Global Markets — Market making and similar activities
Business Segments · Market making and similar activitiesBank of America Global Markets — Market making and similar activities decreased by 36.3% to $2.00B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 16.0%, from $2.38B to $2.00B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Global Markets — Market making and similar activities shows an upward trend with a 8.3% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
Higher revenue indicates increased client trading volume and effective management of market-making positions.
Detailed definition
This metric represents revenue generated from facilitating client trading activities by acting as a counterparty in fina...
Peer comparison
Standard across investment banking segments; peers report this as trading revenue or market-making income.
bac_segment_global_markets_market_making_and_similar_activitiesHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.96B | $2.01B | $1.31B | $3.19B | $2.66B | $2.87B | $2.69B | $4.40B | $3.41B | $3.20B | $2.43B | $3.83B | $3.22B | $3.35B | $2.38B | $3.62B | $3.30B | $3.14B | $2.00B |
| QoQ Change | — | +2.5% | -34.9% | +143.1% | -16.7% | +8.2% | -6.6% | +63.8% | -22.5% | -6.3% | -24.0% | +57.7% | -16.0% | +4.1% | -28.9% | +52.1% | -8.9% | -4.8% | -36.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +35.3% | +42.7% | +104.6% | +37.9% | +28.3% | +11.2% | -9.6% | -12.9% | -5.6% | +4.8% | -1.9% | -5.4% | +2.5% | -6.2% | -16.0% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Bank of America's global markets — market making and similar activities?
- Bank of America (BAC) reported global markets — market making and similar activities of $2.00B in Q4 2025.
- How has Bank of America's global markets — market making and similar activities changed year-over-year?
- Bank of America's global markets — market making and similar activities decreased by 16.0% year-over-year, from $2.38B to $2.00B.
- What is the long-term trend for Bank of America's global markets — market making and similar activities?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Bank of America's global markets — market making and similar activities has grown at a 8.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $8.76B to $12.06B.
- What does global markets — market making and similar activities mean?
- Revenue earned from acting as a market maker for client trades.