Capital.com reported a sharp rise in client activity in 2025, as heightened market volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty drove increased trading across asset classes.
The global fintech group said client trading volume reached $3.42 trillion for the year, nearly doubling from $1.78 trillion in 2024.
The company’s annual trading platform activity summary also showed a significant rise in engagement, with the number of trades executed climbing 87% to 224.8 million from 120.2 million a year earlier.
The firm said the results reflected elevated market participation and continued investment in platform resilience, risk management, and decision-support tools.
Rupert Osborne, CEO of Capital.com UK, said the year was defined by shifting economic conditions rather than simple growth in trading activity.
“2025 was marked by sustained macroeconomic uncertainty and cross-asset repricing. In that environment, our priority was not simply scale, but strengthening operational resilience and deepening a structured decision-support framework within a regulated setting. Access to markets should be accompanied by tools that promote disciplined engagement, clear risk definition and ongoing review.”
Trading activity and regional trends
The increase in activity occurred during a year of monetary policy divergence among major economies, commodity price volatility, and sensitivity to macroeconomic data releases.
The company said Millennials and Gen X accounted for the largest share of trading volume, followed by Zoomers and Boomers.
Gold emerged as the most actively traded instrument globally by both volume and trade count.
The company said 73.8% of gold trades were closed within one hour and 95.9% within 24 hours, highlighting a strong intraday trading bias during periods of elevated volatility.
Geographically, the Middle East accounted for about 50% of total trading volume, while Europe was the second-largest region, with trading volumes rising 73% year over year.
The platform’s market coverage also expanded to more than 5,000 markets, up from over 4,500 previously.
Crypto contract-for-difference (CFD) trading also saw substantial growth, rising 150% year over year, with the platform offering more than 450 crypto CFDs.
The firm said trading volumes are influenced by prevailing market conditions and do not indicate future performance.
Risk management and behavioural discipline
Capital.com emphasized that the increase in activity did not change its focus on risk discipline.
About 22.59% of global positions opened during 2025 included a stop-loss order, slightly higher than 22.01% in 2024.
The company said stop-loss usage is monitored as a proxy for predefined risk parameters and structured trade planning.
Usage of such tools was highest among Zoomers and Millennials, suggesting broader adoption of risk controls during volatile conditions.
Osborne said the firm does not seek to encourage frequent trading.
“Capital.com does not aim to stimulate trading frequency; our focus is on building infrastructure that helps reduce cognitive bias, reinforces predefined risk parameters and supports more deliberate execution under volatile conditions.”
He added that embedding risk discipline within the platform architecture remains a structural objective rather than a marketing feature.
“Increasing the use of predefined risk parameters remains a structural objective, not a marketing metric. Our priority is to embed risk configuration into the decision-making process before execution, so that structured discipline becomes an integral part of how the platform is used, particularly during periods of heightened volatility.”
AI tools and 2026 outlook
Throughout 2025, the company expanded charting and analytical tools, improved trade journaling, and upgraded infrastructure to maintain stability during peak trading periods.
It also continued developing risk architecture, including enhancements to stop-loss functions.
The product roadmap includes behavioural analytics and AI-assisted tools designed to support risk definition before execution, real-time exposure monitoring, and structured review of trading patterns.
The firm said AI is intended as a behavioural infrastructure rather than a predictive trading signal.
Looking ahead to 2026, Capital.com plans to increase stop-loss adoption, expand AI-driven safeguards and improve transparency around decision-quality metrics.
The company also aims to broaden multi-asset capabilities across equities, digital assets, and long-term investment products, while continuing geographic expansion within regulatory frameworks.
Capital.com operates under multiple regulatory licences across several jurisdictions and added authorisation from the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya in 2025.
The firm said its long-term focus remains the development of a global trading platform designed to improve decision quality within a regulated structure.
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