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