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Dark pool · off-exchange short volume
Short ratio (latest)
73.0%
20-day average
62.4%
Off-exchange share (20d)
38%

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

398.23
0.17B
390.42
0.69B
382.61
0.87B
374.80
0.28B
366.99
0.83B
359.19
0.76B
351.38
1.21B
343.57
1.91B
335.76
0.25B

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.

VLO Dark Pool — Off-Exchange & Short Volume — Tapelab