TRADER

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.

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.