FITB max pain for the Oct 16, 2026 expiry is $55. The last price, $50.12, is 8.9% below it. Call wall $60 · put floor $50.
What the institutional money is doing on FITB right now — dark pool, options positioning, and where the news and the money disagree. Free.
The money shows a bullish lean (more calls than puts in standing positions) and quiet accumulation off-exchange, but no new options positions opened to react to this announcement.
Money signals remain bullish with call-heavy positioning, but no fresh options activity marks this as a routine corporate announcement rather than a market mover.
Options positioning leans bullish (more calls than puts) and off-exchange accumulation is running 1.66× normal volume with short-sellers backing off, suggesting money is betting on stability or upside despite rate uncertainty.
Money is already positioned for upside—calls outnumber puts, Max Pain sits $5 above price, and off-exchange volume is running hot with short-sellers retreating—aligning with the turnaround narrative.
Options lean bullish (more calls than puts) and institutional accumulation is running 1.66× normal volume off-exchange, suggesting money is comfortable with the capital management trade-off.
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).
