CFD Industry Stats from 2025: Five Defining Trends - And One Prediction for 2026
- MT5 overtook MT4, 6 million active CFD accounts, Asia's lost dominance and more - key figures of the brokerage industry from 2025.
- What’s coming in 2026? There are many trends, but one trend stands out.
Friday, 19/12/2025 | 09:15 GMT by
Sylwester Majewski
Cloudflare Outage May Have Cost an Average CFD Broker $1.6 Billion in Trading Volume
- Finance Magnates estimates the outage erased almost 1% of an average broker’s monthly trading revenue.
- The estimate may be partial, as traders often return to settle positions once services resume.
Wednesday, 19/11/2025 | 11:08 GMT by
No Unique Data, No Unique Value: The Business Lesson Behind ChatGPT-5
- The AI revolution is undeniable, but it’s time to recognize the boundaries of what current models can truly deliver without real data access.
- The lesson for business is clear: without proprietary data, AI insights remain shallow and incomplete.
Thursday, 21/08/2025 | 08:04 GMT by
Sylwester Majewski
Exclusive: MT5 Overtakes MT4 in Trading Volume After 15 Years, Signaling the End of an Era
- The Finance Magnates intelligence report shows MT4's dominance in CFD trading has been finally broken.
- Launched in 2010, the MT5 platform has gained more momentum and popularity than initially anticipated.
Thursday, 17/04/2025 | 09:25 GMT by
Sylwester Majewski
eToro and Exness Lead on Social Media: 5.1 Million Followers Push Trading Dominance
- The Finance Magnates social media presence benchmark was developed to measure the growing popularity of brokers on networking sites.
- Six of the top 10 brokers with the biggest presence on social media are also in our top 10 volume ranking.
Monday, 05/08/2024 | 13:40 GMT by
Sylwester Majewski
Analysis: Monthly FX/CFD Deposits Kept Growing in October
- Third consecutive month of growth.
- Switzerland tops the rank again.
Wednesday, 13/12/2023 | 13:56 GMT by
Sylwester Majewski
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