European Retail Trading Volumes

Retail trading volume data from European platforms, including customer adds, active traders, and transaction trends, offering insights into investor behavior, market sentiment, and liquidity dynamics.

February 19, 2025 • Reading Time: 3 minutes

$3 million / yr.

Estimated value calculated using a combination of factors that include market size, size requirements, and scarcity. The value reflects the total across all potential buyers, and is not reflective of a single deal.

Background

Retail trading activity in Europe provides critical insights into market sentiment, investor behavior, and economic trends. By tracking trading volumes across major retail platforms, financial analysts, hedge funds, and institutional investors can better understand liquidity, trading patterns, and the impact of macroeconomic events on retail investor participation. This data is essential for firms refining trading strategies, improving market forecasting models, and identifying emerging retail investment trends.

Why It’s Valuable

  • Market Sentiment Indicator: Retail trading volumes serve as a leading indicator of investor confidence and market trends.

  • Liquidity Insights: Understanding when and where retail traders are most active helps firms assess market liquidity and volatility.

  • Economic and Regulatory Impact: Tracking retail trading behavior reveals how economic shifts and regulations influence investor participation.

Requested Data

The following data types, insights, and signals are requested by the buyer. As a data vendor, you only need to supply the raw data for one or more categories. You can use Tiki to create and deliver the requested insights and signals from your raw data.

Retail Trading Volumes

  • Transaction volumes across major European retail trading platforms.

  • Trends in trade frequency, order sizes, and asset class preferences.

  • Fluctuations in volume tied to macroeconomic events and market conditions.

  • Growth trends in retail investor activity over time.

  • Data on active vs. passive trading behaviors.

  • Regional breakdowns of trading activity across European markets.

Customer Growth & Engagement

  • Customer Adds: The number of new customer accounts opened on EU retail trading platforms.

  • Active Customers: Monthly or weekly active traders to measure sustained engagement.

  • Churn Rate: Insights into account closures or inactivity trends among retail traders.

Asset Class Breakdown

  • Trading volume trends for stocks, ETFs, forex, crypto, and derivatives.

  • Shifts in preferred asset classes over time among retail investors.

Seasonal and Event-Driven Patterns

  • Correlations between trading volumes and earnings reports, geopolitical events, or economic data releases.

  • The impact of regulatory changes on retail trading behavior.

Historical Data

  • Multi-year dataset showing how retail trading volumes, customer growth, and activity levels have evolved in response to market cycles.

  • Comparisons of pre- and post-pandemic retail trading activity in Europe.

Buyer Interest

The types of data buyers who have expressed interest to Tiki and their respective use cases for this data. If you have the data required for this request, Tiki will introduce you to the buyer(s).

The types of data buyers who have expressed interest to Tiki and their respective use cases for this data. If you have the data required for this request, Tiki will introduce you to the buyer(s).

  • Hedge Funds and Quant Firms: Using retail trading data to predict economic trends and market movements.

  • Financial Analysts and Market Researchers: Identifying retail investor behavior patterns to refine market models.

  • Brokerage Firms and Fintech Companies: Benchmarking platform performance and optimizing trading strategies.

  • Investment Banks: Assessing the impact of retail trading activity on liquidity and market volatility.