74% of Gold Positions on Capital.com in 2025 Were Closed within One Hour

Tuesday, 24/02/2026 | 09:26 GMT by Arnab Shome
  • The broker ended the year with a total trading volume of $3.42 trillion.
  • The slowdown in gold trading, which was also its most traded instrument, reflects traders’ profit-taking behaviour.
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Capital.com revealed that 73.8 per cent of gold trades on its platform in 2025 were closed within one hour, while 95.9 per cent were closed within 24 hours. Although the broker highlighted that this concentration was consistent with intraday trading patterns during the volatile period, it did not capture the gold rally in January 2026.

Another Record Year for Capital.com

Meanwhile, the broker closed last year with $3.42 trillion in trading volume, 92.1 per cent higher than the $1.78 trillion recorded in the previous year.

Trading activity on the platform was also concentrated among traders in the Middle East, with about 50 per cent of its total annual trading volume coming from that region. Volumes in Europe, its second-largest market, also jumped 73 per cent.

The number of trades executed on the platform rose by 87 per cent to 224.8 million.

Gold was the most traded instrument globally on the platform, both in terms of volume and trade count. This was also observed by other brokers, mainly due to the one-sided rally in the yellow metal.

Read more: Volatile Gold Makes Brokers' Risks No Longer Around P&L, but About Balance-Sheet Protection

The broker further highlighted that Millennials and Gen X accounted for the largest share of its trading volumes, followed by Zoomers and Boomers.

An Expanding Broker

“2025 was marked by sustained macroeconomic uncertainty and cross-asset repricing,” said Rupert Osborne, CEO of Capital.com’s UK operations. “In that environment, our priority was not simply scale, but strengthening operational resilience and deepening a structured decision-support framework within a regulated setting.”

Rupert Osborne, the CEO of Capital.com UK
Rupert Osborne, the CEO of Capital.com UK

The broker recently secured a licence in Kenya and is also seeking regulatory approval in South Africa, Japan and Turkey. It is hiring CEOs for its operations in Brazil and Chile, signalling expansion into those countries.

In addition, Capital.com is regulated in the UK, Cyprus, Australia, the Bahamas and the UAE.

The broker also plans to enter the spot cryptocurrency market and recently acquired a MiCA licence in Cyprus, which allows it to offer crypto products across Europe.

The brokerage group is also working on expanding AI-driven behavioural safeguards. Its product roadmap includes behavioural analytics and AI-assisted tools designed to support risk definition before execution, enable real-time exposure monitoring, and facilitate structured reviews of trading patterns.

Capital.com revealed that 73.8 per cent of gold trades on its platform in 2025 were closed within one hour, while 95.9 per cent were closed within 24 hours. Although the broker highlighted that this concentration was consistent with intraday trading patterns during the volatile period, it did not capture the gold rally in January 2026.

Another Record Year for Capital.com

Meanwhile, the broker closed last year with $3.42 trillion in trading volume, 92.1 per cent higher than the $1.78 trillion recorded in the previous year.

Trading activity on the platform was also concentrated among traders in the Middle East, with about 50 per cent of its total annual trading volume coming from that region. Volumes in Europe, its second-largest market, also jumped 73 per cent.

The number of trades executed on the platform rose by 87 per cent to 224.8 million.

Gold was the most traded instrument globally on the platform, both in terms of volume and trade count. This was also observed by other brokers, mainly due to the one-sided rally in the yellow metal.

Read more: Volatile Gold Makes Brokers' Risks No Longer Around P&L, but About Balance-Sheet Protection

The broker further highlighted that Millennials and Gen X accounted for the largest share of its trading volumes, followed by Zoomers and Boomers.

An Expanding Broker

“2025 was marked by sustained macroeconomic uncertainty and cross-asset repricing,” said Rupert Osborne, CEO of Capital.com’s UK operations. “In that environment, our priority was not simply scale, but strengthening operational resilience and deepening a structured decision-support framework within a regulated setting.”

Rupert Osborne, the CEO of Capital.com UK
Rupert Osborne, the CEO of Capital.com UK

The broker recently secured a licence in Kenya and is also seeking regulatory approval in South Africa, Japan and Turkey. It is hiring CEOs for its operations in Brazil and Chile, signalling expansion into those countries.

In addition, Capital.com is regulated in the UK, Cyprus, Australia, the Bahamas and the UAE.

The broker also plans to enter the spot cryptocurrency market and recently acquired a MiCA licence in Cyprus, which allows it to offer crypto products across Europe.

The brokerage group is also working on expanding AI-driven behavioural safeguards. Its product roadmap includes behavioural analytics and AI-assisted tools designed to support risk definition before execution, enable real-time exposure monitoring, and facilitate structured reviews of trading patterns.

About the Author: Arnab Shome
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About the Author: Arnab Shome
Arnab is an electronics engineer-turned-financial editor. He entered the industry covering the cryptocurrency market for Finance Magnates and later expanded his reach to forex as well. He is passionate about the changing regulatory landscape on financial markets and keenly follows the disruptions in the industry with new-age technologies.
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