Reuters
Others aren't so lucky.
JP Morgan and Citi's bond traders are going to get the shortest end of the stick in terms of pay.
While JP Morgan scored some of the biggest mergers and bond deals this year, its fixed income revenue dipped 14 percent to $10.6 billion. This was the biggest decline among the big five investment banks but it still retains the largest share of fixed income revenues.
JP Morgan is expected to pay $10.8 billion in bonuses and compensation to all its staff this year - the least when compared to Goldman Sachs' $12.6 billion and Morgan Stanley's $16.3 billion.
All the banks earned about $16 billion in the third quarter, up 19 percent from last year, according to Bloomberg's estimates.
Citing the financial crisis, the IMF and the White House have criticized banks for tying compensation to performance because it doesn't force bankers to think of the long-term consequences of their actions.
The banks begin reporting their earnings next week, so then we'll get a good picture of how well they performed last quarter.