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News articleYahoo Finance· February 5, 2026

Tradeweb Reports Record January 2026 Total Trading Volume of $65.5 Trillion and Record Average Daily Volume of $3.1 Trillion

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Tradeweb Reports Record January 2026 Total Trading Volume of $65.5 Trillion and Record Average Daily Volume of $3.1 Trillion January 2026 ADV up 26.2% YoY NEW YORK, February 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tradeweb Markets Inc…
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  • Tradeweb serves more than 3,000 clients in more than 85 countries and facilitated more than $2.6 trillion in notional value traded per day over past four fiscal quarters

    80% confidence
  • Tradeweb captured 17.5% share of fully electronic U.S. high grade TRACE and 7.1% share of U.S. high yield TRACE

    80% confidence
  • Increased hedge fund and systematic account activity along with heightened credit volatility led to increased SEF and MTF credit default swaps activity

    80% confidence
  • TBA volumes set a new monthly record with increased outright and relative-value activity primarily driven by heightened intra-month basis volatility following the GSE MBS Purchase Program announcement

    80% confidence
  • Global institutional ETF volumes were up over 55% year-over-year as client base widened and adoption of automated trading functionality continued to grow

    80% confidence
  • In U.S. repo markets, strong growth was driven by effects of Fed's balance sheet unwind, and RRP balances remained close to zero for majority of month

    80% confidence
  • Swaps/swaptions increase driven by continued global political tensions and easing of U.S. inflation

    80% confidence
  • Record European government bond ADV was driven by strong volumes across institutional and wholesale client channels

    80% confidence
  • Record European credit volumes were driven by increased adoption of protocols including record traded volume in AiEX tool

    80% confidence
  • January 2026 ADV of $3.1 trillion represents an increase of 26.2% year-over-year

    80% confidence

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