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Dark pool — off-exchange short volume

Short ratio (latest)
76.4%
20-day average
75.8%
Off-exchange share (20d)
37%

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

85.43
1.40B
83.93
1.58B
82.43
1.75B
80.93
1.60B
79.43
1.69B
77.93
2.55B
76.43
2.88B
74.93
2.96B
73.44
2.42B
71.94
2.53B
70.44
1.61B
68.94
1.08B
67.44
0.86B
65.94
1.25B
64.44
2.08B

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.