Sometimes I think I am alone - - - but your post tells me I am not !
I begin to look at a stock because the Fundamentals interest me.
But truly - - after that - - the only thing that matters is Volume / Price action as you say . . . . . . and that is not crazy or nuts !
Volume first and price second by my reckoning . . . . . . I am not saying fundamentals don't matter, I am just saying that everything you need to know is in the market . . . and the market is the Volume & Price action taken over time.