They determine this by looking at a complex set of lines overlaid onto a stock chart, such as moving averages, support lines, volume activity, etc.
Also, the volume of activity makes them the second rail company in the European Union.
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To explain the graph a bit more clearly, the X axis is months and years, while the Y axis is the volume of industrial activity as a percentage of the average monthly output of 2009 (which, it should be noted, was depressed as a result of the global financial crisis).
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This demonstrates how networks can create their own volume of social media activity that, in turn, becomes a new form of impression marketing.
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Proponents note that the overall cost of the project would be recouped within a few decades, as the volume of tunnel freight transport activity increased, reaching an estimated 3 percent of the world's total physical cargo or 100 million tons annually.
In the case of the most-active copper contract traded on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Tuesday was the first rise in nine trading sessions, although volume was small with electronic activity only as trading floors remained closed due to Hurricane Sandy.
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Sometimes this heavy activity (four times daily volume before 11:00 a.m.) wears out quickly, but if not, unfortunately according to our methodology value investors may have missed this one.
Option traders snapped up contracts across the board in Crocs, which ventured into the top 10 most actively traded contracts by volume at the midweek point, with activity concentrated on the put side of the July '07 series at the 40.0 strike, and on the call side at the 45.0 strike.
Option traders snapped up contracts across the board in Crocs (nasdaq: CROX - news - people ), which ventured into the top 10 most actively traded contracts by volume at the midweek point, with activity concentrated on the put side of the July '07 series at the 40.0 strike, and on the call side at the 45.0 strike.
Given the that VIX spiked more than 11% higher on Friday, a spike in call volume is not too out of line for options activity.
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The volume and velocity of money is a reflection of economic activity, not the cause of it.
Options activity was brisk on Friday, but elevated volume is typically par for the course heading into an extended holiday weekend.
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While overall options activity remains in a somewhat predicable trend, volume on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) has been quite erratic during the past several sessions.
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In its results statement, Superglass said "uncertainty had prevailed in key markets" throughout the financial year, with construction market activity down by more than 6% in volume terms on the previous year.
Looking beyond Labor Day, LBO-driven loan volume is set to rise as the recent pickup in auction activity generates new-issue paper.
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The steep pullback in the price of the underlying saw heavier-than-usual activity in WebMD calls and puts, with intraday volume rising to 14, 800 in early-afternoon trade against overall open interest of 29, 100 positions.
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Finra scans about 80% of trading by volume in U.S. equity markets, looking for potentially suspicious activity.
Further out, LBO-driven loan volume is set to rise after Labor Day as the recent pickup in auction activity generates new-issue paper.
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Outside of weekly call activity, the March 24 strike is the most popular, attracting volume of 535 contracts on open interest of 948 contracts.
Outside of weekly activity, the July 10 put is the most popular, attracting volume of more than 530 contracts on open interest of 1, 067 contracts.
Capital raising by banks salvaged some of the activity, at least in the U.S., where equity volume rose 6%.
In the U.S., refinery crude-input volume fell 145, 000 barrels per day to 557 million barrels per day on maintenance activity at its Pascagoula, Mississippi refinery.
Much like the first half cash trading volume declines at NYSE Euronext, trading volumes at the Nasdaq were primarily the result of lower trading activity in the U.S. and Europe.
The index is proportionally weighted based on foreign-exchange trading volume data from the Bank for International Settlements' triennial central-bank survey on global foreign-exchange market activity.
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