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In the December 2002 issue of Futures Magazine they reported on the top 50 brokers based on the 2002 customer equity as of October 1st.  There source of information was taken from the CFTC, so it's generally pretty reliable.  Below are the list of brokers that made Futures Magazine's top 50 brokers...  If you are interested, the magazine provides a lot more information than just ranking, you can subscribe to Futures Magazine by clicking here.   The brokers that are bolded are sponsors or contributors to FuturesKnowledge, and you can find more information on them by looking through our "Research a Broker" section.

Rank

Brokerage

Equity (millions)
1 Goldman Sachs & Co $6,142.76
2 Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith 5,028.70
3 Salomon Smith Barney Inc. 4,720.34
4 JP Morgan Futures Inc. 3,895.72
5 Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. 3,635.25
6 USB AG 3,535.58
7 Refco, LLC* 2,936.40
8 Fimat USA 2,324.57
9 Deutsche Bank 2,270.64
10 Carr Futures Inc. 2,239.34
11 Man Financial Inc. 2,200.91
12 Banc One Capital Markets Inc. 1,951.02
13 Lehman Brothers Inc 1,521.74
14 ABN Amro Inc. 1,449.06
15 Bear Stearns Securities Corp 1,393.22
16 Barclays Capital Inc. 1,374.83
17 Cargill Investor Services Inc. 1,089.38
18 Credit Suisse First Boston Corp 1,001.57
19 Prudential Securities Inc. 955.39
20 ADM Investor Services 422.58
21 RJ O'Brien Associates Inc. 390.57
22 Mizuho Securities USA Inc. 368.57
23 FC Stone LLC 304.92
24 BNP Brokerage Services 301.72
25 Rosenthal Collins Group LLC 278.40
26 HSCB Securities USA Inc. 216.46
27 Greenwich Capital Markets 176.46
28 Vision LP 149.73
29 GNI Inc 144.40
30 Rand Financial Services Inc. 137.89
31 Credit Lyonnais Rouse USA ltd 132.66
32 Banc of America Futures Inc. 127.63
33 AG Edwards & Sons Inc 104.04
34 McVean Trading & Investments LLC 103.86
35 Iowa Grain Co. 100.81
36 Peregrine Financial Group 93.30
37 Daiwa Securities America, Inc. 85.67
38 Commerz Futures LLC 74.75
39 Pioneer Futures 73.05
40 O'Connor & Co LLC 59.12
41 Tenco Inc 57.89
42 Goldenberg Hehmeyer & Co 53.70
43 MBF Clearing Corp. 52.16
44 Alaron Trading Corp. 50.01
45 RB&H Financial Services LP 49.44
46 Interactive Brokers Group 43.34
47 Country Hedging Inc. 43.16
48 Fortis Clearing Chicago LLC 36.67
49 Pax Clearing Corp. 36.59
50 Dunavant Commodity Corp. 26.16

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