VRT

Dark pool — off-exchange short volume

GEX Back to dark pool

Short ratio (latest)

42.0%

20-day average

53.3%

Off-exchange share (20d)

44%

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

315.02

3.68B

309.49

3.91B

303.96

3.21B

298.44

2.85B

292.91

1.27B

287.38

0.93B

281.86

1.30B

276.33

1.52B

270.80

3.08B

265.28

4.76B

259.75

4.64B

254.22

4.19B

248.70

4.11B

243.17

4.57B

237.64

2.70B

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.