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Dark pool — off-exchange short volume

Short ratio (latest)
64.1%
20-day average
41.9%
Off-exchange share (20d)
36%

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

327.84
0.02B
321.65
0.54B
315.47
3.20B
309.28
1.96B
303.09
1.60B
296.91
2.02B
290.72
4.58B
284.54
5.31B
278.35
6.93B
272.17
6.16B
265.98
2.55B

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.