CLS FX trading activity April 2026

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Date
19 May 2026
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2.53USD trillion
Total daily traded volume submitted to CLS 
down 0.3% from April 2025


Lisa Danino-Lewis
Chief Growth Officer

“In April 2026, we saw average daily traded volumes of USD2.53 trillion, a decrease of 0.3% compared to April 2025. Over the same period, FX spot and FX forward volumes decreased by 14% and 1%, respectively, while FX swap volumes increased by 5.7%.”

Average daily traded volume
submitted to CLS by product (USD trillion)*
April
2025
March
2026
April
2026
Forward 0.250 0.268 0.248
Swap 1.606 1.942 1.697
Spot 0.686 0.746 0.589
Total average daily traded volume submitted to CLS (USD trillion) 2.542 2.956 2.534

* Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout the document may not add up precisely to the totals provided, and percentages may not precisely reflect the exact figures.

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