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Dark pool — off-exchange short volume

GEX Back to dark pool

Short ratio (latest)

70.6%

20-day average

72.5%

Off-exchange share (20d)

35%

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

314.43

0.00B

308.71

0.03B

303.00

0.21B

297.28

0.66B

291.56

1.39B

285.85

1.75B

280.13

2.46B

274.41

3.23B

268.69

2.75B

262.98

2.30B

257.26

4.00B

251.54

4.61B

245.83

3.04B

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.