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CLS FX trading activity | September 2021
Reports
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1.83 USD trillion
Total daily traded volume submitted to CLS
up 2% from USD1.791 trillion in September 2020
Keith Tippell
Global Head of Product
“In September 2021, we saw average daily traded volumes of USD1.83 trillion, an increase of 2% compared to September 2020. Overall volumes across all instruments increased year-on-year, with FX spot, FX forward and FX swap volumes up 1%, 4% and 2%, respectively.
Compared to September 2020, FX spot volumes across some of the major currency pairs increased significantly: USD/JPY, USD/CAD and USD/CHF increased by 17%, 26% and 16%."
| Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by product (USD trillion)* |
September 2020 | August 2021 | September 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 0.109 | 0.079 | 0.114 |
| Swap | 1.252 | 1.233 | 1.283 |
| Spot | 0.430 | 0.367 | 0.436 |
| Total average daily traded volume submitted to CLS (USD trillion) | 1.791 | 1.679 | 1.833 |
* 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.