High-frequency trading (HFT) and proprietary trading firms that use algorithmic strategies to trade at ultra-fast speeds.
16 firms
| Firm | HQ | Region | AUM | Founded | Employees | Glassdoor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Securities | Miami, FL | AM | Prop Capital | 2002 | ~3,000 | 4/5 |
| Cumberland DRW | Chicago | AM | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~100 | 4/5 |
| DRW | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1992 | ~1,000 | 4/5 |
| Eqvilent | Dubai (DIFC) | ME | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~200+ | 4.2/5 |
| Final (FLTK) | Herzliya | ME | Prop Capital | 2001 | ~200 | |
| Futures First | Gurgaon | AP | Prop Capital | 2007 | ~2000 | |
| Galaxy Digital | New York | AM | $5B+ | 2018 | ~500 | 3.6/5 |
| GSR Markets | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2013 | ~200 | 3.8/5 |
| Hudson River Trading | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2002 | ~900 | 4.4/5 |
| Jane Street | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2000 | ~2,500 | 4.5/5 |
| Jump Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1999 | ~1,000 | 4.2/5 |
| Optiver | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 1986 | ~1,800 | 3.8/5 |
| SIG (Susquehanna) | Bala Cynwyd, PA | AM | Prop Capital | 1987 | ~2,500 | 4.2/5 |
| Tower Research Capital | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 1998 | ~1,000 | 4.1/5 |
| Virtu Financial | New York, NY | AM | Public | 2008 | ~1,000 | 4.1/5 |
| XTX Markets | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~200 | 4.5/5 |
70 firms
| Firm | HQ | Region | AUM | Founded | Employees | Glassdoor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323Trading | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 1998 | ~30 | |
| Advantage Futures | Chicago | AM | Prop Capital | 2003 | ~100 | |
| Alber Blanc | Multiple | EU | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~50+ | 4.7/5 |
| AlgoQuant | Delhi | AP | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~300 | |
| Algoquant Fintech | New Delhi | asia | 2018 | ~408 | 2/5 | |
| All Options | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 1998 | ~110 | |
| AlphaGrep Securities | Mumbai | AP | Prop Capital | 2009 | ~350 | 3.8/5 |
| Anti Capital | New York | AM | Prop Capital | 2022 | ~30 | |
| AP Capital | Hong Kong | APAC | $1-3B Daily Vol | 2012 | ~100 | |
| Aquatic Capital | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~50 | 4.4/5 |
| Avenir Group HK | Hong Kong | AP | $599M+ Bitcoin ETFs | 2023 | ~300 | |
| BHFT | Dubai | ME | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~200+ | 4.2/5 |
| BIT Official | Singapore | AP | Crypto Exchange Volume | 2018 | ~400 | |
| CMT Digital | Chicago | AM | Prop + VC | 2017 | ~100 | |
| Da Vinci Trading | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~100 | |
| Deep Blue Capital | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~30 | |
| DeepFin Research | Bengaluru | AP | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~40 | |
| Dolat Algotech | Mumbai | AP | Prop Capital | 1960 | ~200 | |
| DWF Labs | Abu Dhabi | ME | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~50 | 3.3/5 |
| Estee Advisors | Gurugram | AP | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~200 | 4/5 |
| Five Rings Capital | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2003 | ~100 | 4.1/5 |
| Flow Traders | Amsterdam | EU | Public | 2004 | ~600 | 4/5 |
| Flowdesk | Paris | EU | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~120 | 3.3/5 |
| Folkvang | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~50 | |
| Grasshopper Asia | Singapore | AP | Prop Capital | 2006 | ~140 | |
| Graviton Research Capital | Gurugram | AP | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~503 | 4.3/5 |
| GTS Securities | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2006 | ~200 | 3.9/5 |
| Headlands Technologies | San Francisco, CA | AM | Prop Capital | 2012 | ~50 | 4.2/5 |
| Hilbert Group | Stockholm | EU | $200M+ | 2018 | ~40 | |
| IMC Trading | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 1989 | ~1,000 | 4.2/5 |
| iRage Capital | Mumbai | AP | Prop Capital | 2009 | ~150 | 3.5/5 |
| Kbit | New York | AM | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~17 | |
| Keyrock | Brussels | EU | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~170 | 4.1/5 |
| Kronos Research | Taipei | AP | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~100 | 3.6/5 |
| Liquid Capital Group | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2000 | ~100 | |
| Maven Securities | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2011 | ~200 | 3.9/5 |
