AES Dark Pool Activity
ATS off-exchange volume intelligence · Week of 2026-07-20
AES dark pool volume for the week of 2026-07-20: 5.5M shares traded across 26 ATS venues with a total notional value of $81.9M. Volume is down 21.3% week-over-week. Off-exchange dark pool transactions account for 13.0% of total AES market volume — within the normal institutional baseline range. Primary routing venues include , UBS ATS, INTELLIGENT CROSS LLC.
Dark pool activity in AES reflects institutional order flow executing on Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) registered with the SEC — private venues where large-block trades are matched away from public exchanges to minimize price impact. StonkWhisper ingests FINRA-published ATS volume data to track these off-exchange flows. Sustained elevation in dark pool percentage — particularly when concentrated at specific venues — can indicate institutional accumulation or distribution ahead of significant price moves. The interactive charts below show 12-week historical volume and complete venue breakdown for AES.
Weekly History
| Week | Shares | DP % | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | 5.5M | 13.0% | -21.3% |
| 2026-07-13 | 7.0M | — | -42.7% |
| 2026-07-06 | 12.2M | — | +17.7% |
| 2026-06-29 | 10.4M | — | +58.4% |
| 2026-06-22 | 6.6M | — | +43.3% |
| 2026-06-15 | 4.6M | — | -51.0% |
| 2026-06-08 | 9.4M | 29.2% | -15.0% |
| 2026-06-01 | 11.0M | 28.6% | +121.2% |
| 2026-05-25 | 5.0M | — | -59.3% |
| 2026-05-18 | 12.2M | 31.8% | +4.1% |
| 2026-05-11 | 11.7M | 30.6% | -20.3% |
| 2026-05-04 | 14.7M | 38.4% | +33.0% |