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Dark Pool Activity
Weekly dark-pool share volume, average print size and the venues carrying the most activity.
The Dark Pool Activity widget shows reported off-exchange activity for a listed stock or ETF, one reporting week at a time. Futures and cash indexes use their listed proxy: ES and SPX use SPY, NQ and NDX use QQQ, and GC uses GLD.
What it shows#
| Readout | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ATS shares | Shares reported across dark-pool venues during the week |
| ATS trades | Number of reported trades during the week |
| Average print | Average shares per reported trade |
| Recent vs prior | The recent half of the selected window compared with its earlier half |
| Top venues | Each venue's share of the latest reported week's activity |
Switch the chart between Shares and Trades, then choose a four-to-52 week window. The average-print line keeps clip size visible while activity changes.
How to use it#
- Compare weekly volume with average print size. Rising volume with larger clips indicates a different participation profile from rising volume made of many smaller trades.
- Use the venue list to see whether activity is broad or concentrated in a few pools.
- Compare the latest week with the recent trend instead of treating one spike as a signal.
- Use this as positioning context. It does not identify trade direction and is not an intraday timing tool.
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