Trade Alert - Potash High Volume

Published on Monday, 23 August 2010 11:40 Written by Christian Paolinetti

New York, August 23rd (TradersHuddle.com) - Unusual high volume detected on shares of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE:POT), early in the trading session. Potash is currently trading higher by 1.63%, so definitely the buyers stepping in, as the stock's volume is already above average.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE:POT) produces potash, phosphate, and nitrogen for the agricultural and industrial industries worldwide. The Company operates in Canada, Chile, the United States, Brazil, and Trinidad.

Potash has already traded 1.165 times its 3-month average volume, and has calculated support and resistance at $106.56 and $116.49 respectively. Traders like to use volume as their lie detector for price action moves through predefined trading ranges.

The overall market index S&P 500 is trading lower by -0.18% from its previous trading close, which means that Potash stock is outperforming the overall market.