Global fintech group Capital.com has announced a landmark year, with client trading volumes surging to $3.42 trillion in 2025, a 92.1% increase from the previous year. This explosive growth was significantly fueled by the Middle East and North Africa, with the region accounting for approximately 50% of the platform’s total activity, underscoring its rising prominence in the global financial landscape.
The number of trades executed on the platform also saw a dramatic 87% rise, climbing from 120.2 million in 2024 to 224.8 million in 2025. This performance highlights strong and sustained engagement from clients in the MENA region and reflects the company’s continued investment in platform resilience and sophisticated decision-support tools.
MENA Emerges as a Global Trading Hub
The UAE has been central to Capital.com’s global success story. The fintech platform’s robust performance in the region earned it the title of “Best Broker in the Middle East 2025” by TradingView, an award based on verified user ratings and reviews that signals strong client satisfaction.
Tarik Chebib, CEO of Capital.com MENA, commented on the region’s impact, stating, “The Middle East – particularly the UAE – continues to play a central role in Capital.com’s global growth story. In 2025, we saw strong and sustained engagement from clients across the region, reflecting increasing sophistication, active participation in global markets, and a growing focus on disciplined, risk aware trading.”
Chebib added, “Our priority in MENA is not scale for its own sake, but building resilient, regulated infrastructure and decision-support tools that help clients navigate volatility with clarity and confidence.”
A New Generation of Tech-Savvy Traders
The surge in trading activity coincided with global macroeconomic shifts, including monetary policy divergence and commodity price volatility. Trading patterns across the Middle East mirrored these global dynamics, with regional clients actively participating during periods of heightened market movement.
Demographically, Millennials and Gen X represented the largest share of trading volumes globally. Gold was the most actively traded instrument by both volume and trade count, reinforcing its safe-haven status. The data reveals a trend towards short-term, intraday trading, with nearly 74% of gold trades closed within one hour.
The platform also observed a growing adoption of risk management tools, with 22.59% of all global positions opened with a stop-loss attached. This trend was most pronounced among Zoomer and Millennial traders, suggesting a broader adoption of predefined risk parameters among younger, tech-native investors.
Building a Resilient Platform
Throughout 2025, Capital.com focused on strengthening its platform with an emphasis on structured decision-support and stability. Key developments included expanded charting and analytical tools, enhanced trade journaling features, and infrastructure upgrades to maintain stability during peak trading periods.
The company’s product roadmap incorporates behavioral analytics and AI-assisted tools designed not as predictive signals, but as behavioral infrastructure to support more disciplined decision-making. Strategic priorities include increasing stop-loss adoption rates, expanding these AI-driven behavioral safeguards, and enhancing transparency around decision-quality metrics.
About Capital.com
Capital.com is a global, regulated financial company established in 2016. It operates a technology-led trading platform providing its clients with access to financial markets, designed to support deliberate and informed decision-making. The company’s operating model is structured around regulatory compliance, governance, and operational discipline. Capital.com operates across multiple jurisdictions and maintains operational offices in major financial and business centres, including London, Dubai, Warsaw, and Melbourne.
Source: Zawya
