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Institutional FX trading volumes sink by 22% in May 2025 as currency volatility evaporates

After a record in April after the invoices of Donald Trump’s release day and the chaos of the market that followed, in May 2025 it was a much more soothing month leading to a somewhat serious fall in the global commercial activity FX.

Each of the leading EFX sites asked by FNG-FXSPotstream, CBOE FX, EuronextFX and 360T-SAW Double-digit reductions between 17-27% in commercial activity during May 2025, follows more details below.

We would remind FNG readers that, as mentioned above, April was an absolute record month in terms of FX negotiation volumes, as almost everything in capital markets, including shares, cryptographic rates and fx rates from FX. April 2. point later in the month. May was much more quieter, with the stock markets and the basic rates of FX negotiating in a much more limited range, leading to lower trading volumes.

CBOE FX (formerly hotspotfx)

  • May 2025 The average daily tumors were 47.97 billion $, -22.5% from $ 61.90 billion in April.

EuronextFX (formerly Fastmatch)

  • May 2025 ADV 27.50 billion $, -27.9% From April April $ 38.16 billion.

Fxspotstream

  • In May, FxSpotstream recorded an overall ADV OF USD98.739Billionthat represented Falling 19.08% After our record high in April, but 14.31% increases time. The ADV of May consists of USD68.006 billion at the point (below 18.14% compared to April 2025) and USD30.733Billion in other products.
  • To date, the total ADV of FXSPotstream (for the January-May 2025 period) increased by 33.53% compared to the same period last year, while Spot Adv increased by 33.12%.
  • FxSpotstream’s total ADV mom (May’25 VS APR’25) decreased 19.08%.
  • FXSSPOTSTREAM’s total ADV yoy (May’25 vs May’24) increased by 14.31%.
  • The FxSpotstream ADV Mom point (May’25 VS APR’25) decreased by 18.14%.
  • Today’s FxSpotstream Adv Yoy (May’25 vs May’24) increased by 2.81%.
  • The other mom of FXSPOTSTREAM (May’25 VS APR’25) decreased by 9.13%.
  • FxSpotstream’s other Adv Yoy (May’25 vs May’24) increased by 19.44%

360T

  • The average daily volumes (ADV) at 360T came to 32.72 billion $ In May 2025, under 17.3% from April $ 39.58 billion.