VXX Dark Pool Activity
ATS off-exchange volume intelligence · Week of 2026-07-20
VXX dark pool volume for the week of 2026-07-20: 4.5M shares traded across 25 ATS venues with a total notional value of $99.7M. Volume is up 1.0% week-over-week. Off-exchange dark pool transactions account for 12.0% of total VXX market volume — within the normal institutional baseline range. Primary routing venues include , INTELLIGENT CROSS LLC, UBS ATS.
Dark pool activity in VXX 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 VXX.
Weekly History
| Week | Shares | DP % | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | 4.5M | 12.0% | +1.0% |
| 2026-07-13 | 4.5M | — | -6.5% |
| 2026-07-06 | 4.8M | — | -20.1% |
| 2026-06-29 | 6.0M | — | -28.3% |
| 2026-06-22 | 8.4M | — | -1.1% |
| 2026-06-15 | 8.5M | — | +11.7% |
| 2026-06-08 | 7.6M | — | -5.0% |
| 2026-06-01 | 8.0M | 20.7% | +65.6% |
| 2026-05-25 | 4.8M | — | -33.5% |
| 2026-05-18 | 7.2M | 18.8% | +2.1% |
| 2026-05-11 | 7.1M | 18.4% | +50.2% |
| 2026-05-04 | 4.7M | — | +45.9% |