LABD max pain for the Oct 9, 2026 expiry is $6.50, from the Fri Oct 2 options chain. The last price, $7.25, is 11.5% above it. Call wall $7.50 · put floor $6.
What the institutional money is doing on LABD right now — dark pool, options positioning, and where the news and the money disagree. Free.
The headline reports unusual put buying on Monday, but standing option positions show calls outnumber puts by 4-to-1, and the latest session's traded volume also favored calls over puts by more than 2-to-1—a direct contradiction.
No new position data is available for this summary, so money signals cannot confirm or contradict the performance claim; the standing call-heavy lean suggests traders are not currently hedging downside.
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).
