PCTY Market Structure
Paylocity Holding Corporation (PCTY) operates in the Technology sector, specifically the Software - Application industry, with a market capitalization near $5.58B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 6,400 people, carrying a beta of 0.50 to the broader market. Paylocity Holding Corporation provides cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions for workforce in the United States. Led by Toby J. Williams, public since 2014-03-19.
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
- 2026-04-20
- Weekly OTC Shares
- 324.5K
- Weekly OTC Trades
- 5.9K
- 12-Week Total Shares
- 6.8M
- Avg Trade Size (12-Week)
- 84 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 PCTY's gamma exposure and options volume history to see whether unusual dark-pool activity coincides with rebalancing in the options book.
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Frequently asked PCTY market structure questions
- What is the current PCTY off-exchange volume?
- For the week ending Apr 20, 2026, Paylocity Holding Corporation (PCTY) recorded 324.5K shares across 5.9K trades (average trade size 55 shares). The 12-week cumulative total is 6.8M shares.
- What does PCTY 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 PCTY 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.