Gold Trading Volume Reaches About $361 Billion a Day in 2025
The figures indicate that gold now trades more heavily than many major financial assets, with both over-the-counter markets and exchanges contributing nearly equally.
Fact Check
The strongest evidence found is the World Gold Council page titled "Gold Market Primer: Market size and structure - World Gold Council," whose search snippet closely matches the claim: approximately US$361bn per day in 2025, with OTC and exchange trading both contributing significantly and roughly evenly. A second World Gold Council page, "Gold's key attributes - Liquidity - World Gold Council," appears to provide a concrete exchange-volume figure of about US$174bn/day in 2025, which is broadly consistent with a near-even split within a total around US$361bn/day. However, I could not successfully fetch either page or the cited X post, so the claim cannot be treated as fully validated from page contents in this run.
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Terms & Concepts
- OTC (over-the-counter) trading: Direct trading between counterparties outside a centralized exchange, often used for large transactions and customized deals.
- Exchange volume: The amount of an asset traded on organized marketplaces, typically reflecting transparent order-book activity.
- Trading volume: A measure of how much of an asset changes hands over a given period, often used to gauge market liquidity and activity.