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Company
Average Volume
Dollar Volume
SMCI
Super Micro Computer
98.78M 10.86B
Last Price:
42.00
Volume:
258.56M
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NVDA
NVIDIA
220.03M 23.27B
Last Price:
138.63
Volume:
167.86M
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INTC
Intel
70.41M 3.46B
Last Price:
23.93
Volume:
144.59M
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MARA
MARA Holdings
74.08M 3.18B
Last Price:
25.63
Volume:
123.99M
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SOXL
Direxion Daily Semicondct Bull 3X ETF
76.34M 2.66B
Last Price:
30.20
Volume:
88.2M
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TSLA
Tesla
100.44M 26.79B
Last Price:
357.09
Volume:
75.02M
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XLF
The Financial Select Sector SPDR® ETF
41.49M 2.79B
Last Price:
50.83
Volume:
54.96M
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IBIT
iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF
55.49M 2.84B
Last Price:
54.48
Volume:
52.22M
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PLTR
Palantir Technologies
69.27M 3.05B
Last Price:
66.39
Volume:
45.91M
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AAPL
Apple
43.77M 9.9B
Last Price:
239.59
Volume:
41.32M
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TLT
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
44.24M 3.68B
Last Price:
93.87
Volume:
39.17M
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AMZN
Amazon.com
41.96M 8.25B
Last Price:
210.71
Volume:
39.17M
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TQQQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ
42.7M 2.94B
Last Price:
82.48
Volume:
35.7M
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BAC
Bank of America
35.76M 1.66B
Last Price:
47.04
Volume:
35.23M
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LQD
iShares iBoxx $ Invmt Grade Corp Bd ETF
23.59M 3.67B
Last Price:
110.34
Volume:
33.28M
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AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
34.13M 4.67B
Last Price:
142.06
Volume:
32.88M
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HYG
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corp Bd ETF
33.28M 2.56B
Last Price:
79.65
Volume:
32.1M
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SPY
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust
43.29M 18.48B
Last Price:
603.63
Volume:
30.61M
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IWM
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
26.08M 5.93B
Last Price:
241.75
Volume:
24.53M
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QQQ
Invesco QQQ Trust
28.6M 12.45B
Last Price:
515.29
Volume:
24.17M
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GOOGL
Alphabet
27.97M 3.95B
Last Price:
171.49
Volume:
23.03M
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MSTR
MicroStrategy
32.65M 8.74B
Last Price:
380.30
Volume:
22.99M
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AVGO
Broadcom
18.32M 3.36B
Last Price:
166.51
Volume:
20.2M
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LRCX
Lam Research
12.03M 1.57B
Last Price:
78.51
Volume:
20.02M
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Knowing the most active stocks could give you an opportunity to focus on investment opportunities as they become popular.

Here is a breakdown of what you need to know to get started.

What Is the Definition Of The Most Active Stocks?

The term "most active stocks" includes two categories:
  • Highest dollar volume, which refers to stocks that trade at surprisingly high amounts of money during a specific period, usually one day.
  • Most shares traded, which refers to companies that trade the most shares during a specific period, again, usually one day.
It's important to recognize the difference between "active stocks" and "most active stocks."

An active stock includes any stock with a high number of trades (volume). The trading period isn't restricted to a certain time. Some companies have high volume trades during practically every trading day of the year.

For example, Apple Inc. (AAPL) has an average daily volume of over 110 million shares. It's a highly active stock because investors always want to transact in it.

"Most active stocks" are stocks with high trade volumes within a set period of time. Most often, that period is one day.

You could also set the time parameter to a few hours or a few days. What matters most is that you restrict the trading period. Outside of your determined trading period, the volume of shares doesn't matter. You only focus on the trading volume within your window.

For a hypothetical example of a most active stock, consider Company A. Investors usually trade about 10,000 shares of Company A per day. Suddenly, investors become very interested in the stock.

While Company A traded 10,000 shares on Monday, it traded 100,000 shares on Tuesday. No matter what happens on Wednesday, Company A counts as a most active stock for traders during the Tuesday rush.

How To Find the Most Active Stocks To Trade

It's nearly impossible for you to find the most active stocks to trade by looking at stock market tickers. There's just too much information for the human brain to process.

Consider that the NASDAQ has more than 3,300 companies on its list. Only a computer with the right software could spot trends within so much data.

You can find the most active stocks to trade by using a trading service that helps you research investment opportunities.

You probably don't want to make all of your decisions based on numbers alone, but you can rely on investment research services, such as the screen above, to help you spot potential investments.

Once you have a list of opportunities, you can narrow your options to decide which company's shares fit your investment strategy and portfolio.

Dollar Volume Vs Share Volume

Let's take a closer look at dollar volume vs share volume to reach a better understanding of how they work and what you can learn from them.

