A few standout data points from the quarter:
- Massive Volume Spikes: Total executed trades were up 81% YoY. January volume was heavily dominated by Gold (making up 59% of volume as it hit record highs), while March saw massive action in Oil due to Middle East tensions (oil volume jumped 649% in a single session on March 2nd).
- European Equities: The Germany 40 saw a 40% volume rise in January before dropping sharply in March as the market repriced geopolitical risks.
- Risk Management Data: With the crazy intraday swings, global stop-loss usage ticked up to 22.4%. Interestingly, the data showed that unprotected positions in January took losses roughly twice as high as those with stop-losses, though March’s heavy volatility caused some stops to trigger prematurely just on market noise.
https://invezz.com/news/2026/04/20/capital-com-q1-trading-volumes-hit-1-27-trillion-on-gold-oil-surge/
Posted by Mattie_Kadlec
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Honestly, the most revealing part of this data isn’t the trillion-dollar volume surge itself, but that massive 420% spike in first-time oil traders on a single Tuesday in March. I feel like whenever you see that kind of flood of retail money chasing a geopolitical headline, it almost always signals that a local top is in.