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Relative volume helps answer whether the breakout has company
A breakout line only tells you where price moved. Relative volume adds the participation question: is the move happening with more activity than usual, or is it sliding through a level quietly?
Use it as confirmation, not as a permission slip
A higher relative-volume reading does not make every breakout good. It simply gives you more confidence that the market is actually paying attention to the move.
Location still does most of the heavy lifting
Relative volume matters most when the breakout is happening from a meaningful place, such as an opening range edge, a gap boundary, or an obvious structure level.
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