Trends in High-Speed Trading Report Update
Summary
The Japan Financial Services Agency published an updated version of its 'Trends in High-Speed Trading' report incorporating data as of December 2025. The report tracks registered high-speed trading operators under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act registration framework that was established by May 2017 amendments and enforced in April 2018.
What changed
The Japan Financial Services Agency released an updated 'Trends in High-Speed Trading' report with data through December 2025. This is a routine statistical update to the English version of an existing report that monitors the high-speed trading sector. The underlying registration requirement for financial instruments business operators engaging in high-speed trading was established by amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (May 2017, enforced April 2018).\n\nFinancial instruments business operators engaged in high-speed trading should review the updated data for market context. No new compliance obligations or deadlines are created by this report update. The report provides aggregate statistics and trends rather than individual operator data.
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March 31, 2026
Financial Services Agency
Trends in High-Speed Trading
The Financial Instruments and Exchange Act was amended in May 2017 (enforced April 2018) to require financial instruments business operators who engage in high-speed trading to register.
The FSA updated the English version of "Trends in High-Speed Trading", as of the end of December 2025.
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Trends in High Speed Trading (PDF:955KB) (Attachment 2) data in the document (ZIP:17KB)
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