Average Daily U.S. Equities Dollar Volume, Trades and Shares

  January-10 February-10 March-10 April-10 May-10 June-10 July-10 August-10 September-10 October-10 November-10 December-10 January-11 February-11 March-11 April-11 May-11 June-11 July-11 August-11 September-11 October-11 November-11 December-11  
Average daily U.S. equities dollar volume traded (in $ millions) 28,130 26,541 25,385 29,345 38,258 27,369 25,418 22,334 22,999 25,764 25,610 22,902 29,451 29,043 28,186 27,160 28,159 25,560 26,975 41,405 32,139 32,510 27,375 22,102 Average daily U.S. equities dollar volume traded (in $ millions)
  January-10 February-10 March-10 April-10 May-10 June-10 July-10 August-10 September-10 October-10 November-10 December-10 January-11 February-11 March-11 April-11 May-11 June-11 July-11 August-11 September-11 October-11 November-11 December-11  
Average daily U.S. equities trades (in thousands)    
Listed Trades 2,616 2,618 2,354 2,647 3,751 2,798 2,586 2,281 2,193 2,480 2,449 2,192 2,712 2,642 2,693 2,501 2,693 2,669 2,580 4,357 3,427 3,551 2,976 2,522 Listed Trades
Nasdaq Trades 1,179 1,043 1,089 1,189 1,402 1,076 1,071 988 1,008 1,091 1,069 980 1,178 1,181 1,118 1,107 1,104 1,051 1,014 1,453 1,194 1,242 1,126 931 Nasdaq Trades
FINRA OTC BB and Other Trades 80 69 78 85 72 49 45 47 53 54 58 64 60 63 57 59 58 49 47 43 36 35 39 46 FINRA OTC BB and Other Trades
Total Trades 3,875 3,730 3,521 3,921 5,225 3,923 3,701 3,316 3,253 3,624 3,577 3,235 3,951 3,886 3,868 3,667 3,855 3,770 3,641 5,852 4,656 4,828 4,141 3,499 Total Trades
  January-10 February-10 March-10 April-10 May-10 June-10 July-10 August-10 September-10 October-10 November-10 December-10 January-11 February-11 March-11 April-11 May-11 June-11 July-11 August-11 September-11 October-11 November-11 December-11  
Average daily U.S. equities shares (in millions)    
Listed Shares 817 748 752 907 1,102 785 704 613 605 692 673 621 765 702 693 630 625 592 593 1,022 772 841 703 606 Listed Shares
Nasdaq Shares 439 377 398 430 433 315 326 283 294 302 293 278 317 323 299 276 275 248 239 329 272 285 270 214 Nasdaq Shares
FINRA OTC BB and Other Shares 9,140 8,003 9,896 14,540 10,540 7,543 6,351 6,764 6,686 5,928 5,119 4,611 4,925 5,317 5,407 4,652 4,152 3,774 2,997 2,957 2,326 1,941 1,819 2,055 FINRA OTC BB and Other Shares
Total Shares 10,396 9,128 11,045 15,876 12,075 8,644 7,381 7,661 7,585 6,922 6,085 5,510 6,007 6,342 6,399 5,557 5,051 4,613 3,830 4,308 3,370 3,067 2,792 2,875 Total Shares
  January-10 February-10 March-10 April-10 May-10 June-10 July-10 August-10 September-10 October-10 November-10 December-10 January-11 February-11 March-11 April-11 May-11 June-11 July-11 August-11 September-11 October-11 November-11 December-11  
Knight Direct equity shares (in millions)*    
Average Daily Knight Direct equity shares 102.3 102.6 125.7 165.8 175.8 152.5 166.0 122.6 142.6 166.5 203.5 156.2 168.5 168.2 160.0 162.2 167.9 156.8 168.9 226.6 190.3 211.1 216.8 203.7 Average Daily Knight Direct equity shares
  January-10 February-10 March-10 April-10 May-10 June-10 July-10 August-10 September-10 October-10 November-10 December-10 January-11 February-11 March-11 April-11 May-11 June-11 July-11 August-11 September-11 October-11 November-11 December-11  
Hotspot FX notional dollar value traded ($ in billions)    
Average Daily Hotspot FX notional dollar value traded 30.8 34.7 32.2 35.2 48.7 37.2 32.8 31.0 33.8 44.2 46.2 35.9 55.6 54.3 55.2 54.2 67.8 66.6 62.1 63.0 68.1 68.3 55.7 38.4 Average Daily Hotspot FX notional dollar value traded

Data contained in these monthly statistics is provided for historical background purposes only and should not be relied upon as current data for making investment decisions.
*Knight Direct average daily share volume includes U.S. and European shares traded by the execution management system and algorithmic trading strategies.