# Volume Filter

> Volume Filter in Veles bots limits trade entries to moments of sufficient market liquidity, reducing the risk of entering weak or manipulated moves.

The "Volume" filter allows bots to take market activity into account and only open trades when the instrument has sufficient liquidity. This reduces the likelihood of entering into a weak move and helps filter out low-quality signals.

The Veles platform offers two ways to analyze trading pair volumes:

- **Base** (in coin)
- **Nominal** (in quote currency)

Click the **Pencil** button to set the desired values for the indicator.

## Volume (base)

If the filter specifies **Volume (base)**, provide the values as the amount of the coin itself.

For example:
- For the BTC/USDT pair and the **Volume > 100** condition, the bot will wait for a candle where the trading volume exceeds **100 BTC**.
- For the ETH/USDT pair, the **Volume > 5000** condition will mean a minimum of **5000 ETH**.

> ⚠ Exception: on the **Gate.io** exchange, volumes are displayed in the stablecoin linked to the ticker.

To determine the volume on a specific candle, you can add the standard **Volume** indicator to TradingView and hover over the candle. The data will appear in the upper left corner.

## Volume (nominal)

If the **Volume (nominal)** filter is set, the values are displayed in the quote currency.

Example:
- For the BTC/USDT pair, with the condition **Volume > 300,000,000**, the bot will open a trade only after the selected candle on the timeframe registers a turnover of more than **300 million USDT**.
- For the BTC/ETH pair, you can set the condition **Volume > 10,000 ETH**.

This approach is convenient when the dollar equivalent of liquidity is important.

> Only the **basic volume** indicator is currently available in the TradingView preview. For Nominal volume, please refer to the exchange data.

## Where can I view volume?

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Trading volume can be tracked:
- in the TradingView chart (Base volume),
- in the statistics of the selected exchange (Nominal volume).
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## Using in Veles Bots (Flexible Indicator)

In flexible indicators, volume is available as **Nominal Volume**. It has no additional parameters — just the base settings:

- Interval - the candle timeframe.
- Method - the calculation type. By bar close (only on the selected interval) or by minute (once per minute for any interval).
- Shift - shifts the requested indicator value back by the specified number of candles.

For base (coin) volume, use the **Candle (Volume)** indicator instead.

## When to use a volume filter?

- To exclude trades in low-liquidity pairs.
- To confirm the strength of a move (high volume = more confidence in the signal).
- To filter out breakouts of levels — to enter only when supported by volume.
- To limit trading at night or during periods of low activity.