"Saw this today pre-market... Can anyone help me figure out this...

"Saw this today pre-market...
Can anyone help me figure out this Surplus volume?"

@abn2609,

The best help I can offer you is to simply ignore how the buys and sells "stack" up at at any given point in time. It is a complete waste of time and effort.

For starters, it in no way represents all the buying and selling intentions of market participants (often, quite the opposite).

And it certainly has no bearing on the fundamental value of the business which, after all, is the final determinant of share price performance.

As case in point, have you ever read a newsletter or a report from any respectable, credible professional fund manager which makes even remote reference to what he or she is has been seeing in the way the buy and sell orders line up for any stocks?

Rather read the notes to the financial accounts...far better use of your time