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Dark pool — off-exchange short volume

Short ratio (latest)
68.7%
20-day average
44.5%
Off-exchange share (20d)
28%

Darkpool density

big day, short ratio above trendbelow trendbubble size = how unusual ($vol z-score)

Last ~6 months. Bubbles mark days of unusually large off-exchange dollar volume (≥1.5σ vs the trailing 60 days). Daily resolution — not print-level data.

Darkpool levels ±15% of spot, since 2018-10-01

138.75
0.06B
136.18
0.72B
133.61
2.02B
131.04
3.90B
128.47
3.48B
125.90
2.13B
123.33
0.29B
120.76
1.93B
118.19
3.08B
115.62
2.60B
113.05
2.77B
110.48
2.51B

Historical off-exchange $ volume at price: each day's volume spread across that day's range, summed over the full FINRA history. Heavy shelves often act as support/resistance magnets. Amber row = spot's bin.

Off-exchange short-volume ratio

short ratio (20d, right) daily off-exchange share (left)

FINRA daily TRF data, last 2 years. A persistently HIGH short ratio is mostly passive market-maker liquidity provision (commonly read as accumulation pressure) — not naively bearish.