It's one thing to identify a base on a stock chart. Identifying its good and bad parts is another. That's a process in stock analysis that requires studying each week in the pattern. Please watch the ...

The net volume is a technical indicator calculated by subtracting a security's uptick volume from its downtick volume over a specified period of time.

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The U.S. stock market ended slightly lower on Dec. 26, 2025, primarily due to extremely light trading volume after the Christmas holiday, as many institutional investors were already out for the year.