Proprietary Trading Firms

Listing of Proprietary Trading Firms.

Professional Firms

This is the list I can gather of professional firms. I might be missing a few. Feel free to comment if you wish to suggest one. Also please comment if you find a dead link.

This list is in no way a recommendation of any of the firms listed below. It is just for
educational purposes only of proprietary and professional firms.

Advantage Futures - Advantage is a clearing member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, The London Clearing House, The Clearing Corporation as well as a non-clearing member of Eurex and Eurex-US.
Alaron Trading
Allston Trading - Allston Trading, LLC, is a premier market maker in worldwide financial exchanges. We trade hundreds of different stocks, bonds, futures, options and other financial instruments in over 30 exchanges.
Angle Group
Archelon Group - Archelon LLC is an options market maker and proprietary trader of exchange listed options, futures and equities in the US, Europe, and Korea.
Assent - Assent is a national equities trading firm that currently serves hundreds of traders across the country.
Avatar Trading - Trading services for individual traders and large trading groups.
Bear Capital - Bear Capital Fund is a private fund that does not seek outside public investments. There are currently two main branches of business, in which BCF operates. BCF has a portfolio management division for its members and BCF has a proprietary trading division. BCF accepts traders for its proprietary division from all over the world.
Belvedere Trading - Belvedere Trading is a proprietary trading firm specializing in equity index options.
Benchmarq Trading
Blue Capital Group - Blue Capital Group is a privately held futures and options trading firm based in Deerfield, Illinois.
BOSS Trading - A Chicago-based proprietary trading group with a strong background in intermarket relationships and spreads, from both a fundamental and technical standpoint. Primarily focusing on European market hours, BOSS Trading has over 7 years experience in trading electronic debt, equity, and commodity futures.
Boston Cabot (Chicago - 312-498-7041)
Breakwater Trading - Breakwater is an agile, focused, proactive organization that strives to integrate technology with intelligence and market vision.
Bright Trading - Bright Trading, LLC is a professional, proprietary stock trading firm. We have hundreds of independent traders who trade from dozens of locations throughout the United States. In addition, our "Bright-At-Home" traders enjoy the benefits of proprietary trading from the comfort of their homes.
Cago Trading
Carlin Group
Capstone - Trades, equities, commodities, fixed income and money markets around the world. Offices in London, New York and Chicago.
Cheiron Trading - With offices in Chicago and London, Cheiron is a global proprietary trading company capitalizing on superior technology and training to achieve results.
Chicago Trading Company - Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a proprietary market making firm and is recognized internationally as a leading provider of pricing and liquidity on all U.S. derivatives exchanges.
Chimera Capital
Cy Group
Consolidated Trading
Cornerstone Trading Group - With a tactical focus on quantitative strategies and equity derivatives, our proprietary trading group works to identify and capitalize on diverse trading opportunities.
Curvalue Financial Services Group
DRW Trading Group - The DRW Trading Group is an aggressive, dedicated organization engaged in many different aspects of the trading industry, including market making and proprietary trading. Offices in Chicago, New York and London.
Darwin Capital Trading
Dayson Capital
Dimension Brokerage - Dimension Brokerage, LLC is a full service trading firm specializing in providing trading services to professional traders.
Dimension Capital Partners
DRW Trading Group
DV Trading
E-Brokerage
EchoTrade - ECHOtrade is a professional trading firm dedicated to the needs of the serious, off-floor trader. Series 7 required
Eldorado Trading - Eldorado Trading, LLC, is a proprietary trading firm that capitalizes on global fixed income markets— CME Eurodollars, CBOT Treasuries, LIFFE Euribor—by being the leading innovator of the electronic trading world. The founders of Eldorado have been trading electronically since the inception of screen trading in the early 1990s, giving the company an edge as transactions migrate from open outcry in the trading pits to electronic trading on the screens.
Epiphany Trading
Excel Trading
First North American Trading
First New York Securities
FCT Group of Companies

