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DarkVol Leaders
Stocks ranked by how large a share of their total volume is trading off exchange, rather than by raw dark pool dollar totals.
What is DarkVol Leaders?
DarkVol Leaders is a session rank of stocks by DarkVol Ratio %, dark pool volume as a share of Total Volume. Each row is one Symbol with Dark Pool Volume, DarkVol * Price, and Total Volume. It is a rank, not a tape and not a buy list.
Dark pool prints still hit the public tape after the fill. This page does not show those prints one by one. It ranks symbols by DarkVol Ratio % so a quieter name can sit above a mega cap if more of its own Total Volume printed off exchange. Dark Pool Volume is the off-exchange share size on the row. DarkVol * Price is that size in dollars. Total Volume is the broader volume on the name. Volume above 1M and Price above $1 start checked. Uncheck them when you want thinner or cheaper names on the same list. Type a ticker in Symbol e.g. SPY, then click Go, to jump to one row. Click a header to change the sort. Green RTH Change (%) or Total Change (%) is a positive percent. Red is negative. A high DarkVol Ratio % shows where volume is printing, not who is buying.
On EZPZ, the live chrome titles the page DarkVol Leaders. The table card is Dark Pool Volume Leaders. The table starts sorted by DarkVol Ratio %, high to low. Volume above 1M and Price above $1 start checked. Largest Dark Pool By Ticker is one row per symbol sorted by Total Premium, not DarkVol Ratio %. Largest Single Dark Pool Trades ranks one print at a time. Dark Pool Sectors rolls those names into industry-group bars. Dark Pool Top Levels groups one ticker's prints by price. Daily Dark Pool Amount plots one ticker's Amount (M) against Price by Date. Dark Pool Movers and Shakers is SPY Price versus running Buy Amount and Sell Amount. Dark Pool Net Flow is one ticker's Buy Amount versus Sell Amount plus Volume bars. 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. Dark Pool Index (DIX) is a market-wide gauge, not a ticker list. Dark Pool Indicator (DPI) is pressure versus the 20-day average, not a ticker rank. Bullish Dark Pool Net Premium ranks names by Net Premium. Bearish Dark Pool Net Premium sorts the same Net Premium figure from the most negative reading. 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. Live Flow is listed options prints.
How DarkVol Leaders works on EZPZ
Each row is one ticker's session total. It is not a score. Most people start with Symbol and DarkVol Ratio %, then read Dark Pool Volume against Total Volume. If a name looks large only because it is always busy, look at DarkVol * Price next. Use Volume above 1M and Price above $1 when you want to hide thin or sub-dollar names. Type a ticker and click Go when you already have a name. Then open a tape page if you want the prints behind the ratio.
How this differs from Total Premium rank and one-ticker charts
Largest Dark Pool By Ticker ranks the same session by Total Premium. This page ranks by DarkVol Ratio %. Use the Total Premium board when you want where dark notional concentrated. Use this page when you want which names have the largest dark share of their own Total Volume. Largest Single Dark Pool Trades keeps the biggest individual prints. A name can lead DarkVol Ratio % here with many smaller prints and never appear on that list. Dark Pool Sectors is Highest Premium Inflow and Highest Volume Inflow, then Premium vs Volume bars, not a ratio rank. Dark Pool Top Levels stays on one ticker and stacks that name's prints by price. Daily Dark Pool Amount is Amount (M) versus Price by Date on one ticker. Dark Pool Movers and Shakers is SPY Price versus running Buy Amount and Sell Amount. Dark Pool Net Flow is one ticker's Buy Amount versus Sell Amount plus Volume bars. Dark Pool Sentiment is Cumulative Net Amount (M) bars by Date. Block Trades Sentiment keeps buy and sell as two bars per Date. Dark Pool Index (DIX) rolls the market into one number. Dark Pool Indicator (DPI) is pressure versus the 20-day average. Bullish Dark Pool Net Premium ranks by Net Premium. Bearish Dark Pool Net Premium sorts that same leftover from the most negative reading. Dark Pool Flow is the live tape. Live Flow is options, not equity dark pool totals.
Anatomy of a ticker row
Read a row left to right: the symbol, then price action, then how large the dark share was. You do not need every column on every name. Click a header to change the sort. DarkVol Ratio % is the starting rank.
These columns answer which name you are looking at, and at what price.
| Column | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Symbol | The ticker. Type it in Symbol e.g. SPY and click Go when you already have a name. Leave the box empty to scan the rank. |
| Price | The last price on the row. Use it next to DarkVol * Price. |
| Prev. Close | The prior close shown on the row. |
These columns help you see whether the name is up or down while you read the ratio.
| Column | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| RTH Change (%) | Regular-hours percent change. Green is positive. Red is negative. |
| Total Change (%) | Total percent change on the row. Green is positive. Red is negative. It can disagree with RTH Change (%). |
These columns help you decide if the dark share is large enough to spend time on.
| Column | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Dark Pool Volume | Off-exchange share size on the row. |
| DarkVol * Price | Dark Pool Volume times Price, shown in dollars. A high ratio with a small DarkVol * Price is a thin name, not a huge notional print. |
| DarkVol Ratio % | Dark Pool Volume as a share of Total Volume. This is the default sort, high to low. |
| Total Volume | The broader volume on the name. Compare it to Dark Pool Volume. |
Volume above 1M and Price above $1
The header holds two checkboxes and a ticker search. There is no Filters drawer on this page.
- Volume above 1M: Starts checked. Keeps names whose volume already clears one million.
- Price above $1: Starts checked. Keeps names whose Price is above one dollar.
- Symbol e.g. SPY: Type a ticker, then click Go. Leave it empty to keep the full rank.
How people actually use it
Scan the ratio first
Leave DarkVol Ratio % as the sort. Note which names you already expect near the top. Then look for a name that does not belong in that company.
Check DarkVol * Price
A high DarkVol Ratio % with a small DarkVol * Price can be a quiet name. A high ratio plus a large DarkVol * Price is often the row worth a second look.
Use the checkboxes
Keep Volume above 1M and Price above $1 on for the default screen. Uncheck them only when you want the thinner list.
Open the tape next
This page is a rank, not a setup. Open Dark Pool Flow for prints, or Largest Dark Pool By Ticker if you care about Total Premium instead of the ratio.