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 June 30, 2025.

(Attachment 1): Trends in High Speed Trading（PDF:855KB）
(Attachment 2): data in the document（ZIP:15KB）

*April 3, 2026:Revisions were made to page 6 of "Trends in High-Speed Trading", including (Figure 1-2-2) Ratio of trading value by order server location and trading entity to total trading value, and the related description in Section 1-2.

*Past Releases

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