XOM rel volume: the current reading and its track record

XOM's current rel volume reading and what that signal has historically been followed by.

This page covers ExxonMobil (XOM) — its current rel volume reading and the measured historical record of what XOM rel volume extremes were followed by.

How to read this. These figures are measured only on instruments currently in our coverage — a set of companies that survived. Signals that appear to have 'worked' on the downside are conditioned on these names having recovered; a company that fell and never came back would not be here to measure. Read every number below as a property of this surviving sample, not a universal rule, and never as advice.

All figures are ‘excess’ returns — measured relative to each instrument’s own historical drift, not relative to the market. This is not alpha and not a market-beating claim; it isolates the signal from the instrument’s background trend. Measured from the first day each signal appeared (not its most extreme point), so it reflects what was knowable in real time.

rel volume showed no measurable forward signal. Across the full sample, episodes on this measure were followed by returns statistically indistinguishable from each instrument’s own drift — we report this as a null result rather than hide it.

When XOM was overbought / at a high extreme

Across 384 past episodes where XOM was overbought on this signal, the close 20 sessions later lagged XOM’s own trailing drift by 0.01 percentage points on average (52% of episodes beat drift).

XOM forward excess return vs its own drift after overbought rel volume readings, by horizon.
horizonexcess vs own driftbeat-drift rateepisodes with complete horizon
1 session-0.16%44%384
5 sessions-0.22%47%384
20 sessions-0.01%52%384

When XOM was oversold / at a low extreme

Across 275 past episodes where XOM was oversold on this signal, the close 20 sessions later lagged XOM’s own trailing drift by 0.53 percentage points on average (45% of episodes beat drift).

XOM forward excess return vs its own drift after oversold rel volume readings, by horizon.
horizonexcess vs own driftbeat-drift rateepisodes with complete horizon
1 session-0.11%42%275
5 sessions-0.20%51%275
20 sessions-0.53%45%275

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