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

SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-101)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO
RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)
(Amendment No.1)

Teton Energy Corporation
(Name of Issuer)
 
Common Stock par value $.001
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
881628101
(CUSIP Number)
 
Harris I. Sufian, Esq.
 
FIRST NEW YORK SECURITIES LLC
90 Park Avenue 5th Floor
New York, New York 10022
212-331-6853
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


    December 17, 2007       
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing
of this Statement)
 
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box:  ¨


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CUSIP No.
13D
 
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
First New York Securities LLC
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
2
    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP             (a) [  ]
            (b) [ x ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC (see Item 3)
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
[  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
906,590
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
None
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
906,590
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
None
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
906,590
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 [   ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
5.3%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
BD





CUSIP No.
13D
 
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Thomas F. Donino
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
2
    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP             (a) [  ]
            (b) [ x ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
AF (see Item 3)
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
[  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
227,364
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
None
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
227,364
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
806,490
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,033,854
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 [   ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
6.0%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN





CUSIP No.
13D
 
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
BATL Management LP
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
2
    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP             (a) [  ]
            (b) [ x ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC (see Item 3)
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
[  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
200,000
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
None
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
200,000
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
None
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
200,000
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 [   ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
1.2%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN





CUSIP No.
13D
 
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Lee Higgins
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON (ENTITIES ONLY)
2
    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP             (a) [  ]
            (b) [ x ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
PF (see Item 3)
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)
[  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
United States
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
40,000
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
None
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
40,000
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
100,100
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
140,100
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 [   ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.8%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN

 

 


Schedule 13D
 
Item 1.    Security and Issuer.
 
This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (the “Amendment”), is being filed by the undersigned to amend and supplement the Statement on Schedule 13D (the “Statement”) filed by First New York Securities LLC (“FNYS”), BATL Management LP (“BATL”), and Thomas F. Donino (“Mr. Donino” and together, the “Reporting Persons”) on June 6, 2007, with respect to the common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”), of Teton Energy Corporation., a Delaware company (the “Company”).  The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 410 17th Street, Suite 1850, Denver, Colorado 80202.
 
Item 2.    Identity and Background.
 
The first paragraph of Item 2 of the Statement is hereby amended and restated as follows:
 
(a)-(c) This Statement is being filed by First New York Securities LLC (“FNYS”), BATL Management LP (“BATL”), Thomas F. Donino (“Mr. Donino”) and Lee Higgins (“Mr. Higgins”), together, referred to as the “Reporting Persons”.

Item 2 is hereby supplemented by the addition of the following paragraph:

Mr. Higgins, whose business address is 90 Park Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10016, is a Partner of FNYS, who shares discretionary authority over certain of its trading accounts.  Mr. Higgins is also solely responsible for the investment activities of the Lee and Kaori Higgins account (the “Higgins Account”).

Item 3.    Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
 
The information contained in Item 3 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
 
Since May 30, 2007, the amount of funds expended by FNYS and the Higgins Account was $1,106,133 and $161,464.98 respectively.
 
Item 4.    Purpose of Transaction
 
The information contained in Item 4 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
 
Mr. Higgins acquired beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock to which this Statement relates for investment.
 
Mr. Higgins may acquire additional shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company or sell or otherwise dispose of any or all of the shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company beneficially owned by him. Mr. Higgins may take any other action with respect to the Company or any of its debt or equity securities in any manner permitted by law.
 
 

 
Except as disclosed in this Item 4, the Mr. Higgins has no current plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the events described in Items (a) through (j) of the instructions to Item 4 of Schedule 13D.
 
Item 5.    Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
 
The information contained in Item 5 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety.
 
(a)            As of January 30, 2008, the Reporting Persons beneficially own an aggregate of 1,173,954 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 6.8% of the outstanding Common Stock. FNYS beneficially owns 906,590 of such shares, representing approximately 5.3% of the Common Stock outstanding, Mr. Donino beneficially owns 1,033,854 of such shares, representing approximately 6.0% of the Common Stock outstanding, BATL beneficially owns 200,000 shares, representing approximately 1.2 % of the Common Stock outstanding and Mr. Higgins beneficially owns 140,100 shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 0.8% of the outstanding Common Stock.
 
(b)            Mr. Donino shares dispositive power over 806,490 shares of Common Stock owned by FNYS. As Managing Partner of BATL, Mr. Donino has sole voting and dispositive power over the 200,000 shares of Common Stock owned by BATL. By virtue of his control over the Donino Accounts, Mr. Donino has voting and dispositive power over 27,364 shares of Common Stock, which includes 10,700 held in custody for each of his children, Brittany Donino and Alyson Donino. Mr. Donino disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock owned by FNYS, BATL and the Donino Accounts, except to the extent of his actual economic interest therein.

