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 | The goal of Wall Street Oasis’ Trader's Train is to give our users the best possible snapshot of life in sales & trading, from internships and recruiting to compensation and career progression. Working towards that goal, we’ve created a <a... SPOTLIGHT: Trader's Train Rules and FAQs | 0 | 2 years 1 week ago by WallStreetOasis.com | n/a |
 | Was told to expect a question like this in an upcoming interview. I've seen market making questions before but not involving measuring distance (usually see ones that involve something more easily guesstimated like population). Can anyone help me come up with a reasonable way to attack this... Interview Brain Teaser | 8 | 2 hours 35 min ago by Hans Moleman | 20 min 33 sec ago by Nakaldun7913 |
| Hi everyone
I was wondering the other day if I ever make it to the S&T division of a BB, how's the chance I get transferred to the US (preferably to NYC), without having a green card and stuff? Is it done through some sponsorship... Transferring from London to NYC | 7 | 12 hours 27 min ago by thestockwalker | 32 min 26 sec ago by thestockwalker |
| They've both been skyrocketing recently with another spectacular day for both. Fannie gained 11% and Freddie is up 9.5% for the day. What do you guys think long-term? Will the government let these two ever go private? Will the common shareholders get wiped... What's the deal with Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FMCC)? | 4 | 1 day 20 hours ago by i hate audit | 1 hour 51 min ago by mickeyd |
| 23 may 2013 whole day Indian share market showing a Bearish note. BSE SENSEX Today hits his 12 days low from 11/05/2013 to 22/05/2013 at 19,636.12 at 3:13 pm and nifty also goes hits 2 week low at 5,936.94 in early trade. Thursday Nifty Closed at 5,967.05 down by 127.45 points and SENSEX closed... Friday 24 May 2013 Expected Bullish Bearish Stocks || Nifty SENSEX Today Falls down 387.91 and 127.45 points | 0 | 5 hours 45 min ago by rashigupta | n/a |
| I am taking an investment class this summer and just scratched the surface of options and have a few easy questions I need answered.
Do you actually purchase options? The book explained the idea of options, but did not cover the purchase of them.....
The true question related to this is; what... Basic Options Question | 6 | 1 day 1 hour ago by BoomerSooner | 6 hours 2 min ago by trazer985 |
| Anytime there's a report "out," it affects the stock market either up or down be it retail numbers, jobless claims, agriculture #s, etc etc. Is there a list somewhere where we can check the schedule of what and when they... Where To find Schedule/info on when Fed/ Gov/ Industry reports data? ( employment,retail sales, labor mkt, etc reports?) | 7 | 22 hours 17 min ago by Jabber Monkey | 14 hours 59 min ago by MrV |
 | After learning what trading with personal money entails, can one make serious money while still applying money management and considering all of the other factors like drawdown, etc.? I am not talking about prop trading or trade desks, I mean with ones own personal capital, I know there are some... Becoming wealthy from trading, is it possible? | 34 | 5 weeks 5 days ago by Mps721 | 23 hours 36 min ago by Beny23 |
| Thinking of buying puts on NFLX. Don't want to short because I think the company has a slight chance of being bought even at its insane valuation that it currently trades at.
Any opinions?... Netflix bubble? | 9 | 2 days 23 hours ago by monkey_business | 23 hours 36 min ago by Beny23 |
| Did anyone intern at SMB Capital? Please share your... SMB Capital Trading Internship | 4 | 3 weeks 15 hours ago by Beny23 | 23 hours 40 min ago by Beny23 |
| So I understand that the Volcker Rule restricts banks from prop trading with FDIC insured capital/deposits (HF, Private Equity, etc.), but what if a bank uses non-deposit money? For example, capital raised from its own equity or debt, investor funds, profits, are these all part of the 3% exception?... Volcker Rule Clarification | 1 | 1 day 11 hours ago by Mongoose5 | 1 day 2 hours ago by alexpasch |
| If LNG is opened up for largely free/unlimited exports, will this likely lead to a new boom in natural gas trading? People i've talked with who work in the industry (E&P) seem very very excited about the possibility of gas exports.
