PFG· Principal Financial Group

Dark pool · off-exchange short volume

Dark pool as of 2026-11-04 · latest session 2026-11-05

PFG's off-exchange short-volume ratio was 60.4% on 4 Nov 2026, below its 20-day average of 70.3%. Off-exchange trading was 34% of volume over the last 20 sessions. 12 sessions in the last six months had unusually large off-exchange dollar volume, the latest on 27 Oct 2026.

Short ratio (latest)

60.4%

20-day average

70.3%

Off-exchange share (20d)

34%

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

121.67

0.02B

119.42

0.11B

117.17

0.48B

114.91

0.95B

112.66

1.31B

110.41

1.23B

108.15

0.95B

105.90

0.37B

103.65

0.27B

101.39

0.27B

99.14

0.50B

96.89

0.15B

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.