DESP Dark Pool Activity
ATS off-exchange volume intelligence · Week of 2025-05-12
DESP dark pool volume for the week of 2025-05-12: 1.8M shares traded across 22 ATS venues with a total notional value of $35.2M. Volume is down 43.0% week-over-week. Primary routing venues include , BIDS ATS, INTELLIGENT CROSS LLC.
Dark pool activity in DESP 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 10-week historical volume and complete venue breakdown for DESP.
Weekly History
| Week | Shares | DP % | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-12 | 1.8M | — | -43.0% |
| 2025-05-05 | 3.2M | — | -10.9% |
| 2025-04-28 | 3.6M | — | +181.2% |
| 2025-04-21 | 1.3M | — | -20.9% |
| 2025-04-14 | 1.6M | — | -59.2% |
| 2025-04-07 | 3.9M | — | +0.9% |
| 2025-03-31 | 3.9M | — | -35.4% |
| 2025-03-24 | 6.0M | — | +161.9% |
| 2025-03-17 | 2.3M | — | -23.9% |
| 2025-03-10 | 3.0M | — | — |