UPDATE: Great additional list from Or Shai in the comments:


This could be useful for finding a job or just Googling out of curiousity. This is a secretive industry so it can be hard to tell which firms are important.

From Nuclear Phynance:

Banks -
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley (PDT or ETL)
Barclays
Deutsche
JP Morgan

Hedge Funds -
Athena Capital Research
D.E. Shaw
Two Sigma
Millennium / World Quant (masters level+)
Renaissance
HBK (not hiring)
Citadel (no positions listed, accepting resumes)
IV Capital (only career email listed)
Tower Research (only back office internships)
Knight (only 2 back office jobs listed, not internships)
Blue Crest (minimum PhD for front office)
Winton Capital (UK based, winter internships)
GSA Capital (only career email listed)
Etc.

Prop -
Hudson River Trading (only C++)
Wolverine Trading (Internships)
Optiver (No internships)
CTC (Chicago Trading Company) (Trading assistant TA)
Fox River Partners (No website)
Jump Trading (Internships)
Spot Trading (Career website down)
GETCO (No internships)
Sun Trading (No internships)
Matlock Capital (Tiny, no positions)
Ronin Capital
Allston Trading (Software developer internsips)
Chopper Trading (No internships)
Tradelink (No internships)
Etc.

It would be great to extend this list, please leave a comment with additions.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

D.E. Shaw & Co.

Max Dama said...

Added.

Anonymous said...

Athena Capital Research

Anonymous said...

Hudson River Trading

Anonymous said...

Jane Street Capital

Anonymous said...

Hey dude what do you know about Chopper Trading?

sergei said...

DRW as well. They're accepting applications now for both jobs and internships.

or_shai said...

This list is mostly consisting of prop trading firm, but it's precious.



Advantage Futures
Alaron Trading
Allston Trading
Angle Group
Archelon Group
Assent
Avatar Securities

Barkley Trading
Bear Capital
Belvedere Trading
Benchmarq Trading
Blue Capital Group
Boss Trading
Boston Cabot (Chicago - 312-498-7041)
Breakwater Trading
Broad Street Trading
Bright Trading
Buttonwood Group Trading

Cago Trading
Caliber Financial Management
Carlin Group
Capstone
Cheiron Trading
Chicago Trading
Chimera Capital
Coastal Trade Securities
Consolidated Trading
Cornerstone Trading Group
Curvalue Financial Services Group
Cy Group

Darwin Capital Trading
Dayson Capital
Davis Securities
Dimension Trading Group
Dimension Capital Partners
DRW Trading Group
DV Trading

E-Brokerage
Echo Trade
Eldorado Trading Group
Epiphany Trading
Equitrade Financial
Equity Trading Capital
Evolution Capital
Excel Trading

First North American Trading
First New York Securities
FCT Group of Companies
Flat Iron Trading
Fusionary Trading
Futex Group

Gator Trading Partners
Getco, LLC (Chicago)
Gelber Group
Gemini Capital
Genesis Securities
Geneva Trading
Golden Beneficial
Goldenberg, Hehmeyer & Co. (GHCO)
Golden Market
Group One Trading
Guardian Trading

Harrison Trading Group
Hanley Group
Harrison Trading Group
HLV Capital
Hold Brothers

Infinium Capital Management
Integra Capital
International Trading Group/ DE Trading Corp
IMC Financial Markets

Jane Street Capital
JC Trading Group
Jump Trading

KC-CO II
KM Capital Management
Kershner Trading
Keystone Trading
Kingstree Trading

Last Atlantis Capital
League Trading

Lion Pride Trading
Liquid Trading (New York)
Lynx Capital

Madison Proprietary Trading Group
Mako Global
MBH Trading
MJL Partners
M&N Trading
MAREX Trading
Marquette Partners
Mazel Trading (Los Angeles)
Motive Capital

Nico Trading

Ocean View Capital
Optiver
Opus Atlanta

Paramount Equity Partners
Peak6
Platinum Plus Trading
Prestige Capital
Prism Trading Group

Questrade

Refco Trading Services (Man Financial)
Remata Trading
Remote Day Trader
Rho Trading Securities
RML Trading
Riverbank Capital
Ronin Capital
Rosenthal Collins Group

S&B Capital
Saxon Financials
Schonfeld
SDV LLC
Semper Fi Trading
Sharmac Capital
Simplex Investments
SMB Capital
SMW Trading Company
Soldier Capital
Sperling Enterprises
Spot Trading
Star Alliance Capital One
Swift Trade

Tibra Capital
Tibra Capital
Titan Securities
Title Trading
Tower Hill Trading
Trade Vision Group
Traders Capital
Trading RM
Transact Futures
Transmarket Group
Triton Trading
Trillium Trading
Trinity Capital
Tuco Trading - SEC Action

Yourika Capital
Xerxes Trading

Van der Moolen (US & Europe)
Vankar Trading
VTrader Group
Velez Capital

Wasserman Capital
Wescott Group
Wolverine Trading
World Trade Securities

Zinc Trading
Z-Marc II


Here’s a list of European (mainly London based) or overseas Prop Firms:


Argo Traders
Candlestick Trading Company
CFT Financials
Custom House Capital (Ireland)

Dubai Professional Trading Group
Elite Derivatives
Enigma Trading Services (Italy)
Futex Group

Global Exchange Trading
GHF Financials
Heron Futures
Kyte Group
League Traders
London Capital Group

Mercury Financial
MET Traders
MTA Trade
Nevis Trading

OSTC (UK & Poland)
Propex Derivatives (Australia)
Pyne Trading

Saxon Financials
Schneider Group
Seuqoia Capital
Sigma Derivatives

TCA Markets
TradeLink
Trader Hill
Traders Clearing Alliance
Trading Places(France)
Triniti Financial
Turtle Futures
TXL Trading


Yours,

Or Shai
Go Bears!!!

Max Dama said...

Thank you Or Shai - that's a great list.

Do you go to Berkeley? If so, let's get coffee sometime.

Regards,
Max