dark pool

English

Noun

dark pool (plural dark pools)

  1. (finance) A private forum for trading securities, derivatives, and other financial instruments.
    • 2018, James Bridle, “Complexity”, in The New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 108:
      The dark pools allow traders to move large volumes of stock without tipping off the wider market, thus protecting their trades from other predators.