FORM 4

                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP



| |     Check this box if no longer subject
        to Section 16.  Form 4 or Form 5
        obligations may continue.  See
        Instruction 1(b).


Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility  Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)

                                                                                       
1.  Name and Address of Reporting Person*   2.  Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol     6.  Relationship of
                                                                                                 Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
CASTORO,       JOHN                             ITEX CORPORATION  ("ITEX")                          (Check all applicable)
                                                                                               --  Director          -- 10% Owner
                                                                                               X   Officer           -- Other
                                                                                                 (give title below)  (specify below)

                                                                                               Vice President
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(Last)       (First)          (Middle)      3. I.R.S.            4. Statement for
                                            Identification          (Month/Year)
c/o ITEX CORPORATION
3400 COTTAGE WAY                            Number of Reporting
                                            Person, if an
                                            Entity                -------------------
                                            (Voluntary)
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(Street)                                        --                                          7.  Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                                  5. If Amendment,                  (Check Applicable Line)
SACRAMENTO         CA          95825                                 Date of Original        X   Form filed by one Reporting Person
                                                                      (Month/Year)           --  Form filed by More than One
                                                                      12/31/2001                 Reporting Person
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(City)         (State)          (Zip)




TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED


                                                                                               

                                                                                     5. Amount of
                                                           4.   Securities             Securities    6. Ownership      7. Nature of
                                                              Acquired (A) or          Beneficially    Form: Direct      Indirect
                                          3. Transaction      Disposed of (D)          Owned at End    (D) or            Beneficial
1. Title of Security 2. Transaction Date    Code(Instr.8.)   (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)         of Month      Indirect (I       Ownership
      (Instr. 3)         (Mo./Day/Yr.)       Code     V       Amount  (A)or(D) Price   (Instr.3,4,5)   (Instr. 4)        (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock                12/31/01           P               16,400     A     $0.14      41,400           D
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Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of  securities  beneficially
owned directly or  indirectly.  *If the form is filed by more than one reporting
person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE  SECURITIES  ACQUIRED,  DISPOSED OF, OR
BENEFICIALLY OWNED(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)


                                                                                             


                                                             6.Date                                  9.Number   10.Owner-
                                             5.Number        Exercisable   7.Title and                of Deriv-  ship Form
                                             of Derivitive   and Expira-   Amount of                  itive      of Deriv-
                                             Securities      tion Date     Underlying                 Securities itive
                                  4.Trans-   Aquired (A)     (Mo./Day/Yr.) Securities       8.Price   Benefi-    Security
1.Title    2.Conversion 3.Trans-   action    or Disposed     ------------- (Instr.3 and 4)   of Deri- cially     Direct    11.Nature
of         or Exercise   action    Code      of (D)          Date          ----------------  vitive   owned at   (D) or    of Bene-
Derivitive Price of       Date    (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3,4,5)  Exer-   Expira-       Amount or Security End of     Indirect  ficial
Security   Derivitive   (Mo./Day/ ---------- --------------  cis-    tion          Number of (Instr.  Month      (I)       Ownership
(Instr.3)  Security       Yr.)    Code    V     A      D     able    Date    Title Shares    5)       (Instr.4)  (Instr. 4)(Instr.4)
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Explanation of Responses:



**Intentional  misstatements or omissions of facts  constitute  Federal Criminal
Violations. /s/ See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).


               /s/ JOHN CASTORO                             1/28/02
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               John Castoro                                 Date
               Signature of Reporting Person

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.