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Shortlists · Volume Dryup
Names whose volume is bleeding out as price holds. Quiet base-building is the precursor to a Stage-1 to Stage-2 transition; this list surfaces the candidates without claiming what comes next. Volume dryup is one of the clearest signs that sellers are exhausted and supply is being absorbed. When volume contracts sharply below the 50-day average while price stays near the 52-week high, it typically means the stock is forming a handle or late-stage coil before a potential breakout. The quiet-contraction composite ranks names by combining low RVOL with high proximity to the 52-week high, so only names where both conditions are present simultaneously rise to the top. Stocks that appear on this roster and also show tight daily price ranges are the most interesting, since tight-range consolidation on dry volume is a classic Livermore and O'Neil accumulation fingerprint. Use this list as a watch-list builder rather than an immediate entry trigger.
As of , the Volume Dryup shortlist holds 12 of a 50-name cap, filtered from a universe of 3,325 eligible tickers (close ≥ $5, dollar volume ≥ $1M). volume family · refresh daily after the US close. Primary receipt: $ vol. Ranking basis: Upstream quiet-contraction composite: low RVOL × proximity to 52-week high; eligible universe only, capped at 50.
| Rank | Ticker | Sector | $ vol | ADR % | RS 1m | 52w % | 30d |
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| 1. | OGN | — | $104M | 0.4% | 54 | 99.6% | — |
| 2. | CZR | — | $206M | 0.9% | 60 | 96.2% | — |
| 3. | RAMP | — | $65M | 0.5% | 51 | 99.5% | — |
| 4. | NVRI | — | $31M | 5.6% | 87 | 95.9% | — |
| 5. | GBTG | — | $45M | 0.4% | 51 | 98.5% | — |
| 6. | EBAY | — | $586M | 2.8% | 63 | 96.3% | — |
| 7. | UNF | — | $60M | 2.2% | 60 | 96.4% | — |
| 8. | ALX | — | $10.0M | 2.8% | 78 | 97.7% | — |
| 9. | SON | — | $74M | 3.0% | 86 | 98.3% | — |
| 10. | UDR | — | $176M | 2.0% | 78 | 98.8% | — |
| 11. | LNTH | — | $101M | 3.1% | 83 | 98.2% | — |
| 12. | BAP | — | $169M | 3.9% | 82 | 98.0% | — |
Names whose volume is bleeding out as price holds. Quiet base-building is the precursor to a Stage-1 to Stage-2 transition; this list surfaces the candidates without claiming what comes next. Volume dryup is one of the clearest signs that sellers are exhausted and supply is being absorbed. When volume contracts sharply below the 50-day average while price stays near the 52-week high, it typically means the stock is forming a handle or late-stage coil before a potential breakout. The quiet-contraction composite ranks names by combining low RVOL with high proximity to the 52-week high, so only names where both conditions are present simultaneously rise to the top. Stocks that appear on this roster and also show tight daily price ranges are the most interesting, since tight-range consolidation on dry volume is a classic Livermore and O'Neil accumulation fingerprint. Use this list as a watch-list builder rather than an immediate entry trigger. The roster is capped at 50 names and refreshed daily after the US close.
Upstream quiet-contraction composite: low RVOL × proximity to 52-week high; eligible universe only, capped at 50.
The primary receipt is "$ vol". See the dedicated essay at /reads/reading-volume for the full definition and how to read it in context.
Daily after the US market close, around 17:00 ET. The footer of each shortlist shows the exact "computed at" timestamp for the most recent refresh.
50 names balances actionable density against noise: below the cap the receipts get marginal and above it the list stops being a shortlist.