Retail trading platform Capital.com on Monday published its Q1 2026 platform update, reporting $1.27 trillion in client trading volumes for January to March, up from $1.14 trillion in Q4 2025.
The total number of trades executed rose 81% year-on-year compared with Q1 2025. January was the busiest month of the quarter at roughly $502 billion, driven by gold, which accounted for 59% of that month’s platform volume as central bank purchasing ran at what the company called a 25-year high. World Gold Council data shows central banks bought 863 tonnes of gold in 2025, well above the 2010–2021 average.
Oil produced the quarter’s largest single-day volume spike in March, when Middle East supply disruptions and an OPEC+ production adjustment pushed platform oil trading volumes up 649% in a single session, according to Capital.com.
The UAE was among the platform’s top three markets by volume alongside Germany and the UK, consistent with Q4 2025 patterns.
Stop-loss adoption edged up to 22.4% of all positions from 22.1% in the prior quarter, with Sweden and Germany recording the highest voluntary usage rates at 37.0% and 32.3%, Capital.com said.
The Q1 figure puts Capital.com at roughly a third of its full-year 2025 client trading volume of $3.42 trillion, which itself was up 92% on 2024.
