What the institutional money is doing on AEIS right now — dark pool, options positioning, and where the news and the money disagree. Free.
Analyst optimism contrasts with options positioning that shows modest put-buying (1.09 ratio) and no fresh large call bets, suggesting institutional traders are not yet convinced the upside will materialize.
The family office purchase arrives amid flat option open interest and no surge in new call positions, indicating the buying may be a longer-term hold rather than a near-term catalyst.
No new option positioning data available to assess whether traders are rotating into or out of Advanced Energy relative to peers.
Despite the one-week rally, options positioning remains balanced with no spike in new bullish bets, and the stock sits between support and resistance levels, suggesting traders view the move as contained rather than the start of a breakout.
Upward earnings revisions have not triggered new call buying or a shift in option positioning away from defensive hedging, indicating options traders are waiting for more confirmation before committing fresh capital.
A divergence is when the news narrative and the institutional money flow point in opposite directions — a bearish headline while large call premium is bought, or heavy dark-pool selling under a bullish story. It signals the crowd and the desks may disagree.
Dark-pool volume — The share of trading executed off-exchange, at wholesalers and dark pools. About half of all US share volume prints there on an ordinary day, so the level by itself says almost nothing. What carries information is the distance from this name’s own recent norm, and whether the off-exchange size ran above its usual.
Off-exchange short share — How much of that off-exchange volume was sold short. The median across all listed names is about 49%, because wholesalers filling retail buy orders sell short and cover later. A reading near half is plumbing, not a bearish vote — compare it to the same name’s own 20-day norm.
Max pain — The price where the most options expire worthless — positioning often gravitates toward it near expiry.
Call wall / Put floor — Strikes with the heaviest call/put open interest — they often act as short-term resistance and support.
Put/Call ratio — Below ~0.7 leans bullish (more calls); above ~1 leans defensive (more puts).
