What the institutional money is doing on GDXU right now — dark pool, options positioning, and where the news and the money disagree. Free.
The news reports strong August gains, but GDXU's off-exchange trading shows a short-heavy tilt that doesn't clearly match a bullish story.
The ranking itself gives no new positioning information, and GDXU's latest off-exchange data shows only a modest tilt toward short selling.
This older ranking doesn't line up with the current money signals, which show only mildly elevated short activity in GDXU's off-exchange trading.
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).
