Market Momentum Builds: Reaching $353B Trading Volume YTD

Trading volumes on our markets continued to tick up in Q2 2025.
Overall trading for the year reached $353 billion, a 50% increase from Year to Date total in Q2 2024. This total is a significant increase in overall trading. In comparison, the 2023 full year total was $386 billion.

Q2 $ Volume continued to be strong across all major security types vs. Q2 2024:

International Securities: $156.9 B – increase of $54.6 B
ADRs: $129.7 B – increase of $43.4 B
Billion+ Market Cap: $155.8 B – increase of $56 B
Non Penny Stocks: $164.7 B – increase of $52.2B
SEC Reporting Securities: $24.2 B – increase of 6.3%

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Matt Fuchs

Matthew Fuchs, EVP of Market Data, leads the product development, distribution and sales of market data at OTC Markets Group. Prior to joining OTC Markets Group, he served in a number of financial technology roles at the National Research Exchange, Bearing Point and Arthur Andersen. Matt received a BA from Columbia University