# Tokenized-Stock DEX Trading Falls About 32% to About $10.9 Billion in October By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/47780 Published: 2026-11-03T15:12:51.000Z Updated: 2026-11-03T15:12:51.000Z Section: Investing > RWA spot volume declined while on-chain perpetual trading rose 27% to a monthly record of $164 billion. Trading in tokenized stocks on decentralized exchanges fell about 32% in October, while real-world-asset perpetual volume rose to a monthly record of $164 billion, showing divergent activity across the two markets. Tokenized-stock DEX trading totaled about $10.9 billion, down from $15.9 billion in September. Across RWA spot DEXs, volume fell 38.9% to about $15 billion from $24.6 billion. Tokenized stocks made up about 72% of that October spot volume. Perpetual trading tied to real-world assets moved higher. On-chain RWA perpetual volume climbed 27% in October to $164 billion, a monthly high. The increase follows [third-quarter RWA perpetual DEX volume]() of $365 billion. ## Links in this article - [third-quarter RWA perpetual DEX volume](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/23617)