Jump Trading (institutional market maker)
Jump Trading, LLC is a proprietary trading firm and liquidity provider based in Chicago.
Jump Trading, LLC; affiliates Jump Trading Futures LLC, Jump Trading Europe B.V., Jump Trading International Ltd. · Chicago, Illinois, USA · last re-checked 2026-09 · evidence score 73/100
Licence, read on the register
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC/FINRA (broker-dealer) | 8-52989 | United States | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme. Rows without a tier are recorded without classification rather than guessed.
Where the published model fits
- Institutional equity trading
- Options market making
- Digital asset liquidity
Watch for
- Self-measured claims on market problems
- Age and licensing tier limits
Jump Trading, LLC operates as an institutional market maker with SEC/FINRA broker-dealer licensing. The firm serves a range of asset classes including equities and digital assets, though it does not publish specific trading venues. Founded in 1999, it self-measures its capability to address complex market challenges.
Testable claims
- Trading page lists Equities, Options, Credit, Commodities, Digital Assets, Futures as trading areas (jumptrading.com/trading)
- Publishes an FX Global Code Liquidity Provider Disclosure Cover Sheet and Algo Due Diligence Template (jumptrading.com/disclosures)
- States a copy of Jump Trading Europe B.V.'s Pillar III disclosure can be obtained via compliance@jumptrading.com (jumptrading.com/disclosures)
- Operates Jump Crypto and Jump Capital as affiliated brands (jumptrading.com footer)
Claims that remain the venue's own measurement
- Self-describes as solving 'the hardest market problems' via og:description — marketing
- 1999 founding year widely reported but not stated on fetched own pages
