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Dark pool — off-exchange short volume

Short ratio (latest)
46.3%
20-day average
42.0%
Off-exchange share (20d)
39%

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

280.20
0.13B
275.20
0.67B
270.19
0.96B
265.19
0.51B
260.19
2.14B
255.18
3.89B
250.18
3.60B
245.18
1.92B
240.17
2.19B
235.17
1.42B
230.17
1.05B
225.16
1.33B
220.16
1.32B
215.15
1.84B

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.