It seems pretty unreliable to rely upon trade volume involving Chinese exchanges.
Seems pretty reliable to me. I prefer to rely on charts than bitcointalk urban myths about "faked volume".
I am not suggesting to not consider trade volume. I am just asserting that the chinese trade volume is not reliable. You can analyse price and make predictions by discounting aspects of the chinese trade volume because it is problematic, both in terms of its fakeness (as well as no fees and bots, too)