This article came out a few days... LNG export approval: Impact on natural gas trading? | 1 | 2 days 19 hours ago by Oxidize | 1 day 14 hours ago by jotah |
| This has been something that's a complete plague for me for the longest time. As I got older I look pass it but every now and then this comes back to me and haunts me every time I make a... Trading Discipline - What have you done to get pass the feeling of "it'll go back up so i won't sell now" mentality? | 9 | 2 days 23 hours ago by Jabber Monkey | 1 day 16 hours ago by mrb87 |
| Are there any tools online (or otherwise) that can help me understand how to be a better trader on the sell side? Basically, I deal with a fair amount of BitCoin on a market with a large Bid/Ask spread and for BTC/USD I'm usually on the Ask. I'm looking for help in situations where I have... Learn to be on the sell side? | 2 | 1 day 18 hours ago by GentlemanJack | 1 day 17 hours ago by mrb87 |
| Hi everyone,
I am at a point in my life where I need some direction and asking the community for their feedback. I am 33 and have been an equities trader with a few prop firms in NY for the past seven years. I only graduated from a community college with an associates degree.
My passion has... Experienced trader seeking advice | 2 | 2 days 13 hours ago by Deanster | 1 day 17 hours ago by CreditAnalyst85 |
| Hello,
what are they referring to when they say,
"goldman sachs has made money every single day for the first quarter"?
how is daily P/L calculated when prop desks are... making money everyday for the first quarter? | 3 | 1 day 20 hours ago by dytsyh | 1 day 19 hours ago by Asatar |
| Where can I view historical price data for call/put options? Not finding it on Google or Yahoo... Historical price data for Options? | 3 | 1 day 23 hours ago by JDawg | 1 day 20 hours ago by Anchor |
| I think that the answer to this question depends largely on one's trading style. For instance, value investors might believe that the markets are never or maybe sometimes right. Those who rely solely on technical analysis to follow trends may believe that the markets are always right and... Are the markets always right, never right or sometimes right? | 22 | 3 days 23 hours ago by MindOverMonkey | 2 days 7 hours ago by Martinghoul |
| Are there any news sources or blogs that extensively cover the major macro/policy events of the past few years? For example, the QE/Twist programs, LTROs, etc. And more recently, the OMT and the BoJ mega-intervention? I'm envisioning a 15-20 page article that gives the course of events along... Good resource for learning about recent macro events? | 3 | 2 days 19 hours ago by chupadora | 2 days 12 hours ago by zee4 |
| On a tear, thanks to smaller than expected/forecasted losses.
Sure, gross margin is now "positive" (if one thinks 0.2% is positive), but operating income is still negative.
Yet, the market pushed JASO 50% higher today and most of the others are up by high single, low double... JASO and Solar stocks | 2 | 2 days 23 hours ago by peinvestor2012 | 2 days 14 hours ago by peinvestor2012 |
| Just out of curiosity, what would be an average daily P/L within a specific group at a trading house ? 50k? 500k?
I am sure it depends of the products being traded, but it would be nice to have an indication of what would a great trading team can... P/L | 5 | 3 days 20 hours ago by 16rl | 2 days 19 hours ago by Maximus Decimus... |
| What kinds of fixed income Excel models are used in trading/research? Is it usually just basic duration/PV01 stuff or something more complex? If anyone has a sample model they could share via PM or name some book/website that goes over any such model, that'd be great too.
Thanks, any... Fixed income modeling | 4 | 2 days 21 hours ago by Firefox | 2 days 19 hours ago by Finance_Eh |
| Hi guys,
I have got 2 offers from the same bank (top 3 american) for summer analyst 2014.
One is on the cross asset structuring desk and the other for credit hybrids trading.
I liked them both very much in interviews, in the next few days someone from each desk is going to call me, what kind... structuring vs trading | 11 | 6 days 9 hours ago by moritzplatz | 3 days 58 min ago by Maximus Decimus... |
| Hello,I was told about this site about year ago from an analyst on our desk. I sell government bonds for a large BB. I am going to try to maintain some anonymity here, so please do not ask me which bank. Also I have no interest in networking through this site. I get 10 calls a day from college... Treasury Sales VP Taking Questions | 89 | 1 year 39 weeks ago by sellthefed | 3 days 8 hours ago by susanpeng3 |
| Author's got mad quant cred: PhD in Physics at Cornell, worked at IBM's Watson Center and BBs. However, man dedicates the topic of his book to individual day-trading; dude is humble and super instructive, even pointing out things like how to download and align data ...
So, monkeys,... Ernest P. Chan's "Quantitative Trading" - Best book for starter ? | 16 | 1 year 24 weeks ago by nonTargetChimp | 3 days 11 hours ago by Arti |
