Sentiment · SYK
Dark Pool Volume for SYK
AI-generated plain-English read of dark pool volume for SYK. Updated daily.
Elevated off-exchange share, fading
moderateOff-exchange share is elevated but fading back toward baseline: the institutional campaign that drove it is likely wrapping up. The chart should re-anchor to lit-market supply and demand.
What will probably happen
- Off-exchange share is within or just above the typical institutional range: signal strength is moderate.
What to do
- If you HOLD this stock
- Off-exchange share is above baseline: mild institutional flow. Hold your position; no action needed unless the chart breaks a key level.
- If you TRADE this stock (no options)
- Off-exchange share is above baseline but not extreme: mild institutional interest. Lean with the chart trend; no strong dark-pool edge to trade against.
- If you trade OPTIONS
- Off-exchange share is above baseline: modest institutional interest but no extreme tail risk. Standard strategy selection based on IV rank is appropriate.
30 days of data; regime is intermittent. Treat the read as directional but not definitive.
Technical details
Technical analysis
- 5-day avg short_pct
- 48.6%
- 30-day avg short_pct
- 52.2%
- Latest short_pct
- 48.3%
- Latest total volume
- 1,267,734
- 30d median volume
- 1,096,399
- Level
- elevated
- Trend
- falling
- Volume day
- normal day
- Persistence
- intermittent
- Days of data
- 30
Key levels
| Level | Value |
|---|---|
| avg 5d short pct | 0.486 |
| avg 30d short pct | 0.522 |
| latest short pct | 0.483 |
| latest total volume | 1,267,734 |
| median 30d volume | 1,096,399 |
Caveats
- FINRA short-volume data is NOT short interest: short_pct measures off-exchange volume fraction, not directional short positioning.
- Intermittent elevated days reduce the reliability of the institutional-campaign thesis and may be noise rather than a sustained directional flow.