GFL max pain for the Oct 16, 2026 expiry is $40, from the Mon Oct 5 options chain. The last price, $42.52, is 6.3% above it. Call wall $45 · put floor $37.50.
What the institutional money is doing on GFL right now — dark pool, options positioning, and where the news and the money disagree. Free.
Money signals show a call-heavy lean and balanced off-exchange positioning, but no new option bets are visible—suggesting existing holders are comfortable, not that fresh conviction is arriving.
Call-heavy option positioning and neutral off-exchange regime align with a steady, non-defensive posture, but the absence of new position data means no fresh conviction signal.
The news is neutral-to-constructive, but money signals show no new option positioning around the announcement—existing call-heavy lean persists without fresh buying.
Analyst bullishness aligns with the call-heavy option lean, but no new large option positions are opening—the money is not rushing to act on the rating.
Dividend news is constructive for income investors, and the call-heavy option lean is consistent with that posture, but no new hedging or defensive positioning has appeared.
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).
