CORZ max pain for the Oct 9, 2026 expiry is $18.50. The last price, $16.60, is 10.3% below it. Call wall $19 · put floor $16.
What the institutional money is doing on CORZ right now — dark pool, options positioning, and where the news and the money disagree. Free.
The stock is down on good news while options holders are stacked with downside insurance (2.3× more puts than calls in standing positions), and off-exchange traders are selling short at elevated rates—the market is not convinced.
CORZ options show heavy put positioning and elevated short activity off-exchange, consistent with traders bracing for sector-wide margin pressure as miners exit traditional operations.
CORZ options remain defensively positioned (2.3× puts) despite the crypto tailwind, suggesting traders are not yet confident the rally will flow through to power-lease operators.
Options positioning remains put-heavy and off-exchange short activity elevated, indicating institutional caution about whether long-term locked-in rates will prove profitable.
CORZ options show persistent put-heavy positioning and elevated short selling off-exchange, consistent with a sector-wide loss of confidence despite positive headlines.
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).
