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 (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): March 21, 2006

                          FIRST MONTAUK FINANCIAL CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 0-6729

           NEW JERSEY                                  22-1737915
 (State or other jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

                            Parkway 109 Office Center
                             328 Newman Springs Road
                               Red Bank, NJ 07701
              (Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

                                 (732) 842-4700
               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code


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Item 2.02     RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

     On March 21, 2006, First Montauk Financial Corp. (the "Registrant")  issued
     a press release  announcing  results for the fiscal year ended December 31,
     2005. A copy of the press release is attached as exhibit 99.1.

     The  information  in this  report  shall not be deemed  to be  "filed"  for
     purposes  of Section  18 of, or  otherwise  regarded  as filed  under,  the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Unless expressly incorporated
     into a filing  of the  Registrant  under  the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
     amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, made after the
     date hereof, the information  contained herein shall not be incorporated by
     reference into any filing of the  Registrant,  whether made before or after
     the date hereof,  regardless of any general incorporation  language in such
     filing.

Item 9.01     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     Exhibit    Press Release of First  Montauk  Financial  Corp. dated
      99.1      March 21, 2006.









                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                           FIRST MONTAUK FINANCIAL CORP.


                                           By:   /s/ Victor K. Kurylak
                                              -----------------------------
                                              Name:  Victor K. Kurylak
                                              Title: Chief Executive Officer
                                              Date:  March 22, 2006


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

    Exhibit
     Number        Description
    -------        -----------

      99.1         Press Release dated March 21, 2006