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DLTR

Dark pool — off-exchange short volume

Short ratio (latest)
39.7%
20-day average
54.8%
Off-exchange share (20d)
40%

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

125.07
2.36B
122.88
2.40B
120.68
2.53B
118.49
2.13B
116.29
4.23B
114.10
5.87B
111.90
6.21B
109.71
5.91B
107.52
6.80B
105.32
5.19B
103.13
5.16B
100.93
7.66B
98.74
9.92B
96.54
8.26B
94.35
7.51B

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.