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Flow Confirmed

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In plain terms

A trend signal that fires only when shorting flow is light AND dark-pool (institutional) volume is rising — confirming smart money is accumulating.

How it works

Uses FINRA short-volume + ATS dark-pool data we backfilled (free) to gate a base trend signal. Long only when short_pct is below its 60-day median AND dark-pool volume is rising — both indicate institutional accumulation rather than retail/short flow. OI/GEX components of the full version need a paid options vendor; this generator covers the free portion.

Live results

48 times picked on its own · 175 times inside a blend (155 beat the stock) · updated 2026-06-06

This strategy is a frequent ingredient in blends that combine a few strategies on one stock. It has contributed to 175 such blended picks (155 of which beat simply holding the stock). Picking it on its own is only one of the ways it shows up.

How its picks scored vs. buy & hold

Each pick is graded on a recent year it was never tuned on, against simply owning the same stock

Where its edge concentrates

Share of picks in each company-size group that beat buy & hold

How often it trades

Active vs. patient. Bars on the left mean it waits for rare setups; bars on the right mean it trades often

Return vs. buy & hold

How much each pick beat or trailed simply owning the stock over the test year (extreme microcap moves trimmed)

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Data dependencies

Daily prices
Adjusted-close OHLCV for every US-listed ticker; primary price feed.
Finra short volume
A data feed this strategy reads, refreshed on its normal schedule.

Expected edge

See the source research for the original effect size; a modern replication on new data may be weaker.

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