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Dark Pool Net Flow
A per-ticker session chart of labeled Buy Amount versus Sell Amount, plus Volume bars by Time.
What is dark pool net flow?
Dark pool net flow is a per-ticker session chart of labeled Buy Amount versus Sell Amount, plus Volume bars by Time. Filter ticker and Go load a name. The page starts on SPY. It is a running split on one symbol, not a tape of prints and not a buy list.
Dark pool fills still hit the public tape after they execute. This page does not list those prints. It stays on one ticker and plots running Buy Amount and Sell Amount, then Volume by Time. The first card is labeled Dark Pool Buy vs. Sell Amount. Green is Buy Amount. Red is Sell Amount. Amount ($) is the left axis. Hover a time for dollars plus a percent. Green above red means buy notional is the larger share so far. The second card is labeled Dark Pool Net Flow Volume. Time is the bottom axis. A tall Volume bar next to a quiet split is a different picture than a tall bar when the two lines pull apart. If Filter ticker and Go find no data, the header goes blank and both charts empty. There is no Filters drawer and no table.
On EZPZ, the live chrome titles the page Dark Pool Net Flow. Type a ticker in Filter ticker, then click Go or press Enter. The live price sits next to the symbol. Dark Pool Movers and Shakers is SPY Price versus running Buy Amount and Sell Amount, with no ticker search. Daily Dark Pool Amount is one ticker's Amount (M) versus Price by Date. Dark Pool Sentiment is Cumulative Net Amount (M) bars by Date. Block Trades Sentiment is Buy Premium (M) versus Sell Premium (M) by Date, plus Volume Sentiment. 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, not a ticker split. Dark Pool Flow is the all-ticker off-exchange tape. SPY Flow locks that tape to SPY. $1M+ Premium Dark Pool Flow keeps only million-dollar prints. $1M+ DP Volume Flow is the high dark-volume tape. Net Flow Graph is options net premium, not this dark pool page. 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 Dark Pool Net Flow works on EZPZ
Read the live price first, then whether Buy Amount or Sell Amount is higher, then the Volume bars. It is not a score. Most people start with the gap between the two lines, then hover for percents, then look at when Volume spiked. Use Filter ticker when you already have a name. Then open a tape page if you want the prints behind a Time.
How this differs from movers, daily amount, and the tape
Dark Pool Movers and Shakers is SPY Price versus Buy Amount and Sell Amount on the session clock. This page lets you change the ticker and adds Volume bars. It does not overlay the stock price on the Amount chart. Use Movers and Shakers when you want SPY Price next to the split. Use this page when you already have a name and you want that ticker's Buy Amount, Sell Amount, and Volume. Daily Dark Pool Amount is Amount (M) versus Price by Date. This page stays on the session clock and splits buy from sell. Largest Dark Pool By Ticker is one row per symbol. There is no ticker table here. Largest Single Dark Pool Trades ranks one large order at a time. 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 clock time. Dark Pool Index (DIX) is a multi-day percent. 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. $1M+ Premium Dark Pool Flow and $1M+ DP Volume Flow still show tape rows with a size floor. SPY Flow is SPY prints, not this Buy Amount overlay. Net Flow Graph is options net premium by Filter ticker. Live Flow is options, not equity dark pool amount.
Filter ticker, live price, and Go
The top card answers which name you are on and what it last traded at. There is no Filters drawer.
| Control | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Filter ticker Go | Loads a ticker. Press Enter or click Go. The page starts on SPY until you search. |
Dark Pool Buy vs. Sell Amount
The first chart is two lines on Amount ($). Read the legend first: green is Buy Amount, red is Sell Amount. Then read one Time at a time.
| Label | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Buy Amount | The green line. Running buy-side notional so far for this ticker. |
| Sell Amount | The red line. Running sell-side notional so far for this ticker. |
| Amount ($) | The left axis. Compact dollars (K, M, B). |
Dark Pool Net Flow Volume
The second chart is Volume bars on the same Time axis. There is no legend on this card. Hover a Time for Volume.
| Label | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Volume | The left axis and the bars. Taller means more dark pool share size at that Time. |
| Time | The bottom axis. Clock times for this session, not a multi-day calendar. |
How people actually use it
Load a ticker you already watch
Filter ticker, then Go. Note the live price against the latest Buy Amount and Sell Amount. A huge Amount on an ETF you always see busy is a different read than a huge Amount on a quieter name.
Read the split first
Look at whether Buy Amount or Sell Amount is higher. Then hover the latest time for the percents. A 52/48 split is a different picture than a 70/30 split.
Match Volume to the split
Find the tallest Volume bar, then look at the two Amount lines at that Time. Size with a quiet split is not the same picture as size when the lines already pulled apart.
Ask AiPe about the pressure
Ask AiPe is labeled Dark Pool Analyst. Ask what the page is showing, whether buying or selling is dominant for this ticker, when Volume was most active, or tell it to switch tickers.