CVD in cryptocurrencies: a complete guide for those who are hearing this term for the first time.

Imagine an auction.
Before we talk about CVD, let’s figure out how the price moves in general. Imagine a regular auction.

There are buyers — they shout: “I’m ready to pay 100 rubles!”, “And I’m 105!”, “And I’m 110!” They want to buy the product and push the price up.

There are sellers — they say: “I’ll give it for 120,” “Okay, for 115,” “Alright, for 110.” They want to get rid of the item and are pushing the price down.

When there are more buyers and they are more aggressive, the price rises. When the sellers are stronger, the price falls. Everything is simple.

Now transfer this image to the cryptocurrency market. Only instead of people at an auction, there are thousands of traders around the world who press the “Buy” and “Sell” buttons every second.

What is CVD? Let’s break it down letter by letter.
CVD stands for Cumulative Volume Delta — “cumulative volume delta”. It sounds scary, but let’s break it down piece by piece.

Step 1. What is “volume”?
Volume is the number of coins that were bought and sold over a certain period of time. For example, in one minute, people bought