Retail Tape Slipped -4.25% While $16.46B FINRA Off-Exchange Buying & 81% Call Sweeps Hit
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) pulled back -4.25% on lit retail venues even as FINRA RegSHO off-exchange tape absorbed $16.46B in non-short volume (36.0% short ratio). Simultaneously, OPRA options flow printed 81.4% call sweep premium concentration with peak 168x Volume-to-Open-Interest urgency. Cross-feed divergence (3.45σ) indicates institutional accumulation into retail weakness.