A Documented Record
Across more than two decades of registration, the official public record for Argo Futures Group, Inc., NFA ID 0284124, reflects zero NFA actions, zero CFTC actions, and zero exchange actions. The record documents an uninterrupted regulatory history beginning with the firm's original application in December 1997 and concluding with the withdrawal of its registrations and NFA membership in January 2021.
This page preserves that regulatory history and provides the primary-source documentation necessary to distinguish the corporation from other businesses, branch arrangements, or trade names that may also appear in public search results.
NFA BASIC — Official Record
Argo Futures Group, Inc.
'Not an NFA Member' reflects the firm's withdrawal of membership and registration following the conclusion of operations. It is not a disciplinary designation.
Distinguishing Two Separate NFA Records
A search of the NFA BASIC database for the Argo Futures name produces two separate records. Those records concern different regulated businesses and carry different NFA identification numbers, locations, principals, and regulatory histories.
The regulatory status and actions associated with the Chicago record should not be attributed to Argo Futures Group, Inc. The entries can be distinguished through their separate NFA identification numbers, locations, principals, and registration records.
NFA Arbitration Record — 2004
Case Reference
NFA Arbitration Case No. 03ARB00092
Decision Date: May 13, 2004
Argo Futures Group, Inc. was the claimant in National Futures Association Arbitration Case No. 03ARB00092, decided on May 13, 2004.
The published record identifies the matter as involving a debit balance and Argo's request for attorneys' fees, costs, and interest. Argo pursued recovery of the account deficit through the NFA arbitration process.
The decision awarded Argo Futures Group, Inc. $13,418.33 in compensatory damages and $2,000.00 in attorneys' fees, for a total award of $15,418.33.
The amount was subsequently paid, and the matter was concluded.
This record is preserved as part of Argo Futures Group's historical regulatory archive and is presented for documentary and educational purposes.
Award Summary
Twenty-Three Years Without a Single Action
A regulatory record of zero NFA actions, zero CFTC actions, and zero exchange actions across twenty-three years of continuous registration is not a default condition. It is an achievement — one that required consistent attention to compliance, honest communication with clients, and a deliberate operating standard maintained across every market environment the firm encountered.
The futures industry is closely regulated for good reason. The instruments it deals in carry substantial risk. The clients it serves range from sophisticated commercial hedgers to individual investors encountering futures for the first time. The regulatory framework — administered by the NFA and the CFTC — exists to protect those clients and to maintain the integrity of the markets. A firm that operates within that framework without incident, year after year, is demonstrating something real about how it conducts its business.
The Argo Futures Group regulatory record is not presented here as a marketing claim. The firm no longer operates, and there is nothing to sell. It is presented because the record is part of the historical truth of what the firm was — and because the archive's obligation is to preserve that truth accurately and completely. The clean record is as much a part of the firm's history as its founding documents, its professional collaborations, or the circumstances of its conclusion.
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