Mr. Higgins shares dispositive power over 100,100 shares of Common Stock owned by FNYS.  By virtue of his control over the Higgins Account, Mr. Higgins has voting and dispositive power over 40,000 shares of Common Stock.  Mr. Higgins disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock owned by FNYS and the Higgins Account, except to the extent of his actual economic interest therein.

(c)            Except for the transactions set forth in Schedule I annexed hereto, none of the persons identified in Item 2 has effected any transactions in the Common Stock during the past 60 days. All such transactions were effected in the open market.
 
(d)            Not applicable.
 
(e)            Not applicable.
 
Item 7.    Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
 
The information contained in Item 7 of the Statement is hereby amended and supplemented as follows.
 
A.  
Agreement of joint filing, dated January 31, 2007, pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 


 
1 Based on 17,150,039 shares of common stock outstanding on November 9, 2007, as reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.
 



SIGNATURES
 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.
 
Date:  January 31, 2008

            FIRST NEW YORK SECURITIES L.L.C.

            By: /s/ Harris Sufian                                                                                         
           Name: Harris I. Sufian
           Title: Managing Member


            BATL MANAGEMENT LP
            By: /s/ Thomas F. Donino                                                                              
           Name: Thomas F. Donino
           Title: Managing Partner


            /s/ Thomas F. Donino                                                                                                 
            Thomas F. Donino


            /s/ Lee Higgins                                 
            Lee Higgins

 

 



SCHEDULE I

All transactions reported in this Schedule were effected on the American Stock Exchange and on one or more electronic communication networks (“ECNs”).

This table sets forth information with respect to each purchase of Common Stock which was effectuated by First New York Securities LLC in the last 60 days.

Trade Date
Buy Sell Ind
Quantity
Price
Net Amount
11/7/2007
B
2,000
4.199
8,398
11/8/2007
B
3,500
4.1914286
14,670
11/28/2007
B
5,000
3.8
19,000
11/29/2007
B
2,000
4.095
8,190
12/4/2007
B
4,400
4.1497727
18,259
12/6/2007
B
200
4.42
884
12/7/2007
B
600
4.3467
2,612.82
12/7/2007
B
10,000
4.4262
44,262
12/7/2007
B
1,000
4.21
4,210
12/10/2007
B
2,000
4.53
9,060
12/11/2007
B
8,250
4.4596
36,791.70
12/12/2007
B
500
4.45
2,225
12/13/2007
B
2,000
4.37
8,740
12/14/2007
B
3,000
4.327
12,981
12/17/2007
B
4,100
4.3168293
17,699
12/17/2007
B
1,100
4.25
4,708
12/18/2007
B
1,000
4.319
4,319
12/19/2007
S
-15,000
4.25
63,749.02
12/19/2007
B
2,100
4.25
8,925
12/20/2007
B
3,300
4.5015152
14,855
12/21/2007
B
3,800
4.5291
17,210.58
12/21/2007
B
5,000
4.506572
22,532.86
12/26/2007
B
5,000
4.8702
24,351
12/28/2007
B
5,000
4.75
23,750
12/28/2007
B
5,000
4.7492
23,746
1/2/2008
B
2,000
4.76
9,520
1/3/2008
B
8,000
4.81125
38,490
1/7/2008
B
800
4.6375
3,710
1/7/2008
B
5,000
4.66
23,300
1/8/2008
B
4,300
4.66
20,038
1/23/2008
B
5,000
4.51
22,550
1/28/2008
B
10,000
4.7271
47,351
1/28/2008
B
100
4.62
462
 

 



This table sets forth information with respect to each purchase of Common Stock which was effectuated by Mr. Higgins for the Higgins Accounts in the last 60 days.

Trade Date
Buy Sell Ind
Quantity
Price
Net Amount
11/28/2007
B
10,000
3.8
38,008





Exhibit A
Agreement of Joint Filing

Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned persons hereby agree to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Statement on Schedule 13D (the “Statement”) to which this Agreement is attached as an exhibit, and agree that such Statement, as so filed, is filed on behalf of each of them.
 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement.

Dated:  January 31, 2008

                FIRST NEW YORK SECURITIES L.L.C.

                By: /s/ Harris Sufian                                                                                             
               Name: Harris I. Sufian
               Title: Managing Member


                BATL MANAGEMENT LP
                By: /s/ Thomas F. Donino                                                                                  
               Name: Thomas F. Donino
               Title: Managing Partner


                /s/ Thomas F. Donino                                                                                                   
                Thomas F. Donino


                /s/ Lee Higgins                                     
                Lee Higgins