Has anyone heard of:
Sun Trading
Knight Capital
Bracebridge Capital
EWT
What do you think about these firms in terms of pay, prestige etc?
Also what do you guys think about electronic trading as a career choice?
I would appreciate any helpful insights.
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except for Bracebridge Capital
No idea about the relative ranking among them. However, I am not sure if electronic trading is a good choice for fresh graduate, especially for those career changers. Just my two cents.
Hudson and IMC are pretty solid shops. Knight is one of the leaders in electronic trading. Sun is having major problems; they laid off their entire options desk on valentine's day. And I've heard terrible things about them.
Bracebridge is a fixed-income hedge fund, not a high-frequency prop shop.
Numerous HFT firms are facing significant problems as of late. Just something to consider.
Do you have inside knowledge about this or are you just guessing? I'd be curious to see more info on HFT firms struggling, either threads or articles.
Thanks.
Knight has always been the big name in Electronic Trading. They have a very good reputation across the street and is known for being market makers.
Knight Capital is a publicly traded company. That means all of their historical performance is available for the public to see, with the power of Google.
I agree with Brady4MVP, HRT and IMC are both very legit.
High Frequency Shops (Originally Posted: 12/16/2009)
Hey guys,
I was wondering if you guys could help me out- I've been trying to compile a list of high frequency shops. They're something that I've been wanting to learn more about.
Here a few that I've heard about through friends and googling:
Getco Jane Street Capital Jump Trading Wolverine Hudson River Trading
If you guys know about any other ones, let me know. Also if you guys know anything about these above firms, feel free to contribute too. Thanks! All help appreciated!
Citadel is also another big one. Getco is highly secretive in their entire operations. There's a good article on them recently written no the wsj.
DRW's a reputable prop shop. And, of course, there are the usual suspects (aka huge hedge funds): DE Shaw, Bridgewater, RenTech, Highbridge, etc.
I asked in a previous post about this Sun Trading, which my recruiter friend puts in the same league of Jump Trading and Getco. Someone please comment.
similar style as Getco and Jump, but much smaller and less prestigious...
Spot Trading Transmarket Group Optiver
I hope you're a math robot.
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