OCC Reports Second Quarter 2026 Bank Trading Revenue — 2026-09-30

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported cumulative trading revenue of U.S. commercial banks and savings associations of $21.6 billion in the second quarter of 2026. The second quarter trading revenue was $5.3 billion, or 32.5 percent, more than in the previous quarter and $5.1 billion, or 30.6 percent, more than a year earlier. In the report, Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities, the OCC also reported that as of the second quarter of 2026: a total of 1,173 insured U.S. national and state commercial banks and savings associations held derivatives. four large banks held 80.2 percent of the total banking industry notional amount of derivatives. initial credit exposure from derivatives before netting increased in the second quarter of 2026 by $106 billion, or 3.6 percent, to $3.1 trillion, while net current credit exposure decreased by $34.3 billion, or 10.6 percent, to $291 billion.