On-balance volume is a momentum indicator that uses buying and selling data to confirm a trend continuation or reversal. Learn more about it!

Since volume is a leading indicator of major price moves, traders can stay alert to divergence between trend and volume using the on-balance volume indicator.

On-balance volume (OBV) What it is — OBV is a leading indicator that relates volume to price change. How it works — OBV attempts to compute the level of accumulation by comparing volume with ...