CHY Market Structure
Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund (CHY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $1.09B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 1.15 to the broader market. The Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund operates as a closed-end investment vehicle concentrating on fixed income, originally sponsored by Calamos Investments LLC and presently managed by Calamos Advisors LLC. Led by John Peter Calamos, public since 2003-05-29.
Market structure data reveals where a stock trades across exchanges, dark pools, and alternative trading systems. Understanding off-exchange activity helps identify institutional trading patterns and liquidity dynamics.
- Latest Week Ending
- 2026-06-08
- Weekly OTC Shares
- 354.7K
- Weekly OTC Trades
- 1.2K
- 12-Week Total Shares
- 6.6M
- Avg Trade Size (12-Week)
- 324 shares
How Single-Name Off-Exchange Volume Affects Options
For single-name equities, persistent off-exchange volume concentrations can flag institutional positioning - large blocks arranged through ATS venues to avoid lit-market impact, or correlation-arbitrage flow from sector rotation. The flow doesn't directly move the lit-market price (it prints at the ATS) but it changes the inventory position of the institutional counterparty, which then drives subsequent lit-market flow. Compare the off-exchange volume series above with CHY's gamma exposure and options volume history to see whether unusual dark-pool activity coincides with rebalancing in the options book.
Showing 12 weeks of off-exchange trading data for Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund.
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Frequently asked CHY market structure questions
- What is the current CHY off-exchange volume?
- For the week ending Jun 8, 2026, Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund (CHY) recorded 354.7K shares across 1.2K trades (average trade size 290 shares). The 12-week cumulative total is 6.6M shares.
- What does CHY off-exchange volume mean for traders?
- Off-exchange volume on a single-name equity reflects institutional block trades arranged through alternative trading systems (ATS) for liquidity rather than information reasons. Persistent ATS volume on a name can signal large institutional repositioning; the lit-market price impact lags the off-exchange print by hours to days as the institutional counterparty hedges or unwinds.
- How is CHY market-structure data sourced?
- Weekly off-exchange volume figures come from FINRA's OTC Transparency reporting, which captures trades executed through FINRA-member off-exchange venues including ATSs and member firm internalization desks. FINRA publishes the data with a two-week lag (current-week-minus-two-weeks) for ATS-specific volume and weekly aggregate volume; the totals here aggregate all member firm reporting. Trades cleared via the listed-exchange auction are NOT included; the figure reflects only the off-exchange portion of total volume.