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Dark pool — off-exchange short volume

Short ratio (latest)
77.3%
20-day average
62.0%
Off-exchange share (20d)
40%

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

279.56
0.04B
274.18
0.24B
268.80
0.36B
263.43
0.20B
258.05
0.28B
252.68
0.14B
247.30
0.08B
241.92
0.20B
236.55
0.51B
231.17
0.41B

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.