ALB· Albemarle Corporation

Dark pool · off-exchange short volume

as of 2026-11-05

ALB's off-exchange short-volume ratio was 53.2% on 5 Nov 2026, below its 20-day average of 58.9%. Off-exchange trading was 38% of volume over the last 20 sessions. 4 sessions in the last six months had unusually large off-exchange dollar volume, the latest on 22 Sep 2026.

Short ratio (latest)

53.2%

20-day average

58.9%

Off-exchange share (20d)

38%

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

108.27

1.80B

106.37

1.28B

104.47

1.11B

102.57

0.81B

100.67

0.92B

98.77

1.42B

96.87

2.30B

94.97

2.28B

93.07

2.53B

91.17

2.82B

89.27

2.04B

87.37

1.92B

85.47

2.18B

83.57

2.09B

81.67

2.50B

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.