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CLS FX trading activity | August 2021
Reports
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1.67 USD trillion
Total daily traded volume submitted to CLS
up 1% from USD1.665 trillion in August 2020
Keith Tippell
Global Head of Product
“In August 2021, we saw average daily traded volumes of USD1.67 trillion, an increase of 1% compared to August 2020. Changes varied by instrument; FX forward and FX swap volumes were up 2% and 4%, respectively, while FX spot volumes were down 5%.”
| Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by product (USD trillion)* |
August 2020 | July 2021 | August 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 0.078 | 0.084 | 0.079 |
| Swap | 1.190 | 1.241 | 1.233 |
| Spot | 0.387 | 0.420 | 0.367 |
| Total average daily traded volume submitted to CLS (USD trillion) | 1.665 | 1.745 | 1.679 |
* 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.