NWSA Dark Pool Activity
ATS off-exchange volume intelligence · Week of 2026-07-20
NWSA dark pool volume for the week of 2026-07-20: 3.5M shares traded across 25 ATS venues with a total notional value of $96.4M. Volume is up 18.2% week-over-week. Off-exchange dark pool transactions account for 12.5% of total NWSA market volume — within the normal institutional baseline range. Primary routing venues include , INTELLIGENT CROSS LLC, MS TRAJECTORY CROSS (ATS-1).
Dark pool activity in NWSA 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 NWSA.
Weekly History
| Week | Shares | DP % | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | 3.5M | 12.5% | +18.2% |
| 2026-07-13 | 3.0M | — | -21.6% |
| 2026-07-06 | 3.8M | — | -41.9% |
| 2026-06-29 | 6.5M | — | +0.1% |
| 2026-06-22 | 6.5M | — | +1.4% |
| 2026-06-15 | 6.4M | — | +34.9% |
| 2026-06-08 | 4.8M | — | +18.8% |
| 2026-06-01 | 4.0M | — | +21.0% |
| 2026-05-25 | 3.3M | — | -19.8% |
| 2026-05-18 | 4.1M | — | -31.3% |
| 2026-05-11 | 6.0M | — | +2.2% |
| 2026-05-04 | 5.9M | — | +78.1% |