of the day. So it was a good short-term and shorting play. At the moment, it's lost its typical 200,000 volume and is not acting the same, much like AOB after its typical 900,000 volume shot to 12 million on a bad earnings report. The personality of the stock has changed drastically, and it no longer defies the market, it now makes weak gains and can't retain most of them. The volume is now about 1.5M..."

thezster said: "I play stocks that trade as few at 10K shares/day up to those that trade in the double digit millions.... It all depends on what your goal is with each trade. Some, you accept may take a few minutes - or hours under certain circumstances- to execute - and are satisfied with that concept - others you might want to be sure will trade within seconds... There is no magic formula as it all boils down to your exit strategy."