Dave BarnhartFounder, Moby Tick Trading · Founder at Moby Tick Trading

Dark Pools Expose Institutional Trades Before They Hit

17 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Institutional investors use dark pools to execute large trades without immediate public reporting, giving them time to exit before retail traders see the activity. This legal advantage means retail investors often buy after institutions have already sold.

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Hello everyone, thank you so much for joining. So the problem is solved with the creation of dark pool exchanges. We'll talk about that for a minute and then we'll get into the really juicy stuff. So the institutions have an edge. They can trade massive share sizes. They don't have to report the trade until it's complete, no matter how long it takes for that order to complete. Once it's, once it's finished, then they have to report it. It's perfectly legal, and they're in and out before retail, and retail traders like us are left holding the bag unless you know better.
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