Whether an option is bought or sold, whether it is a call or a put, when it trades on the exchange, it is considered volume. In short, option volume is the number of contracts traded in a security ...

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Nearly every trading and charting platform displays trading volume in a bar chart at the bottom of the price chart. Here is an example of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares from Stockcharts.com.