CHKP max pain for the Oct 16, 2026 expiry is $135. The last price, $137.18, is 1.6% above it. Call wall $150 · put floor $110.
What the institutional money is doing on CHKP right now — dark pool, options positioning, and where the news and the money disagree. Free.
Options holders are leaning toward upside with more calls than puts, but there are no new large positions tied to this date, so the money signals neither confirm nor contradict the announcement.
Commentators name Check Point as a pick, while options show a mild call-leaning tilt and off-exchange activity near normal, so the money signals are not clearly backing the mention.
The outlook is mixed, and the money signals are mild and call-leaning without a strong bet either way, so they neither clearly support nor clearly oppose the story.
This fund's reduction is a single filing, and the current options and off-exchange signals do not show a matching selloff, so the money picture does not clearly back the trim.
A routine governance change with no new money signal attached, so the options and off-exchange data give no read on it.
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).