Share Volume

Share volume refers to the number of shares that were traded within a specific period. Take Tesla (TSLA) as an example. On March 5, 2021, the NASDAQ reported that Tesla had a share volume of about 89,395,000. That means that investors transacted in more than 89 million shares that day.

Notice that the share volume doesn't tell you whether the stock's price has gone up or down. Hypothetically, investors could have transacted 89 million shares because the stock's price had fallen, making it look like a good time to buy. (In reality, Tesla closed at a higher-than-average price that day.)

On the other hand, investors could have purchased 89 million shares because they saw the company's value increasing and they didn't want to miss an opportunity to profit.

The share volume can only tell you how many trades happened during a specific period of time. You can assume that a high share volume means that investors have taken an interest in the company. You shouldn't necessarily assume that the interest is positive or negative.

Dollar Volume

Dollar volume tells you how much money investors transacted when trading a company's shares during a specific time period. You get the dollar volume by multiplying the number of trades made by the stock's price.

Let's continue using Tesla as an example. If Tesla (TSLA) shares sell at $625 dollars, the dollar volume on March 5, 2021, would be $625 * 89,395,000, which comes to about $55.872 billion.

Armed with the share volume and dollar volume, you can learn quite a bit about how investors perceive a company's value over time. For example, if the dollar volume decreases while the share volume stays the same, you know that the company's value is decreasing.

For some reason, investors have decided that the company has been overvalued and the market is making a correction.

What Does High Average Daily Trading Volume Mean?

First, you need to recognize that financial participants use the term "average daily trading volume" in two ways. You must understand which definition someone is using before you can determine the underlying meaning behind the higher trading volume.

For some investors and investment advisors, "average daily trading volume" refers to a stock's trading average during a specific day. For others, it means the average daily trading volume over X number of days.

You must define the number of days to gain deeper insight into the volume's meaning. For example, someone might say, "Company B had an average daily volume of 100,000 shares."

If that person gets the average from one week of trading (five days), that could mean something very different from a month of trading (20 to 30 days).

What Makes a Stock Become Most Active

A stock's trading volume can increase for a broad range of reasons. Common reasons include the company:
  • Releasing profit reports showing that they earned more money than investors expected.
  • Emerging news reports that indicate one company will perform better than its competitors (potentially because the competitors have been adversely affected by weather events, technological issues, or data breaches.)
  • Releasing new products or services that investors believe will revolutionize the industry.
Really, any piece of information that gets investors excited could lead to a higher volume of shares being traded.

Short-Term and Long-Term Trends

You need to know what time range people use when referring to most active stocks because you can't make a sound investment decision until you know whether they're talking about short-term or long-term trends.

If you're looking at a one-day trend, you might want to use the information to make a quick profit. As soon as you learn that the stock's trading volume is skyrocketing, you buy shares and wait for the price to keep increasing. When you believe that the stock has reached its peak price, you sell and collect a profit.

Of course, you could miss the mark by selling the stock too early, which means you will miss out on a profit you could have earned. You could also hold on to the stock for too long. If the price crashes before you sell, you will lose money.

For a long-term trend, you want to purchase shares and keep them in your portfolio. Ideally, the increased trading volume – no matter how long it continues – will lead to a higher price on a stock that returns dividends and other financial benefits (such as management buybacks that reduce the share count and boost earnings per share figures).

How Long Will A Stock Rank As "Most Active"?

Technically, a stock could be ranked as "most active" forever. That would make the term meaningless, though, so people don't use it that way. Consider the above case of Apple (AAPL). Few call it a most active stock because it always has a high trade volume.

Anything longer than one month of trading degrades the meaning of "most active." When judging your investment options, you should probably keep it within that range.

If you want to know how long a stock will experience high trade volumes, that's impossible to answer. Any company could suffer a setback that encourages investors to sell their shares.

Even Apple (AAPL) could make such a significant blunder that its shares would fall. It's unlikely, but it could happen. You can never make a certain move when trading stocks. At best, you can make an educated decision.

Most Active Stocks – Trading Strategies

Investors use a variety of trading strategies to earn money from the most active stocks. The following four strategies are popular options, but they only represent diverse approaches to investing with the most active stocks.

Targeting Price Movements For Day Trading

Most active stocks attract a lot of attention. In many cases, increased attention in a company pushes share prices up as more people want to invest. If you pay close attention to most active stock trends, you might find that you can purchase shares at the beginning of a rally. As more people buy, the shares gain value.

Day traders can make quick profits by targeting price movements, buying or selling stocks at just the right time.

Consider an investor who purchases 100 shares in Company A for $150 each. More people start to notice that the company has become a most active stock, so they start purchasing shares, too.

Over a few hours, the price jumps from $150 to $175 per share. At this point, the investor believes that the rally is nearing its conclusion. The person sells the shares at $175 and earns $2,500 in profit.