| Midas Technologies | Singapore | AP | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~40 | |
| Mint Tower Capital Management | Amsterdam | EU | 2000 | ~50 | ||
| Nayt Technologies | Shanghai | AP | Prop Capital | 2022 | ~30 | |
| Old Mission Capital | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2003 | ~200 | 4.1/5 |
| Open Futures | New Delhi | asia | 2001 | Small team (IIT graduates) | 3.1/5 | |
| Order Capital | Dubai | ME | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~30 | |
| Pinely | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~110 | 4.8/5 |
| Plus Wealth Capital Management | Gurugram | asia | 2008 | 60+ | 4.1/5 | |
| Portofino Technologies | London | EU | $50M+ VC | 2022 | ~45 | |
| QCP Capital | Singapore | AP | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~80 | 4.1/5 |
| QCP Group | Singapore | AP | Institutional Volume | 2018 | ~100 | |
| Qnance Technologies | Bangalore | AP | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~100 | |
| Quadeye Securities | Gurugram | AP | Prop Capital | 2007 | ~220 | 3.9/5 |
| Quantlab Financial | Houston, TX | AM | Prop Capital | 1998 | ~200 | 4/5 |
| Radix Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2013 | ~50 | 4.3/5 |
| Rock Bund Capital | Hong Kong | AP | Prop Capital (>$1B daily) | 2019 | ~100 | |
| RSJ | Prague | EU | Prop Capital | 1994 | ~200 | 3.8/5 |
| Saccade Capital | Hong Kong | APAC | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~30 | |
| Skynet Trading | Singapore | AP | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~50 | 4.4/5 |
| Sparkland | Dubai | ME | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~40 | |
| Spectral Technologies | Dubai | ME | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~80 | 4.1/5 |
| Star Beta Australia | Sydney | APAC | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~350 | |
| Tetrion Capital | Hong Kong | APAC | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~30 | |
| Teza Technologies | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2009 | ~100 | 4.6/5 |
| Tibra Capital | Sydney | AP | Prop Capital | 2006 | ~200 | 4/5 |
| Time Research | Victoria (Seychelles) | AP | Prop Capital (>$2B daily) | 2019 | ~100 | |
| Tokka Labs | Global | AP | $50M+ Capital | 2018 | ~40 | |
| Trillium Trading | New York | NA | Prop Capital | 2003 | ~100 | |
| UTR8 Group | Utrecht | EU | Prop Capital | 2011 | ~35 | |
| VivCourt Trading | Sydney | AP | Prop Capital | 2011 | ~140 | 3.9/5 |
| WEBB Traders | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~100 | |
| Wintermute | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~200 | 4.2/5 |
| Woorton | Paris | EU | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~40 | |
| XLR8 Trading | Chicago | AM | Prop Capital | 2013 | ~75 |
142 firms
| Firm | HQ | Region | AUM | Founded | Employees | Glassdoor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Red Partners | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2012 | ~80 | 4.5/5 |
| 8 Blocks Capital | Hong Kong | APAC | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~30 | |
| A-Lab | Krasnodar | EU | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~150 | |
| ABC Arbitrage | Paris | EU | $3B+ | 1995 | ~150 | |
| Accent Circonflexe Groupe | Amsterdam | EU | 2000 | ~20 | ||
| Ace Trading | Istanbul | EU | Prop Capital | 2016 | ~100 | |
| Acheron Trading | Singapore | AP | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~30 | |
| Akuna Capital | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2011 | ~300 | 4.1/5 |
| Albatross Labs | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~20 | |
| Algoquant Group | Mumbai | Asia-Pacific | 2000 | 104 | ||
| Algorithmic Trading Grp | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2013 | ~30 | |
| Algoz | Tel Aviv | ME | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~30 | |
| Alphabots | Bengaluru | asia | 2020 | 1–10 | ||
| Alpin Capital | Chambéry | EU | Prop Capital | 2022 | ~20 | |
| Altonomy | Singapore | APAC | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~100 | |
| Amber Group | Singapore | AP | Prop / Public | 2017 | ~300 | 3.5/5 |
| APT Portfolio | New Delhi | AP | Prop Capital | 2009 | ~80 | |
| ARB Trading Group | Pune | AP | Institutional Platform | 2019 | ~100 | 3.9/5 |
| Arbelos Markets | New York | AM | Prop Capital | 2023 | ~20 | |
| Archelon Group | Chicago | NA | Prop Capital | 2005 | ~30 | |
| Athena Capital Research | New York | AM | Prop Capital | 2003 | ~30 | 2.8/5 |
| Atlas Quantum | São Paulo | AM | $27M+ AUM | 2015 | ~100 | |
| Atto Trading | Multiple | EU | Prop Capital | 2010 | ~50 | |
| Auros | Hong Kong | AP | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~50 | 3.3/5 |
| Avatar Securities | New York | NA | Prop Capital | 2012 | ~30 | 4/5 |
