> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sonar.trade/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Volume Response

> Totals opposing volume over a window, then executes once against it.

Expert

Opposing volume is totaled over a fixed window of 5 seconds to 1 hour. When the window closes, Volume Response executes once, with strength set by a curve you define.

![Volume Response curve in the Sonar app](https://docs.sonar.trade/images/docs/parts/vresp-curve.png?v=20261104i)

The response curve in the Sonar app: linear or exponential, with a strength at each end.

## When To Use It

> [card] Good For
>
> * Selling into demand and buying into sell-offs
> * Trading in proportion to market activity

> [card] Watch Out For
>
> * Trading in proportion to market activity
> * Quiet markets can mean few executions.

## How It Works

* Windows with total volume below Activation Volume are skipped.
* Between Activation Volume and Curve Ends At, strength follows your curve.
* A cap limits the value of any single execution.

Change the incoming trade and the curve.

Volume in the window:

Volume
Strength
Executes

25%
0%

\$25K

Below  the window is skipped. Strength goes from 10% at  to 25% at \$25K, with a cap of  per execution.

## Set It Up

**1. Open Create Strategy**

Pick the chain, choose Buy or Sell, then Expert and Volume Response. Add a name if you like, and press Continue.

**2. Pick The Token And Size**

Select the token and how much to trade, the source if more than one holds it, and the counter asset: the chain’s native token or a stablecoin.

**3. Shape The Response Curve**

Linear or exponential. Set the volume range, from where it starts replying to where the curve ends, and the strength at each end.

**4. Set Execution Controls**

Volume is totalled over a recurring window. Add a minimum price move, and a cap on the largest single trade per window.

![Volume Response controls in the Sonar app](https://docs.sonar.trade/images/docs/parts/vresp-controls.png?v=20261104i)

**5. Add Optional Parameters**

Extra parameters, such as limits or a scheduled start. Skip them to run on defaults.

**6. Set Strategy**

It starts right away, or at your scheduled start.

## FAQ

> [accordion] What happens to small trades?
>
> Trades smaller than the start size are skipped.

> [accordion] Can one big trade empty my strategy?
>
> No. The per-execution cap limits the largest single reply per window.

> [accordion] How is this different from Volume?
>
> Volume executes against each incoming order at one fixed strength. Volume Response totals a window of opposing volume and executes once against it, at a strength your curve sets.

## Related

> [card] [Volume](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/volume.md)
>
> Trade into real market orders at a fixed share.

> [card] [RSI Oscillator](https://docs.sonar.trade/strategies/rsi-oscillator.md)
>
> Sell the spikes and buy the dips in a sideways market.


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