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Top 25 Trading platforms based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 84 trading platforms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 13,035 professional contacts across them, including 4,939 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers trading platforms headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 6, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
84Companies
13,035Contacts tracked
4,939Verified emails
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The 25 largest trading platforms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 84 trading platforms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to trading platforms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0004,947 contacts →

“As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group is where the world comes to manage risk.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
2Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026n/a2,964 contacts →

“Topstep didn’t enter the prop trading space.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
3Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0001,598 contacts →

“Cboe Global Markets (Cboe) is the leading exchange network for global derivatives, foreign exchange, digital asset and securities trading solutions.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
4Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-5001,236 contacts →

“About Trading Technologies Trading Technologies is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform provider to the global capital markets industry.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
5Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500429 contacts →

“NinjaTrader: Driving innovation, empowering traders, and building a global community.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
6Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500277 contacts →

“Wolverine is a diversified financial institution specializing in proprietary trading, asset management, order execution services, and technology solutions.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
7Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500204 contacts →

“Gelber Group, a Chicago-based global proprietary trading company, has set the bar as one of the industry’s most innovative and enduring firms.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
8Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026n/a164 contacts →

“Nadex is the leading US-regulated exchange in North America offering binary option and spread trading on a wide variety of global markets.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
9Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20095 contacts →

“SpiderRock is a leading provider of advanced trading, risk management, and data solutions for global derivatives markets.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
10Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20069 contacts →

“Sterling offers trading platforms, OMS and infrastructure solutions and risk and margin tools.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
11Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20063 contacts →

“Headquartered in the heart of Chicago, Matrix Executions was founded in 2018 by a team of industry veterans, seasoned derivatives traders, and trading technology innovators.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
12Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5063 contacts →

“BlockFills is your premier destination for innovative digital asset trading and market technology solutions.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
13Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20060 contacts →

“HC Technologies is a premier algorithmic and discretionary trading firm with a specialty in the Foreign Exchange and Futures markets.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
14Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20054 contacts →

“Powering Global Trading Since 1989 Quick Suite Trading (QST) delivers fast, secure, and reliable technology solutions for the financial services industry.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
15Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20031 contacts →

“Founded in 2007, Sumo is a global, multi-strategy, multi-asset trading firm that equips professional traders with the necessary resources to accelerate profitability.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
16Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5027 contacts →

“Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago, Charlesworth Research is a proprietary trading firm active in futures, options, and equities across more than 30 exchanges worldwide.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
17Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5027 contacts →

“A registered Futures Commission Merchant ("FCM") providing brokerage, clearing, execution and technology services for Exchange Traded Futures and Option Contacts.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
18Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5026 contacts →

“Liquid Mercury delivers institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure for OTC desks, market makers, and asset issuers.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
19Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5023 contacts →

“AMP Global Clearing is a Chicago-based Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) providing access to the global electronic futures markets for Individual Traders, US & Foreign Introducing…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
20Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5017 contacts →

“Rival Systems empowers firms in the capital markets with the technology and resources required to compete in today’s markets.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
21Indirect evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5015 contacts →

“DFlow builds internet-native market structure.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
22Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261-1013 contacts →

“GX2 Systems is focused on providing the most efficient method of spread execution services in global electronic markets.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
23Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261-1013 contacts →

“Trade Angle Strategies LLC (TAS) is a systems developer of Automated Systems and Analytical Tools.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
24Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5011 contacts →

“HighGround Trading Group is a boutique futures brokerage specializing in providing clients with custom product solutions, cutting-edge trading platforms, traditional brokerage…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
25Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5011 contacts →

“CTS is a fully hosted professional futures and options trading platform that maintains direct connectivity to many of the world's largest exchanges.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026

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Trading platforms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026
37.9%Verified-email coverage
155.2Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
206.0%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
32
11-50
28
51-200
12
201-500
7
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
3

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than this city, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 84 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among trading platforms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “trading platforms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names trading platforms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among trading platforms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,939 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Trading platforms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names trading platforms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many trading platforms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 84 trading platforms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

CME Group, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most trading platforms?

New York leads with 173 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (84) and San Francisco (30).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,939 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 84 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 6, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.