UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


 
FORM 8-K
 

 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
Date of report: December 4, 2018
(Date of earliest event reported)


E*TRADE Financial Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware
1-11921
94-2844166
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
11 Times Square, New York, New York 10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(646) 521-4300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
______________________________
 
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Item  7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure
 
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (the “Company”) is presenting at the Goldman Sachs U.S. Financial Services Conference tomorrow morning, December 5, 2018. During the presentation, the Company will discuss its Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), and customer margin balances for the month of November. For November 2018, the Company reports preliminary DARTs of 275,000, a 9 percent decrease from October. Derivatives represented 32 percent of total preliminary DARTs in November. Preliminary customer margin balances ended the month at $10.8 billion, down from the October month-end balance of $11.2 billion. The Company intends to issue its standard monthly activity report for November on or about December 14, 2018.

The information appearing in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
 


 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


  E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION  
       
Dated:  December 4, 2018
By:
/s/ Lori S. Sher  
    Name:  Lori S. Sher  
    Title:    Corporate Secretary