BEN Dark Pool Activity
ATS off-exchange volume intelligence · Week of 2026-07-20
BEN dark pool volume for the week of 2026-07-20: 3.5M shares traded across 25 ATS venues with a total notional value of $113.0M. Volume is down 33.9% week-over-week. Off-exchange dark pool transactions account for 16.1% of total BEN market volume — elevated above the typical 10–14% institutional baseline, potentially signaling active accumulation or distribution. Primary routing venues include , INTELLIGENT CROSS LLC, LEVEL ATS.
Dark pool activity in BEN 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 BEN.
Weekly History
| Week | Shares | DP % | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | 3.5M | 16.1% | -33.9% |
| 2026-07-13 | 5.3M | — | -10.4% |
| 2026-07-06 | 5.9M | — | +41.5% |
| 2026-06-29 | 4.2M | — | -15.5% |
| 2026-06-22 | 4.9M | — | +15.4% |
| 2026-06-15 | 4.3M | — | +13.9% |
| 2026-06-08 | 3.7M | — | -30.7% |
| 2026-06-01 | 5.4M | — | +95.2% |
| 2026-05-25 | 2.8M | — | -49.3% |
| 2026-05-18 | 5.5M | — | +31.4% |
| 2026-05-11 | 4.2M | — | -37.8% |
| 2026-05-04 | 6.7M | — | -39.6% |