Another thing that was pulled from the Wayyyyyyyyyyyyback Machine was a listing of house numbers for CME clearing firms in 1999 along with the 98-99 CBOT's FCM directory which provided listings but not house numbers. Both are pretty dear to me because it was off these two lists that I got contact info from all the firms and proceeded to write, fax and call every firm listed to get a job on the floor....and it worked obviously.
The other funny thing about these lists is that in the earlier days of Globex, it used to show who the counterparty was in each trade and that provided some extremely valuable info. If for instance a smart local was on the other side then there was something I was probably missing or doing wrong, if a big institutional firm like Goldman was buying then it was it was wise to scratch, reverse or get hedged, whereas if I saw Commerzbank as a counterparty then it wasn't much to get worried about, etc.... This info was done away with probably around 2004 as too many people were doing the same thing, in particular a famed but now defunct prop firm which was rumored to have a computer program analyze it's counterparties.
Anyways, here's the listing of over a hundred firms and it'll probably bring a smile to those who were on the floor in recollecting either someone who worked for the firm, who executed their orders in the pit, a big trade a house put on, etc... and I'm sure that this list will settle bar bets of to two old traders forgetting what house was which number.
The other funny thing about these lists is that in the earlier days of Globex, it used to show who the counterparty was in each trade and that provided some extremely valuable info. If for instance a smart local was on the other side then there was something I was probably missing or doing wrong, if a big institutional firm like Goldman was buying then it was it was wise to scratch, reverse or get hedged, whereas if I saw Commerzbank as a counterparty then it wasn't much to get worried about, etc.... This info was done away with probably around 2004 as too many people were doing the same thing, in particular a famed but now defunct prop firm which was rumored to have a computer program analyze it's counterparties.
Anyways, here's the listing of over a hundred firms and it'll probably bring a smile to those who were on the floor in recollecting either someone who worked for the firm, who executed their orders in the pit, a big trade a house put on, etc... and I'm sure that this list will settle bar bets of to two old traders forgetting what house was which number.
| 112 | AB Financial, L.L.C. |
| 430 | ABN AMRO Inc. |
| 103 | Enskilda Futures, Ltd. |
| 258 | Sage Division |
| 369 | Sage SF Division |
| 905 | ADM Investor Services, Inc. |
| 225 | AGE Commodity Clearing Corp |
| 333 | AIG Clearing Corporation |
| 743 | Aubrey G. Lanston & Co., Inc. |
| 312 | BA Futures, Inc |
| 708 | Barclay's Capital, Inc. |
| 045 | Bear, Stearns Securities Corp |
| 111 | BNP Securities (U.S.A.) Inc |
| 462 | BT Futures Corp |
| 445 | Cantor Fitzgerald & Co |
| 090 | Cargill Investor Services, Inc |
| 093 | Custom Clearing |
| 505 | Carr Futures Inc |
| 270 | Chase Futures & Options, Inc |
| 138 | Citicorp Futures Corporation |
| 175 | Commerz Futures Corporation |
| 475 | Credit Lyonnais Rouse (USA) Limited |
| 250 | Credit Suisse First Boston Corp |
| 784 | Cresvale International (US) LLC |
| 071 | Daiwa Securities America Inc |
| 092 | Deutsche Bank Futures, Inc |
| 300 | DKB Financial Futures Corp |
| 152 | Dorman Trading LLC |
| 929 | DND Trading |
| 287 | E. D. & F. Man International Inc |
| 099 | ISD Division of E.D. & F. Man |
| 102 | Enskilda Futures, Ltd |
| 315 | FCT Group, L.L.C. |
| 135 | CTI |
| 714 | FIMAT USA Inc |
| 263 | First Chicago Futures, Inc |
| 709 | First Options of Chicago, Inc |
| 327 | D&G Division of First Options of Chicago, Inc |
| 005 | FOC Execution Services |
| 019 | FOC E-mini |
| 865 | LBS Limited Partnership |
| 750 | Paramount Financial Corporation/ |
| 007 | CCM Execution |
| 815 | Shatkin LIT Division |
| 625 | TNT |
| 555 | USA Trading, Inc |
| 008 | Wescott Group |
| 104 | Fuji Futures Inc |
| 990 | Gelber Group, Inc |
| 525 | GNI Incorporated |
| 415 | Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc |
| 350 | GSA Clearing L.P. (Goldman Sachs) |
| 323 | HSBC Securities, Inc |
| 009 | Hull Trading Company L.L.C. |
| 825 | ING (U.S.) Securities, Futures & Options Inc |
| 023 | Lion Trading - A Division of ING |
| 500 | Iowa Grain Company |
| 660 | J.P. Morgan Futures Inc |
| 280 | Kottke Associates LLC |
| 380 | Griffin Trading Company |
| 835 | Lehman Brothers, Inc |
| 070 | LFG, L.L.C. |
| 310 | GAP |
| 245 | Hammer Trading |
| 642 | H.G. Trading |
| 072 | LGU Division of LFG, L.L.C |
| 872 | Pro Trading |
| 830 | LFG E-MINI |
| 532 | Lind-Waldock & Company |
| 747 | Locals-Lind |
| 560 | Merrill Lynch Futures Inc |
| 600 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated |
| 700 | NationsBanc-CRT Services, Inc |
| 180 | Nomura Securities International, Inc |
| 690 | O'Connor & Co. L.L.C. |
| 213 | D.T. Trading |
| 785 | McDonnell Division |
| 710 | PaineWebber Incorporated |
| 236 | Paribas Corporation |
| 020 | Prudential Securities Incorporated |
| 084 | Rand Financial Services Inc |
| 086 | RBC Dominion Securities Corporation |
| 805 | RB&H Financial Services, L.P. |
| 100 | Olympus |
| 806 | RBH E-mini |
| 275 | Refco, Inc |
| 758 | Republic New York Securities Corporation |
| 685 | R. J. O'Brien & Associates Inc |
| 684 | TJM Division of R. J. O'Brien |
| 800 | Rosenthal Collins Group, L.P. |
| 003 | SPIKE |
| 188 | Sakura Dellsher, Inc |
| 735 | Salomon Smith Barney Inc |
| 303 | Sanwa Futures, L.L.C. |
| 826 | Saul Stone and Company |
| 888 | Stone Traders |
| 840 | SMW Trading Company, Inc |
| 549 | Timber Hill L.L.C. |
| 896 | Tokyo-Mitsubishi Futures (USA) Inc |
| 915 | Tradelink L.L.C. |
| 010 | TransMarket Group L.L.C. |
| 125 | Aardvark |
| 187 | Warburg Dillon Read Futures, Inc |