Buff Dormeier, CMT, the world's foremost expert on volume analysis, discusses the importance of volume in portfolio management. He shares his insights on volume data analysis, capturing market turning points, and using volume as a key factor in decision-making. The podcast also explores concepts such as volume weighted prices and the VPCI indicator, and highlights the practical importance of technical analysis in managing investments.
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Buff's Start in Technical Analysis
Buff Dormeier started his career as a retail broker, struggling to find stocks that would move and generate commissions.
He discovered technical analysis through Jeff Weiss, whose stock picks moved consistently and who used the CMT designation.
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Volume Weighted Price Insight
Volume combined with price reveals more than price alone, providing a better signal for entry and exit.
Volume weighted price trends help understand when volume supports or contradicts price direction.
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Volume Leads Price Explained
Volume can lead price since large institutions accumulate or distribute positions stealthily through volume before price moves.
Volume cannot be hidden and provides early clues about institutional activity preceding price changes.
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It's time to turn up the Volume! Our special guest this month is one of the most prolific contributors to the technical analysis body of knowledge today and arguably the world's foremost expert on volume analysis. Buff Dormeier, CMT asserts that volume - when used correctly - is the most important factor in any portfolio manager's toolkit.
We dig deep into the intricacies of volume data and how it informs the message of the market vis a vis price. We got a glimpse of the painstaking efforts Buff takes to decompose the reported data sets and reconstruct cap-weighted and dollar-weighted volume for his analysis at the index, sector and single security levels. But most importantly, Buff shared how he thinks about managing investments not just with offense and defensive strategy, but with "special teams" to capture the explosive moves at key market turning points. You've probably guessed, but volume is the key factor in making those all-important decisions.
Our favorite quote from one of Buff's recent presentations was: "If Price action is the DNA of the market, then volume is the RNA of Price" which helps decode and activate the critical information we can glean from price action.
Enjoy Episode #35 of Fill the Gap with award winning author, magnanimous advocate, and Chief Technical Analyst at Kingsview Investment Partners, Buff Dormeier, CMT.
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