Day trading strategies always come with high risks. The investor's attempt to make money wouldn't work without the perfect timing.

Consider what would happen if the person hadn't noticed the most active stock until it reached $175. As more people invested, a share's price might reach $180. That's not enough money for the investor, so the person decides to wait.

Unfortunately, the market corrects as other investors realize the company can't support such a high price. Shares tumble to $150. Instead of making money, the investor loses $2,500 from the mistake.

Recognizing Long-Term Investment Opportunities

Most active stocks can come from companies with promising futures. The company might not have gotten much attention before. Now, people realize that it has exceptional promise. Perhaps the company finally managed to fulfill its promise to release a new product or it acquires a company that piques everyone's interest.

Buying shares now and choosing to keep them in your portfolio could lead to long-term financial benefits.

Sure, investors would have made more money had they purchased shares before the company became popular. Missing an opportunity to earn a lot of money doesn't mean that an investor should also miss the opportunity to earn some money.

Monitoring Pre-Market Stock Movements

Pre-market stock movements could indicate that a company will become one of the day's most active stocks.

This type of strategy involves following trading markets in Asia, Europe, and other locations.

If the stock starts to move up there, it might do the same when U.S. markets open.

Simulating The Futures Of Most Active Stocks

Some software attempts to simulate stock movements to determine whether a company will make the list of the day's most active stocks.

Software can use real data to simulate fluctuations in the market, but no one can guarantee a result.

That's a critical thing to remember when relying on software to make investment decisions. You must combine analytics with human insights.

Most Active Stocks With High Volume

The most active stocks with high volumes change frequently. You can find the latest most active stocks with high volume by consulting the information below. The table above will show you:
  • The company's name.
  • The company's stock ticker symbol.
  • The last price investors paid for one share.
  • The stock's score.
  • The stock's volume.
  • The stock's average volume.
  • The stock's dollar volume.
You can filter the table by any feature to find the stocks you want to buy or sell.

Most Active Energy Stocks

Knowing the most active energy stocks will give you some insight into how the energy sector is evolving.

The list of most active energy stocks will change frequently. Two popular stocks that frequently appear on the list include:

  • Energy Select SPDR Fund (XLE) – An index that includes stock from companies like Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM), Chevron Corp (CVX), and ConocoPhillips (COP).
  • Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO) – A Houston-based corporation with oil extraction operations in the United States, Canada, Equatorial Guinea, and Libya.
Learn about today's most active energy stocks to decide whether you should invest.

Most Active Gold Stocks

Gold is a global commodity that plays an essential role in the world economy. The list of most active gold stocks can change at any time. Two stocks commonly found on the list include:
  • SPDR Gold Trust (GLD– A fund managed by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) that focuses exclusively on gold bullion. SPDR Gold Trust is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, Arca, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • Barrick Gold (GOLD) – A Toronto-based mining company with operations throughout North America, South America, Africa, and the Middle East.
Find today's most active gold stocks to help you decide whether you want to buy or sell shares.

Most Active Small Cap Stocks

Small cap stocks belong to companies with $300 million to $2 billion in market capitalization.

Finding the most active small cap stocks could give you an opportunity to invest in companies with plenty of room to grow. Two companies that frequently appear on the list of most active small cap stocks include:

  • Gevo (GEVO– A Colorado-based renewable chemicals and biofuels company that makes products for companies that want eco-friendly options for plastics, fibers, rubbers, and other polymers.
  • Workhorse Group (WKHS) – A Cincinnati-based transportation company that manufactures electrically powered vehicles, including delivery vans, buses, and pickup trucks.
Discover recent most active small cap stocks to learn more about emerging investment opportunities in smaller companies.

Most Active Japanese Stocks

The most active Japanese stocks can include companies that operate within Asia or globally. Two stocks that frequently appear on the list include:
  • Nissan Motor Corporation (NSANY) – Nissan is a global manufacturing company with nearly a century of experience designing and making vehicles.
  • Nomura Holdings Inc. (NMR) – Nomura Holdings Inc. stands out as one of the world's most successful financial services companies. Its core members serve individuals, companies, and governments.
Find the latest most active Japanese stocks to locate investment opportunities that fit your strategy.

Most Active Stocks: Conclusion

The list of most active stocks can provide meaningful insight into which companies investors choose. There are a lot of variables that one must think about before purchasing stocks, though. Some critical factors to consider include:
  • How many days the stock has been active.
  • The differences between share volume and dollar volume.
  • Which investment strategy has the best opportunity to earn a profit.
  • Whether you should consider the most active stock a short-term or long-term investment.
  • Why investors have taken such a sudden interest in the company's stock.
You won't always find easy solutions that help you decide whether you want to buy shares or how many shares you should buy. That's the nature of buying and selling stock. Without the possibility of losing money, you wouldn't have the opportunity to make money. With experience and careful consideration, though, you could make the correct decision more often than not.

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