| Axia Futures | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2016 | ~150 | 4/5 |
| B2C2 | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~150 | 4.1/5 |
| Barak Capital | Tel Aviv | ME | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~100 | 3.9/5 |
| Belvedere Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2002 | ~200 | 4.2/5 |
| Blue Fire Capital | Chicago | AM | Part of Galaxy Digital | 2007 | ~30 | 2.6/5 |
| BlueCandle | Singapore | AP | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~20 | |
| Bluefin Capital | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2001 | ~50 | 3.8/5 |
| Bluesky Capital | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~20 | |
| Boronia Capital | Sydney | AP | Prop Capital | 2010 | ~60 | |
| C D Integrated Services | Ahmedabad | Asia-Pacific | 2005 | ~100 | ||
| Chicago Trading Co | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1995 | ~500 | 4/5 |
| Cipher Capital | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~30 | |
| CMS Holdings | New York | AM | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~15 | |
| Consolidated Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1999 | ~200 | 3.5/5 |
| Daksh Trading | Hong Kong | APAC | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~30 | |
| Dark Forest Tech | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~20 | 1/5 |
| Davinci Trading | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2013 | ~30 | |
| Divya Capital One | Mumbai | Asia-Pacific | 2000 | 167 | ||
| Dolat Capital | Mumbai | APAC | Prop Capital | 1970 | ~350 | |
| DV Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2007 | ~300 | 3.5/5 |
| Eagle Seven | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2013 | ~30 | |
| Ebullient Securities | Mumbai | Asia-Pacific | 2000 | 109 | ||
| Eclipse Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2012 | ~50 | 3/5 |
| Edgehog Trading | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~20 | 4.2/5 |
| Efficient Frontier | Tel Aviv | ME | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~30 | 4.3/5 |
| Elk Capital Markets | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~30 | |
| Emergent Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2003 | ~50 | 3.1/5 |
| Enigma Securities | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~40 | |
| Epoch Capital | Sydney | AP | Prop Capital | 2007 | ~65 | 4/5 |
| Eschaton Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~20 | |
| Evergreen Stat Trading | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2016 | ~20 | |
| Exponential Trading | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~20 | 4.3/5 |
| FinchTrade | Zug | EU | €86M+ Trading Volume | 2021 | ~40 | |
| FK Viking | Saratov | EU | Prop Capital | 2007 | ~30 | 3.9/5 |
| Frequants | Tel Aviv | Middle East | 2018 | ~15 | ||
| Gelber Group | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1982 | ~200 | 3.7/5 |
| Geneva Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1999 | ~100 | 4/5 |
| Genk Capital | Singapore | AP | Prop Capital | 2011 | ~40 | 4.6/5 |
| Gradient Trading | New York | NA | 2000 | ~30 | 4/5 | |
| Group One Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1989 | ~200 | 4.3/5 |
| HAP Capital | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2016 | ~50 | 3.7/5 |
| HC Technologies | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~40 | |
| Investflex | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AM | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~30 | |
| JST Digital | Singapore | APAC | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~30 | |
| Kairon Labs | Antwerp | EU | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~30 | 4.5/5 |
| Kershner Trading Group | Austin | NA | Prop Capital | 2001 | ~100 | |
| Kinglab | Yerevan | EU | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~400+ | |
| Kore Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2011 | ~40 | 3.8/5 |
| Lares Algotech | New Delhi | asia | 2009 | Small team | ||
| LedgerPrime | Miami | AM | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~25 | |
| Life Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2012 | ~30 | |
| Liger Trading NZ | Queenstown | AP | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~30 | |
| Liquidity Trading | Istanbul | EU | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~30 | |
| Lite Invest | Ufa | EU | Prop Capital | 2016 | ~150 | |
| Live Investing Group | Krasnodar | EU | Prop Capital | 2016 | ~25+ | |
| Mako Trading | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~200 | |
| Mana Partners | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~50 | |
