Proprietary trading firm

A proprietary trading group is a group of traders that trades the capital of the firm. The firm puts up this capital and provides risk management, computer (IT) support, office space, and brokerage arrangements. This is in contrast with a trading arcade, which provides office space, computer support, and brokerage, but does not provide trading capital. It is a group environment for trading your own money.

The firm derives its profits from the market rather than from commissions. Firms that engage in proprietary trading believe that they have a competitive advantage that will enable them to earn excess returns.

Proprietary Trading Firms

The organization Traders Log [1] offers a Proprietary Trading Firms Directory on its web site that gives further links to the firms themselves.

Some proprietary trading firms noted by Traders Log are:

• Advantage Futures
• Archelon Group
• Assent
• Avatar Trading
• BOSS Trading
• Belvedere Trading
• Blue Capital Group
• Bright Trading
• Capstone
• Cheiron Trading
• Chicago Trading Company
• Cy Group Trading
• DRW Trading Group
• Dimension Brokerage
• EchoTrade
• Eldorado Trading
• Fusionary Trading
• Futex Trading
• Gelber Group, LLC
• Genesis Securities
• Geneva Trading
• Goldenberg, Hehmeyer & Co.
• Group One Trading
• Hold Brothers
• IMC Financial Markets
• Infinium Capital Management
• International Trading Group
• Jump Trading
• Kershner Trading Group
• Kingstree Trading
• Last Atlantis Capital
• Marquette Partners
• Optiver
• PEAK6 Trading
• Prestige Capital
• Refco Trading Services
• Ronin Capital
• Schonfeld Group
• Simplex Investments
• Spot Trading
• Swifttrade
• The Archelon Group
• Tibra Capital
• Title Trading
• Trade Vision Capital
• Transact Futures
• Transmarket Group
• Vankar Trading
• Wasserman Capital
• Wolverine Trading
• Zmarc Partners