CLS FX trading activity August 2026

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23 September 2026
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2.73USD trillion
Total daily traded volume submitted to CLS 
up 15.4% from August 2026


Lisa Danino-Lewis
Chief Growth Officer

“In August 2026, we saw average daily traded volumes of USD2.73 trillion, an increase of 15.4% compared to August 2025. Over the same period, we saw an increase in volumes across all instruments. The increase was 28.3% for FX forwards, 15.7% for FX swaps and 8.8% for FX spot.”

Average daily traded volume
submitted to CLS by product (USD trillion)*
August
2025
July
2026
August
2026
Forward 0.222 0.236 0.285
Swap 1.627 1.817 1.883
Spot 0.517 0.605 0.562
Total average daily traded volume submitted to CLS (USD trillion) 2.366 2.658 2.730

* 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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