Sure, I can see your point. Seems to me one wants to look for a low on lower volulme, though, not increasing volume. I can see trying to play a bounce off the lower bollinger band. I guess my question is how does one know a stock like NOVN (or AKAM) is done going down. I mean the March 2003 stock market bottom was fairly obvious. It was simply a retest of the Oct. bottom. Seems there's no retest here wtih AKAM or NOVN. Plus, the market is in a downtrend for a time here (it seems).