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Caxton Associates (USA) LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 132823

Filed as CAXTON ASSOCIATES (USA) LLC

Caxton Associates (USA) LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2005, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 18, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$4,627,271,602
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Caxton Associates (USA) LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Caxton Associates (USA) LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Caxton Associates (USA) LLC located?

Caxton Associates (USA) LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Caxton Associates (USA) LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Caxton Associates (USA) LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 132823.

How much does Caxton Associates (USA) LLC manage?

Caxton Associates (USA) LLC reports $4,627,271,602 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 18, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Caxton Associates (USA) LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Caxton Associates (USA) LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $25,697,075,466 in the October 2021 data and $4,627,271,602 in the October 2026 data, down 82%. Total employees: 142 in October 2021 and 25 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Caxton Associates (USA) LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (9).

Does Caxton Associates (USA) LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/132823

What changed in Caxton Associates (USA) LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $3,747,757,758 to $4,627,271,602 (+23%).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$4,627,271,602

$4,627,271,602 as of October 2026, filing dated September 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,627,271,602.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 9 Assets $4,627,271,602 (100%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 25. Performing investment advisory functions: 12.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
NY

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$25.7B 2021 $26.7B 2022 $22.3B 2023 $25.6B 2024 $3.75B 2025 $4.63B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,627,271,60225September 18, 2026
October 2025$3,747,757,75827May 30, 2025
October 2024$25,576,448,898162March 28, 2024
October 2023$22,258,290,000148May 23, 2023
October 2022$26,687,115,000153August 29, 2022
October 2021$25,697,075,466142October 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $25,697,075,466 in the October 2021 data and $4,627,271,602 in the October 2026 data, down 82%.

Total employees: 142 in October 2021 and 25 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,747,757,758 to $4,627,271,602 (+23%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
caxton.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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