Metric | Value |
|---|---|
October crypto volume | $17.0B |
Crypto change Y/Y | -48% |
Crypto change M/M | -21% |
Event contracts traded | 5.9B |
Event contracts change Y/Y | +136% |
Crypto average daily volume | $548M |
Robinhood released its October 2026 operating data on Thursday: customers traded $17.0B of crypto, 48% less than in October 2025, while event contracts traded reached 5.9 billion, more than double a year earlier.
Both platforms declined
Volume in the Robinhood app came to $6.8B, down 24% from September and 51% year over year. Bitstamp, the exchange in the Robinhood group, handled $10.2B, down 18% month over month and 45% year over year.
Segment | Oct 2026 | Sept 2026 | Oct 2025 | Y/Y change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total crypto | $17.0B | $21.4B | $32.5B | -48% |
Robinhood app | $6.8B | $8.9B | $13.9B | -51% |
Bitstamp | $10.2B | $12.5B | $18.6B | -45% |
Average daily crypto volume was $548M, compared with $713M in September and $1,048M in October 2025. Daily average crypto trades slipped to 0.7 million, from 0.9 million in September and 1.1 million a year earlier.
Event contracts reach 5.9 billion
Customers traded 5.9 billion event contracts in October, up 5% from 5.6 billion in September and 136% above the 2.5 billion traded in October 2025.
- Average daily volume: 190 million contracts, up 135% year over year from 81 million
- Crypto and prediction markets both had 31 trading days in October
- Equities and options had 22 trading days, one fewer than in October 2025
The rest of the platform held up better
- Equity notional volume: $325.5B, up 2% year over year
- Options contracts traded: 288.6 million, up 8% year over year
- Margin balances: $22.9B, up 39% year over year
- Funded customers: 28.9 million, up 130,000 in the month and 1.8 million year over year
- Net deposits: $15.1B in October, $80.5B over the last twelve months
- Total platform assets: $383.2B, down 3% month over month, up 12% year over year
Cash and deposit balances fell 20% to $16.4B. Robinhood attributes the drop to strong customer net buying and says it has largely reversed in early November.
Total securities lending revenue was $34M, up 6% from September but down 43% year over year. The monthly figures are unaudited and preliminary, and final fourth-quarter results in the company's SEC filings may differ.
