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




  August-08 September-08 October-08 November-08 December-08 January-09 February-09 March-09 April-09 May-09 June-09 July-09 August-09 September-09 October-09 November-09 December-09 January-10 February-10 March-10 April-10 May-10 June-10 July-10  
Average daily U.S. equities dollar volume traded (in $ millions) 15,830 24,168 26,716 22,279 18,257 18,267 19,496 21,647 23,252 23,663 22,498 22,490 24,232 25,950 27,696 24,590 21,884 28,130 26,541 25,385 29,345 38,258 27,369 25,418 Average daily U.S. equities dollar volume traded (in $ millions)
  August-08 September-08 October-08 November-08 December-08 January-09 February-09 March-09 April-09 May-09 June-09 July-09 August-09 September-09 October-09 November-09 December-09 January-10 February-10 March-10 April-10 May-10 June-10 July-10  
Average daily U.S. equities trades (in thousands)    
Listed Trades 1,354 2,388 3,221 3,121 2,418 2,340 2,756 3,251 3,176 3,049 2,688 2,643 2,810 2,767 2,785 2,541 2,155 2,616 2,618 2,354 2,647 3,751 2,798 2,586 Listed Trades
Nasdaq Trades 614 837 1,125 1,085 892 886 976 1,131 1,173 1,142 1,161 1,075 1,096 1,197 1,147 1,015 981 1,179 1,043 1,089 1,189 1,402 1,076 1,071 Nasdaq Trades
FINRA OTC BB and Other Trades 34 36 36 33 46 42 42 41 50 67 81 70 87 105 100 88 86 80 69 78 85 72 49 45 FINRA OTC BB and Other Trades
Total Trades 2,002 3,261 4,382 4,239 3,357 3,269 3,774 4,423 4,398 4,258 3,930 3,788 3,993 4,069 4,031 3,644 3,223 3,875 3,730 3,521 3,921 5,225 3,923 3,701 Total Trades
  August-08 September-08 October-08 November-08 December-08 January-09 February-09 March-09 April-09 May-09 June-09 July-09 August-09 September-09 October-09 November-09 December-09 January-10 February-10 March-10 April-10 May-10 June-10 July-10  
Average daily U.S. equities shares (in millions)    
Listed Shares 440 832 894 907 789 740 858 1,193 1,241 1,234 932 843 1,099 950 882 767 703 817 748 752 907 1,102 785 704 Listed Shares
Nasdaq Shares 195 274 346 338 307 308 354 412 439 474 459 383 441 509 417 363 376 439 377 398 430 433 315 326 Nasdaq Shares
FINRA OTC BB and Other Shares 4,875 3,119 2,194 2,518 3,242 3,797 4,902 4,097 4,301 6,744 10,117 8,934 14,017 12,601 11,854 11,937 9,980 9,140 8,003 9,896 14,540 10,540 7,543 6,351 FINRA OTC BB and Other Shares
Total Shares 5,509 4,225 3,433 3,764 4,338 4,845 6,114 5,702 5,981 8,453 11,507 10,159 15,556 14,060 13,153 13,067 11,059 10,396 9,128 11,045 15,876 12,075 8,644 7,381 Total Shares
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Knight Direct equity shares (in millions)*    
Average Daily Knight Direct equity shares           41.8 52.4 61.8 58.9 63.0 66.4 68.3 73.2 87.0 86.4 82.2 84.9 102.3 102.6 125.7 165.8 175.8 152.5 166.0 Average Daily Knight Direct equity shares
  August-08 September-08 October-08 November-08 December-08 January-09 February-09 March-09 April-09 May-09 June-09 July-09 August-09 September-09 October-09 November-09 December-09 January-10 February-10 March-10 April-10 May-10 June-10 July-10  
Hotspot FX notional dollar value traded ($ in billions)    
Average Daily Hotspot FX notional dollar value traded           13.3 16.9 20.7 16.9 19.4 22.5 21.3 22.4 28.8 34.3 31.1 24.9 30.8 34.7 32.2 35.2 48.7 37.2 33.0 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.