GTX max pain for the Oct 16, 2026 expiry is $27, from the Fri Oct 9 options chain. The last price, $26.24, is 2.8% below it. Call wall $29 · put floor $26.
What the institutional money is doing on GTX right now — dark pool, options positioning, and where the news and the money disagree. Free.
This upbeat article contrasts with money signals that show standing positions leaning toward calls, though off-exchange activity was quieter than usual.
The positive rating is not clearly contradicted or confirmed by the money signals, which show a modest call lean and no notable new positions.
Money signals show a mild call lean and off-exchange selling that was lighter than normal, which does not clearly confirm or challenge the value claim.
The consensus Buy rating lines up loosely with the call lean in standing positions, though the off-exchange data does not add strong confirmation.
The performance comparison does not appear in the money data, which shows a call lean but no new-position activity to weigh against 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).
