What trader-occupation donors give in federal races

Mid-volume finance title, mid-range means

$11,610,856, 19,193 itemizations, and 1,507 donor records are the occupation-level facts. Mean contribution size is about $605. Mean dollars per donor record are about $7,704. Repeat giving is about 13 itemizations per donor record.

19,193 lines from 1,507 records sits between concentrated partner titles and high-repeat status keys. The $605 per-line mean is arithmetic on that mix, not a typical desk bonus redirected to politics.

The packet has no asset-class field, no prop-versus-bank split, and no median gift. A few large itemizations can lift the average.

TRADER is an ambiguous one-word key

The FEC record does not verify that the donor trades securities, commodities, or anything else. Floor traders, retail traders, and people using the word for another trade can all appear. Best-efforts rules do not force a controlled vocabulary.

This page cites only $11,610,856, 19,193 contributions, and 1,507 donors. BROKER, INVESTMENT BANKER, and PORTFOLIO MANAGER remain other keys unless the bulk extract merged them.

Donor records and dual finance titles

1,507 donor records used TRADER on at least one matching itemization. Address variants split records. A person who listed TRADER on some gifts and BROKER on others will appear in both occupation totals for those lines.

Occupation is stored per transaction. LobbyVault does not infer party from the one-word title.

Industry pages are employer-side

Industry pages group employers. A trader at a bank and a trader at a proprietary shop share this occupation string if they typed TRADER. Adding $11,610,856 to an industry total double-counts.

Open the TRADER occupation page for rows. Use the occupations index to place the string next to other finance titles.

Citation language

A usable sentence is: occupation equals TRADER, dollars equal $11,610,856, contributions equal 19,193, donors equal 1,507, sourced from FEC Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Quote the three facts together so the mid-range mean is visible next to the headline dollars.

Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules; this guide does not invent a fourth occupation-level fact beyond $11,610,856, 19,193 contributions, and 1,507 donors. Neighboring finance titles stay on their own pages unless the extract merged them into TRADER.

Reading TRADER next to broker and banker keys

TRADER in this extract is $11,610,856 on 19,193 itemizations from 1,507 donor records, or $11.6 million in compact millions. Those dollars are itemized activity on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules indexed on LobbyVault from FEC.gov bulk data. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code, so they never enter the total. Refunds and memo entries follow FEC presentation in the underlying schedules. People who type broker, investment banker, or portfolio manager may sit on other occupation pages. Only the exact TRADER key is in $11,610,856.

Arithmetic means on this key are about $605 per contribution and about $7,704 per donor record, with roughly 13 itemizations per donor record. Means are not medians. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no party split. Combining TRADER with neighboring finance strings without naming each source total changes the unit from one FEC string to a homemade cluster. 1,507 donor records on 19,193 lines is a mid-volume title pool, not a registered-representative census.

Industry pages group employer-side categories and should not be added to $11,610,856. A person who listed TRADER on some gifts and a neighboring title on others will appear in both occupation totals for the respective lines. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals TRADER, dollars equal $11,610,856, contributions equal 19,193, donors equal 1,507. Candidate and committee pages hold the recipient side.

Researchers who need cycle cuts, employer text, or recipient lists should leave this guide and open the live TRADER occupation hub. This file restates harvested packet facts only. Compact millions ($11.6 million) are the same headline amount as $11,610,856, rounded to one decimal place. Keep 19,193 contributions and 1,507 donor records in any sentence that quotes the dollars, so readers can see the mid-volume finance-title pattern rather than a FINRA census. Exact-string matching is the method. Anything else is a different query. The occupation field is donor-supplied free text, not an asset-class code. A citation that stays inside the packet names TRADER, $11,610,856, 19,193, and 1,507 together.

Questions

How much have trader-occupation donors given in FEC data?

The TRADER occupation string is attached to $11,610,856 across 19,193 contributions and 1,507 donor records in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index. The figure is itemized occupation money, not a census of securities traders. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does TRADER include commodity and stock traders?

The string matches whatever donors typed. The FEC does not split asset class. This page covers TRADER: $11,610,856, 19,193 contributions, and 1,507 donors. Check the occupations index for neighboring finance strings. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules.

What is the average trader contribution?

Dividing $11,610,856 by 19,193 itemizations yields about $605 per contribution. Dividing by 1,507 donors yields about $7,704 per donor record. Both are means, not medians. Repeat giving is about 13 itemizations per donor record. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing trader prove the donor is FINRA-registered?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify licenses. Quote 19,193 contributions and 1,507 donor records with the $11,610,856 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.