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Block Trades Sentiment
A per-ticker daily chart of Buy Premium (M) versus Sell Premium (M), plus Buy Volume (M) versus Sell Volume (M).
What is block trades sentiment?
Block trades sentiment is a per-ticker daily split of Buy Premium (M) versus Sell Premium (M), then Buy Volume (M) versus Sell Volume (M). Filter ticker and Go load a name. The page starts on SPY. It is a Date series, not a tape and not a buy list.
Dark pool fills still hit the public tape after they execute. This page does not list those prints and does not rank names. It stays on one ticker and plots Buy Premium (M) next to Sell Premium (M), then Buy Volume (M) next to Sell Volume (M), one Date at a time. The first chart card is labeled Premium Sentiment, Buy vs. Sell Amount (M). Amount (M) is the left axis, drawn with a dollar sign. Date is the bottom axis. Hover a Date for both premium bars. Green taller than red means buy-side amount is the larger bar, not a disclosed bid. The second chart card is labeled Volume Sentiment, Buy vs. Sell Volume (M). Volume (M) is the left axis. A Date can lead on premium while trailing on volume, or the reverse. If Filter ticker and Go find no data, the header shows a dash and both charts empty. There is no Filters drawer and no table on this page.
On EZPZ, the live chrome titles the page Block Trades Sentiment. Type a ticker in Filter ticker, then click Go or press Enter. The live price sits next to the symbol. Dark Pool Sentiment is Cumulative Net Amount (M) bars by Date, not this paired buy versus sell split. Dark Pool Net Flow is Buy Amount versus Sell Amount plus Volume bars on the session clock. Daily Dark Pool Amount is Amount (M) versus Price by Date, with gray bars that do not split buy from sell. Dark Pool Movers and Shakers is SPY Price versus running Buy Amount and Sell Amount, with no ticker search. Largest Dark Pool By Ticker is one row per symbol for the whole session. Largest Single Dark Pool Trades ranks one print at a time. Dark Pool Sectors rolls the session into industry-group bars. Dark Pool Top Levels groups one ticker's prints by price. Dark Pool Index (DIX) is a market-wide DIX % line, not a ticker split. Dark Pool Indicator (DPI) is market-wide pressure versus the 20-day average. Dark Pool Flow is the all-ticker off-exchange tape. SPY Flow locks that tape to SPY. Bullish Dark Pool Net Premium ranks names by Net Premium. Bearish Dark Pool Net Premium ranks the same Net Premium figure from the most negative reading. DarkVol Leaders ranks names by DarkVol Ratio %. Live Flow is listed options prints.
How Block Trades Sentiment works on EZPZ
Read the live price first, then whether Buy Premium (M) or Sell Premium (M) is taller on the latest Date, then the Volume Sentiment bars. It is not a score. Most people start with which color leads on premium, then check whether volume agrees. Use Filter ticker when you already have a name. Then open a tape page if you want the prints behind a Date.
How this differs from sentiment, net flow, and the tape
Dark Pool Sentiment is one signed Cumulative Net Amount (M) bar per Date: green above zero, red below zero. This page keeps buy and sell as two bars on the same Date. Use Dark Pool Sentiment when you want the daily net lean. Use this page when you want Buy Premium (M) next to Sell Premium (M), then Volume Sentiment. Dark Pool Net Flow stays on the session clock with two Amount lines plus Volume. This page is grouped bars by Date, not by Time. Daily Dark Pool Amount plots unsigned Amount (M) against a gold Price line. This page has no Price overlay. Dark Pool Movers and Shakers is locked to SPY Price versus Buy Amount and Sell Amount. This page lets you Filter ticker. Largest Dark Pool By Ticker is a session rank of names. There is no ticker table here. Largest Single Dark Pool Trades ranks one large order at a time. A Date can lead on premium with many prints and never show a single huge fill on that list. Dark Pool Sectors is Highest Premium Inflow and Highest Volume Inflow, then Premium vs Volume bars. Dark Pool Top Levels stacks one ticker by price, not by Date. Dark Pool Index (DIX) is a multi-day percent for the whole market. Dark Pool Indicator (DPI) is a multi-day ratio versus 1.0 neutral. Dark Pool Flow is the live tape with TIME, PREMIUM, DARK RATIO, and DIRECTION. SPY Flow is SPY prints, not these daily bars. Live Flow is options, not equity dark pool amount.
Filter ticker, live price, and Go
The top card answers which name you are on and what it last traded at. There is no Filters drawer.
| Control | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Filter ticker Go | Loads a ticker. Press Enter or click Go. The page starts on SPY until you search. |
Premium Sentiment, Buy vs. Sell Amount (M)
The first chart is two bars per Date. Read the card label first: Premium Sentiment, Buy vs. Sell Amount (M). Then read one Date at a time.
| Label | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Buy Premium (M) | The green bar. Buy-side amount in millions for that Date. |
| Sell Premium (M) | The red bar. Sell-side amount in millions for that Date. |
| Amount (M) | The left axis. Values draw with a dollar sign. |
| Date | The bottom axis. Each pair of bars is one session on that ticker. |
Volume Sentiment, Buy vs. Sell Volume (M)
The second chart is Buy Volume (M) versus Sell Volume (M) on the same Date axis. Read the legend first: green is Buy Volume (M), red is Sell Volume (M).
| Label | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Buy Volume (M) | The green bar. Buy-side share size in millions for that Date. |
| Sell Volume (M) | The red bar. Sell-side share size in millions for that Date. |
| Volume (M) | The left axis. Taller means more labeled size that Date. |
| Date | The bottom axis. Same calendar as the premium chart above. |
How people actually use it
Load a ticker you already watch
Filter ticker, then Go. Note the live price against the most recent Buy Premium (M) and Sell Premium (M) pair. A huge Amount (M) on an ETF you always see busy is a different read than a huge pair on a quieter name.
Read the run of dates
Look at whether the last several Dates lean green or red on premium. Then hover the latest Date for Buy Premium (M) and Sell Premium (M). A single green-led day is a different picture than a week of green-led bars.
Check Volume Sentiment next
See whether Buy Volume (M) or Sell Volume (M) agrees with the premium split. Ask AiPe is labeled Dark Pool Analyst. Ask what the page is showing, whether sentiment is more buy-side or sell-side, or whether buy pressure is rising or falling.
Open the tape next
This page is a daily series, not a setup. Open Dark Pool Flow for prints, or Dark Pool Sentiment if you want signed Cumulative Net Amount (M) instead of the paired split.