we saurch say that volume is allie detector, telling us if a move is real or not. when there's a small move on white volume, technicians ignore it. when there's a small move on heavyvule yum, that means there's a precursor. distribution, that's a synonym for selling of a stock. they measure these moves by something called an accumulation distribution line. when a calculation is arcane involving the -- i know it is -- charting whether a stock closes higher on any given day versus lower on low volume, i care passionately about it. it can go against the conventional think of a chart. and that's what i love about a stock. sometimes they're right. we saw them being right in mon santo. this is one i got completely wrong. i didn't care for the stock at the time. tim collins saw it another way. he said the accumulation distribution line, so while the stock had down days -- that's a sure sign money was flowing into the stock and not out of it. persist tpt accumulation or buying pattern versus the zribz or selling pattern, conviction that they were building the stock long-te