[Soultrader]

Here's a quick list of the market players. I must of made this years ago when I used to day trade stocks. May need some updating.

The Major Players:

GSCO (Goldman Sachs)
SBSH (Salomon Smith Barney)
MSCO (Morgan Stanley)
MASH (Mayer Schweitzer)
MLCO (Merrill Lynch)
HRZG (Herzog)
PRUS (Prudential)
LEHM (Lehman Brothers)
FBCO (First Boston)
HMQT (Hambrecht and Quist)
NITE (Knight Securities)
BEST (Bear Sterns)
JPHQ (JP Morgan)
UBSW (UBS Securities)
BOFA (Bank of America)
MONT (Montgomery Securities)
HMQT (Hambricht & Quist)
RSSF (Robertson Stephens)
MASH (Meyers & Schwartz)
PIPR (Piper Jaffray)

ECN’S

ARCA (Archipelago)
ISLD (Island)
ATTN (Attain)
MKXT (MarketXT)
BTRD (B-Trades Services)
NTRD (NexTrade)
BRUT (The Brass Utility)
EDI (Redi Book)
CINN (Inet)
STRK (Strike)
INCA (Instinet)

[dctrader]

Originally Posted by Soultrader »

Here's a quick list of the market players. I must of made this years ago when I used to day trade stocks. May need some updating.

The Major Players:

GSCO (Goldman Sachs)
SBSH (Salomon Smith Barney)
MSCO (Morgan Stanley)
MASH (Mayer Schweitzer)
MLCO (Merrill Lynch)
HRZG (Herzog)
PRUS (Prudential)
LEHM (Lehman Brothers)
FBCO (First Boston)
HMQT (Hambrecht and Quist)
NITE (Knight Securities)
BEST (Bear Sterns)
JPHQ (JP Morgan)
UBSW (UBS Securities)
BOFA (Bank of America)
MONT (Montgomery Securities)
HMQT (Hambricht & Quist)
RSSF (Robertson Stephens)
MASH (Meyers & Schwartz)
PIPR (Piper Jaffray)

ECN’S

ARCA (Archipelago)
ISLD (Island)
ATTN (Attain)
MKXT (MarketXT)
BTRD (B-Trades Services)
NTRD (NexTrade)
BRUT (The Brass Utility)
EDI (Redi Book)
CINN (Inet)
STRK (Strike)
INCA (Instinet)

For the most part a pretty comprehensive list.
Only changes I would make to the list are:

SBSH: Citigroup Global Markets
JPMS: JP Morgan Securities
UBSS: UBS Securities
JEFF: Jefferies Inc.

and the newly created BATS Trading ECN under the MMID BATS