XLK Dark Pool Activity
ATS off-exchange volume intelligence · Week of 2026-07-20
XLK dark pool volume for the week of 2026-07-20: 4.4M shares traded across 28 ATS venues with a total notional value of $782.1M. Volume is down 21.9% week-over-week. Off-exchange dark pool transactions account for 10.8% of total XLK market volume — within the normal institutional baseline range. Primary routing venues include , UBS ATS, INTELLIGENT CROSS LLC.
Dark pool activity in XLK 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 XLK.
Weekly History
| Week | Shares | DP % | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | 4.4M | 10.8% | -21.9% |
| 2026-07-13 | 5.6M | — | -5.3% |
| 2026-07-06 | 5.9M | — | +10.8% |
| 2026-06-29 | 5.3M | — | -12.6% |
| 2026-06-22 | 6.1M | — | +7.7% |
| 2026-06-15 | 5.7M | — | -43.0% |
| 2026-06-08 | 9.9M | 17.5% | +6.3% |
| 2026-06-01 | 9.4M | 18.9% | +26.5% |
| 2026-05-25 | 7.4M | 14.9% | -16.9% |
| 2026-05-18 | 8.9M | 17.9% | -3.2% |
| 2026-05-11 | 9.2M | 18.6% | +9.5% |
| 2026-05-04 | 8.4M | 17.0% | +44.6% |