| Marquette Partners | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1988 | ~100 | |
| Mathisys Advisors | Gurgaon | Asia-Pacific | 2000 | 115 | ||
| Maverick Derivatives | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2009 | ~50 | |
| MCAP LLC | New York | North America | 2000 | 57 | ||
| Monoceros | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~20 | |
| Nebula Research | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~30 | |
| Nine Mile Financial | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~30 | |
| NK Securities Research | Gurugram | AP | Prop Capital | 2011 | ~100 | |
| Nordic Velo | Copenhagen | EU | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~20 | |
| Onix Capital | Singapore | AP | Prop Capital | 2021 | ~30 | |
| OptimusPrime Securities | Bengaluru | AP | Prop Capital | 2021 | ~30 | |
| ORA Traders | Amsterdam | EU | Prop Capital | 2012 | ~30 | |
| Patronus Tradetech | Noida | AP | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~30 | |
| Peak6 Investments | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1997 | ~500 | 3.8/5 |
| PlusWealth | Noida | AP | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~30 | |
| PlusWealth Capital Management | Mumbai | Asia-Pacific | 2008 | 61 | ||
| Port 22 | Chicago | AM | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~30 | |
| Prime Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1998 | ~50 | |
| Pulsar Trading | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~30 | 5/5 |
| qSpark | Tel Aviv | EU | Prop Capital | 2013 | ~30 | |
| QST Financial | Limassol | EU | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~30 | |
| Quantbot Technologies | Houston, TX | AM | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~60 | 4.5/5 |
| Quantbox Research | Mumbai | AP | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~50 | |
| Quantizer Research | Mumbai | Asia-Pacific | 2019 | 193 | ||
| QuantRes | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~50 | |
| QuantTrax | Multiple | EU | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~50 | |
| Quantum Brains | Berlin | EU | Prop Capital | 2010 | ~60 | |
| RAVEN Trading | Remote / Global | AM | Prop Capital | 2022 | ~30 | |
| Richfox Capital | Global | AM | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~30 | |
| Selftrader | Sao Paulo, Brazil | AM | Prop Capital | 2020 | ~10 | 3.8/5 |
| Seven Points Capital | New York | NA | Prop Capital | 2007 | ~100 | |
| Seven Technologies | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2017 | ~30 | |
| Simplex Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2005 | ~200 | 4.2/5 |
| SMB Capital | New York | NA | Prop Capital | 2005 | ~100 | |
| Solidus Tech | Herzliya | Middle East | 2015 | ~20 | ||
| Spectre Trade | Kislovodsk | EU | Prop Capital | 2016 | ~30 | |
| Summit Securities | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1988 | ~60 | |
| Sumo Trading | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2010 | ~30 | 4.6/5 |
| Sunrise Futures | Singapore | AP | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~30 | 4.2/5 |
| Tanius Technology | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~20 | |
| Tradebot Systems | Kansas City, MO | AM | Prop Capital | 1999 | ~200 | 3.9/5 |
| Tradelink Holdings | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2008 | ~50 | |
| TradeUp Group | Barueri, Brazil | AM | Prop Capital | 2015 | ~700 | 1.9/5 |
| TransMarket Group | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1981 | ~300 | 3.9/5 |
| Trust Prime Market | New York | AM | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~250 | |
| Valkyrie Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2004 | ~100 | |
| Vataga | Moscow | EU | Prop Capital | 2019 | ~500+ | |
| Vatic Investments | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~30 | 3.9/5 |
| Vector Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2007 | ~50 | 4/5 |
| Volant Trading | New York, NY | AM | Prop Capital | 2012 | ~40 | |
| Volterra Technologies | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2016 | ~20 | |
| WH Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2002 | ~100 | |
| Whitelist | Yekaterinburg | EU | Prop Capital | 2018 | ~80 | |
| Wincent | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2012 | ~40 | 3.8/5 |
| Wolverine Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 1994 | ~500 | 4.6/5 |
| Wunder Fund | London | EU | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~50 | |
| XR Trading | Chicago, IL | AM | Prop Capital | 2014 | ~100 | |
| Yubo Trading | Hong Kong | APAC | Prop Capital | 2013 | ~30 | |
| Zanskar Research | Mumbai | Asia-Pacific | 2000 | 54 | ||
| Zomojo | Sydney | AP | Prop Capital | 2005 | ~30 |