What the institutional money is doing on NTAP right now — dark pool, options positioning, and where the news and the money disagree. Free.
Institutional buying headlines clash with dark-pool distribution regime and heavy put-buying flow, suggesting insiders may be selling into the same strength that drew the pension fund in.
No new option positioning data available; existing put-heavy flow (3.79x) and distribution regime suggest the market is pricing in caution regardless of comparative merit.
Put-skewed options flow and below-normal off-exchange volume suggest institutional hedging ahead of earnings, not conviction in upside.
Bullish narrative (AI, Keystone, pricing power) conflicts with heavy put-buying and distribution-regime dark-pool activity, signaling insiders are hedging or exiting into the optimism.
Underperformance aligns with distribution-regime positioning and put-heavy flow, confirming that smart money is rotating out despite positive headlines.
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).
