Capital Reports Strong 2025 Growth, Driven By Robust Activity Across MENA And The UAE, As Trading Volume Reaches $3.42 Trillion

(MENAFN- Mid-East Info)

• Group maintains focus on decision-support tools and platform resilience amid elevated market activity
• Trading volumes increased 92.1% year-on-year, rising from $1.78 trillion in 2024
• Tarik Chebib:“The UAE continued to play a central role in Capital's global growth story in 2025”
• Capital MENA was named Best Broker in the Middle East 2025 by TradingView as part of its annual broker awards based on verified user ratings and reviews

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, February 2026 - Capital, a global fintech group operating in the regulated online trading sector, today published its 2025 trading platform activity summary, reporting $3.42 trillion in client trading volume for the year. The group reported that the Middle East accounted for approximately 50% of total activity, underscoring the region's growing importance.

In all, trading volumes increased 92.1% year-on-year, rising from $1.78 trillion in 2024 to $3.42 trillion in 2025. The number of trades executed grew 87%, from 120.2 million to 224.8 million.

The results reflect accelerated trading activity across key global markets, including strong and sustained engagement from clients in the MENA region, alongside continued investment in structured risk management, platform resilience and decision-support tools. This reinforces the Group's ambition to continuing establishing its platform as one that is 'Built for Better Decisions'.

Trading volumes are influenced by prevailing market conditions and do not indicate future performance.

Tarik Chebib, CEO of Capital MENA, said:“The Middle East – particularly the UAE – continues to play a central role in Capital'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. 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.”-aware trading. 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.”

Recently, Capital MENA was named Best Broker in the Middle East 2025 by TradingView, the global charting and trading platform, as part of its annual broker awards based on verified user ratings and reviews. The recognition reflects strong client satisfaction across the region and Capital's commitment to deliver a regulated, trading environment which supports better decision-making.

Key Highlights:

• $3.42 trillion in client trading volume in 2025, up 92.1% year-on-year (2024: $1.78 trillion)
• 224.8 million trades executed, up 87.0% from 120.2 million in 2024
• Middle East accounted for approximately 50% of total trading volume, reflecting strong regional engagement
• Europe was the second-largest region, with volumes rising 73% year-on-year
• 22.59% of global positions were opened with a stop-loss attached
• Platform coverage expanded to over 5,000 markets (up from 4,500+)

Market Environment and Activity Drivers

Trading activity during the year coincided with monetary policy divergence across major economies, commodity price volatility, and heightened sensitivity to macroeconomic data releases. Participation across the Middle East mirrored these global dynamics, with clients actively engaging during periods of heightened volatility.

Millennials and Gen X accounted for the largest share of trading volumes globally, followed by Zoomers and Boomers.

Gold was the most actively traded instrument worldwide by both volume and trade count, reflecting its established safe haven status during episodes of macroeconomic uncertainty. Behaviorally, gold trading in 2025 was characterized by heightened sensitivity to short-term price moves, with 73.8% of gold trades closed within one hour and 95.9% within 24 hours, consistent with intraday trading patterns typically observed during volatile market conditions.

Elevated market participation required sustained platform stability during peak trading windows. Systems performance and service continuity were maintained across regulated entities, including during periods of heightened cross-asset volatility.

Globally, 22.59% of all positions had a stop-loss attached, compared with 22.01% in 2024. Usage was highest among Zoomers and Millennials, suggesting broader adoption of predefined risk parameters during a year marked by volatility across asset classes.

All clients operate within the same regulated framework, risk disclosure standards and suitability requirements.

Decision-Support Tools and AI Development:

Throughout 2025, Capital continued to strengthen its structured decision-support environment and platform resilience. Key developments included:

• Expanded charting and analytical tools to improve price context and multi-timeframe analysis
• Enhanced trade journaling to support structured post-trade review and behavioral awareness
• Continued development of risk architecture, including stop-loss enhancements
• Infrastructure and monitoring upgrades to maintain execution stability during peak trading periods

The Group's product roadmap incorporates behavioral analytics and AI-assisted tools designed to support risk definition before execution, enable real-time exposure monitoring, and facilitate structured review of trading patterns. AI is embedded as behavioral infrastructure rather than a predictive signal, supporting more disciplined decision-making in volatile market conditions.

Looking Ahead to 2026:

While trading activity increased materially during 2025, Capital does not define progress by scale alone.

Strategic priorities for 2026 include:

• Increasing stop-loss adoption rates
• Expanding AI-driven behavioral safeguards
• Enhancing transparency around decision-quality metrics
• Continuing measured geographic expansion within regulatory frameworks, including across key MENA markets
• Expanding multi-asset capabilities across equities, digital assets and long-term investment products

Capital operates under multiple regulatory licenses across several jurisdictions and added authorization from the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya in 2025.

The Group's long-term focus remains the development of a global platform designed to improve decision quality within a regulated and governed structure.

About Capital:

Capital 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. Platform design emphasises clarity, information sequencing, and risk awareness, with features intended to limit unnecessary urgency and support considered market participation.

Capital operates across multiple jurisdictions under established regulatory frameworks. The company's focus is on long-term consistency, resilience, and stability across market conditions, including periods of heightened volatility.

Capital maintains operational offices in major financial and business centres, including London, Dubai, Warsaw, Milan, Nassau, Sofia, Limassol, and Melbourne. Capital Com (UK) Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under registration number 793714. Capital Com SV Investments Limited is Authorised and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), under licence number 319/17. Capital Com Australia Pty Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) under AFSL Number 513393. Capital Com Online Investments Ltd is a Company registered in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and authorised to carry out Securities Business by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas with licence number SIA-F245. Capital Com Mena Securities Trading LLC is authorised and regulated by the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), under license number 20200000176. CC Kenya Securities Limited trading as Capital is regulated by the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya under license number 244.

DISCLAIMER:

CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Depending on the company, between 62-81.31% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with Capital Group. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Crypto Derivatives are not available to Retail clients registered with Capital Com (UK) Ltd. Spread bets are available only to UK clients.

The value of shares and ETFs bought through a share dealing account can fall as well as rise, which could mean getting back less than you originally put in. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Capital Com (UK) Limited (“CCUK”) is registered in England and Wales with company registration number 10506220. CCUK is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), under registration number 793714. Capital Com SV Investments Limited (“CCSV”) is registered in Cyprus with company registration number 354252. CCSV is regulated by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) under licence number 319/17. Capital Com Australia Pty Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) under AFSL Number 513393. Capital Com Online Investments Ltd is a limited liability company (company number 209236B) registered in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and authorised to carry on Securities Business by the Securities by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (“SCB”) with licence number SIA-F245. Capital Com Mena Securities Trading LLC is authorised and regulated by the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), under licence number 20200000176.

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