TRADER money in federal elections

A desk title, not a firm census

FEC forms store TRADER when that is what the filer typed in the employer field. They do not apply a securities NAICS code. The $5,491,710 total is itemized individual gifts whose grouped text matches the title word. It is not exchange volume, not a FINRA registration file, and not every staffer who typed a bank or hedge-fund legal name instead.

People who typed EQUITY TRADER, OPTIONS TRADER, PROP TRADER, or a firm name sit in other rows if stored that way. LobbyVault does not recode those variants into TRADER. The FEC field is not a Series 7 licensee roster. Occupation pages show related titles stored beside this word.

376 donors and 9,436 lines

376 unique donors produced 9,436 TRADER contribution lines totaling $5,491,710. That is on the order of 25 itemized receipts per donor. Dollars per listed person run high relative to title-word rows with thousands of unique donors. The packet does not publish a mean gift or a split among equities, rates, and proprietary desks.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and firm PAC filings are outside the $5,491,710 unless an individual receipt itself carries this title string. Unitemized gifts never appear. Coverage is federal itemized individual receipts only.

Firm names and longer trader titles

Bank and fund employer strings are separate keys. Combining them with TRADER would mix a generic desk title with legal names. This page stays at $5,491,710 for TRADER only.

Occupation breakdowns list titles next to TRADER. Some donors pair the word with a firm; those pairs are stored as typed and are not merged here unless the grouped key is TRADER. State filings are omitted from the $5,491,710.

Donor table

The TRADER donor table lists disclosed names, amounts, and recipient committees. A large gift is a public individual contribution. LobbyVault does not infer a FINRA license, a prop-shop seat, or a motive from the job word. The 376 unique-person count is not a headcount of U.S. traders.

Follow committees on the table for party and office. This page does not assign a partisan percentage to the title. Repeat names among 9,436 lines from 376 people are expected. People who typed a bank name instead are not in these 376 unless a receipt also grouped to TRADER.

Source

FEC.gov via LobbyVault: $5,491,710, 9,436 contributions, 376 donors, top employer TRADER. The ranking uses FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Compare other industry keys on the industry index. Use occupation pages for titles stored next to this word.

Keep TRADER’s $5,491,710, 9,436 contributions, and 376 donors on this title word. Firm legal names, longer desk titles, unitemized gifts, and committee PAC documents stay on their own records. The donor table lists disclosed recipients without converting the string into a NAICS securities total.

Title-word dollars versus brokerage PAC filings

TRADER is a desk title stored in the employer grouping, so the $5,491,710 is not Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, or any other firm total. Those legal names sit on other pages if donors typed them. Firm PAC filings are other FEC categories. Unitemized gifts stay outside the 9,436 lines.

376 unique donors is a small person-count, which is why dollars per listed trader run high. About 25 receipts per person is 9,436 divided by 376. The packet does not split equities, rates, or proprietary desks and does not certify a FINRA registration.

Occupation pages show related titles stored beside TRADER. The industry index ranks bank and fund strings separately. Follow the donor table for disclosed recipients. This guide does not assign party percentages to the title word. Source: FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Keep TRADER’s 376 donors and 9,436 lines on the one-word desk title. Bank and fund legal names remain other keys. The donor table lists disclosed recipients for the $5,491,710 only.

Questions

How much have TRADER-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $5,491,710 to the TRADER employer string, from 9,436 contributions and 376 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a brokerage PAC and not a NAICS securities total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is TRADER a company in this ranking?

No. TRADER is a self-reported job word stored in the employer grouping. The $5,491,710 total is individual contributions whose text grouped to that word. Firm treasury and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan traders?

Only if the grouped employer text is TRADER. Bank legal names are separate keys if stored that way. A receipt counted here carries the one-word title. Staff who typed EQUITY TRADER sit in those other rows if stored separately. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed TRADER?

The rollup counts 376 donors and 9,436 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not a FINRA headcount. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.