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Dark pool — off-exchange short volume

Short ratio (latest)
78.4%
20-day average
72.9%
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

346.87
0.15B
340.33
0.89B
333.78
1.10B
327.24
1.43B
320.70
1.40B
314.15
2.15B
307.61
3.45B
301.06
4.98B
294.52
5.79B
287.97
7.58B
281.43
8.73B

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.