Futex Trading - Futex was set up by traders who had been open-outcry trading on the LIFFE floor since 1990. In 1998 when the LIFFE floor was migrating onto computer screens Futex traders were one of the first to establish a professional computer based trading floor.
Gator Trading Partners
GETCO - GETCO is a privately-held, electronic trading firm dedicated to enhancing liquidity and efficiency in the world’s financial markets.
Gelber Group - Gelber is a unique service provider for the individual professional trader, professional trading group, or institution. We have an unwavering focus on technology management and service, as we seek to expand our access to liquid electronic markets around the world. Gelber Group maintains the philosophy that clear communication and interaction bring successful trading results.
Gemini Capital
Genesis Securities - Genesis provides a fully customizable, state of the art DMA platform Laser for the sophisticated trader.
Geneva Trading - Geneva Trading is a proprietary electronic trading firm located in Chicago, Illinois USA and Dublin, Ireland. Focus is on electronically traded futures and equity markets in the USA and Europe.
Golden Beneficial
Goldenberg, Hehmeyer & Co. (GHCO) - Futures, Options, Trading, Hedging. Professional Trading and Brokerage at the next level.
Golden Market
Group One Trading - Group One is one of the largest proprietary options trading firms in the country.
Guardian Trading
Harrison Trading Group
Hanley Group
HLV Capital
Hold Brothers - Proprietary Online Stock Trading.
Infinium Capital Management - Infinium Capital Management is a proprietary capital management firm with offices in Chicago and New York. Founded in Chicago in 2001, our firm was built by a core team with decades of experience in trading, software development, and financial modeling. The founders share entrepreneurial pasts, having built and sold a variety of companies and technologies both in and out of the financial markets.
International Trading Group / DE Trading Corporation - Privately held proprietary trading firm in the northern suburbs of Chicago.
Jane Street Capital - Founded in 1999, Jane Street now employs over 100 professionals in offices in New York, Chicago, Tokyo, London, and Rhinebeck, and has a presence on several major exchanges. Our desk and floor traders seek out and profit from temporary pricing inefficiencies in financial markets.
JC Trading Group
Jump Trading - Jump Trading, LLC is a proprietary trading firm, focused on trading index futures, options, and equities. Because we are not a brokerage firm, we do not have clients. Revenues come solely from trading Jump's proprietary account.Jump Trading is a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). Jump is also a non-clearing member of the European Exchange (Eurex).
Kershner Trading Group - Since 1993, Kershner Trading has been built on the idea of shared success. We are a classic proprietary trading business providing full service, support and capital to our traders, including state-of-the-art proprietary technology applications with direct access to US markets. Our traders currently trade in our Austin, Tx office, however we are always interested in hearing from groups of successful traders in other locations. Member NASD, SEC registered.
Keystone Trading
Kingstree Trading - Chicago prop trading firm that at one time reputedly did one third of the volume in the e-mini S&P.
League Trading
Lion Pride Trading
Liquid Trading (New York)
Lynx Capital
Mako Global
Motive Capital
Marex Trading - MAREX Financial is an Independent Broker Dealer offering worldwide coverage of Commodities, Financial Futures and Options and FX Markets.
Marquette Partners - Marquette Partners is a leading liquidity provider to the world's largest derivatives exchanges. As an early pioneer in electronic futures trading, Marquette has successfully developed individuals to trade on exchanges throughout the globe, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, Eurex, Euronext-Paris, Euronext-LIFFE and Borsa Italia.
Mazel Trading (Los Angeles)
MBH Trading
MJL Partners
M&N Trading
Nexis Capital
Nico Trading
Next Level Trading
Optiver - Optiver is an international proprietary trading house dealing mainly in derivatives, shares and bonds. The firm has expanded from a few Amsterdam based market makers to a global arbitrage group with subsidiaries in Chicago and Sydney.
Opus Atlanta
Peak6 Trading - One of the largest equity options market-making firms in the U.S.
Questrade
Refco Trading Services - Based on REFCO's acquisition of MAC Trading Services, LLC a London based electronic trading company; REFCO Trading Services was established, which has commenced operations in North America. Now part of the Man Financial Refco Division.
Remata Trading
Rho Trading Securities
Riverbank Capital
RML Trading
Ronin Capital - Proprietary trading operations covering a variety of markets including equity securities, government bonds, corporate bonds, and related derivatives on global exchanges and electronically.
Rosenthal Collins Group
Saxon Financials
Schonfeld Group - Schonfeld Securities, LLC pioneered the short term trading industry when it began operations in 1988. It is one of the largest U.S. proprietary equity trading firms in terms of number of traders and volume traded on the NYSE and NASDAQ.
SDV LLC
Simplex Investments - Chicago based off-floor proprietary trading firm focused on the active trader.
SMB Capital - SMB Capital, LLC is a privately owned investment partnership engaged in day trading NYSE and NASDAQ equities.
SMW Trading Company
Spot Trading - Spot Trading is an off-floor trading firm specializing in equity options.
Star Alliance Capital One
Swifttrade - Global Securities Trading.
The Archelon Group - Archelon LLC is an options market maker and proprietary trader of exchange listed options, futures and equities in the US, Europe, and Korea.
Tibra Capital - A global prop firm specialising in market making and arbitrage.
Titan Securities
Title Trading - Title Trading is privately owned proprietary trading firm. Title traders trade the firm's capital on several US stock markets: NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX.
Tower Hill Trading - Tower Hill Trading is a leading proprietary trading firm based in downtown Chicago. We offer a superior working environment, the opportunity to learn from the best, state of the art technology, extremely competitive payouts and access to substantial trading capital.
Trade Vision Capital - Trade Vision Capital provides its customers with the highest end order entry software available. It is the only software to receive the NASD's platinum certification.
Transact Futures
Transmarket Group - TransMarket Group LLC is a global private trading and investment company. Provide risk capital and market access to individuals for the purpose of trading the global financial markets. Employees trade all global exchange listed derivatives, equities, commodities and selected cash markets.
Trillium Trading
Vankar Trading - Professional management of trading systems. Divisions in North America, Europe, and Australia.

WH Trading - WH Trading LLC is a proprietary futures, options and equities trading firm headquartered in Chicago, IL. Founded in 1994, WH Trading currently serves as a primary liquidity provider on the floor of the major Chicago futures exchanges and also as an exchange designated Lead Market Maker for electronically traded products in a variety of asset classes.
Wasserman Capital - At Wasserman Capital our passion is trading and training others how to trade. Wasserman Capital has a proven apprenticeship program that leverages the same historically proven methods that successful traders have been using for over 100 years. Our training program provides the trading expertise and hands-on coaching necessary to help turn your passion for the financial markets into your career.
Wescott Group
World Trade Securities
Wolverine Trading - Wolverine is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia and London.
Xerxes Trading - Xerxes Trading represents the Morristown, NJ Office of Hold Brothers Online Investment Services, LLC (member FINRA-SIPC).
Yourika Capital
Van der Moolen (US & Europe)
VTrader Group
Velez Capital
Zinc Trading