+18 Trade Support vs Trading Assistant 5 4mo
+3 BNP Paribas Comp 3 4mo
+16 SPG Sales Comp 6 4mo
+4 What pays the best, IB, S&T, PE? 7 4mo
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0 Renegotiating Accepted Offer 1 4mo
+5 Algo Trading for Sports Betting 9 4mo
+46 Physical Metal Traders: Where is the money? 37 4mo
0 MO to FO 1 4mo
+9 Commodity Trader? Career Path? 0 4mo
+9 Exits for MBS/CMBS/Securitized trader 6 4mo
0 Lateraling in PE 1 4mo
0 What are the steps and compliance to start our own prop trading firm (commodities) 0 4mo
0 Off-cycle starting in September 3 4mo
+2 Citadel commodities associate 3 4mo
0 ETF Sales Analyst @ (JS, DRW, SIG) 1 4mo
0 S&T soph summer --> IBD 1 4mo
+6 Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Starck Real Estate 0 4mo
0 Pricing of Credit default swaps 1 4mo
+3 S&T Brainteaser Help 3 4mo
+6 EM Sales Technicals? Help 1 4mo
0 XVA trading comp 1 4mo
+8 How likely can a guy with normal intelligence break into Quant trading 4 4mo
+3 Coking coal commodities role 1 4mo
+37 Breaking into commodity trading 26 4mo
0 Incoming Fixed Income Summer Analyst - looking for sources to better understand the business 2 4mo
+20 Commodities: Fin Trading or Trade Finance? 3 4mo
0 Practical trading skills 2 4mo
+8 Any Oil/ Gas traders from Houston 10 4mo
+11 Looking for advice, move into FT S&T role 2 4mo
0 COFCO International UK - thoughts? 3 4mo
+15 Renegging MBB to go into S&T 16 4mo
+12 LSE undergraduate 10 4mo
+6 S&T to Commodities Trading 7 4mo
+10 Baird Institutional Equities 1 week program 10 4mo
+19 bump 5 4mo
+22 Commodity Trader? Career Path? 5 4mo
+12 Commodities Trading Resources 7 4mo
+1 Generating trade ideas 2 4mo
+6 How to get an entry level job in physical commodity trading? 3 4mo
+6 Why are traders divided into different sectors? Trading is just math... 7 4mo
+3 S&T in Los Angeles 9 4mo
+6 Marex Commodity Trading 4 4mo
+10 Credit Analyst to Commodity Trading 3 4mo
+11 Getting started in physical trading 4 4mo
0 Superday Interview 1 4mo
+6 Sophomore wanting to break into physical commod trading 2 4mo
+16 Commodity Trading Entry Odds 6 4mo
+3 Commodity Trading out of Undergrad 5 4mo
+9 Commodity Trading 4 4mo
+7 Story of a 2.7 GPA in a Russian BB: «Misconceptions, lies and money» 1 4mo
+2 How often do you clear personal trades with compliance? 1 4mo
+11 What things I should consider before joining a small gas or power trading company? 4 4mo
+23 Long Careers in Commodities & Trading for the Love of the Game 3 4mo
0 Soon to be bb credit trading intern, any tips? 1 4mo
+13 How much are commodity traders getting paid these days? 35 4mo
0 Is accepting a Trading role at a Fixed Income asset management firm a dead-end role if I leave the firm eventually? 1 4mo
+11 Do people recruit for s&t roles anymore? 5 4mo
+15 Poker Skills / Quant Trading / Market Making 1 4mo
+35 Education required for algorithmic trading 15 4mo
+19 There is no clarity about the job title "Quant Trader" and because of that I don't know how to prepare for this career if I had one year. 5 4mo
+51 Sell Side Trading vs Buy Side Execution 20 4mo
+14 Q&A: Incoming FT First-Year S&T Analyst From Someone Who DIDN'T Intern in S&T 14 4mo
+9 Insight on RWE Commercial Grad Program 1 4mo
+17 BB S&T vs AM for SA 5 4mo
+2 2nd Year S&T Associate looking to lateral into IB 8 4mo
+12 Attention S&T!! 1 4mo
+18 Interview with shorter term trading fund - what to expect? 1 4mo
+5 structured products group BB, FO? 4 4mo
0 Estimator in shipbuilding to commercial shipping /finance 2 4mo
+9 Breaking into IB/S&T from Back Office 2 4mo
+22 Calling all S&T/Markets Associates & VP's 7 4mo
+9 Entry Level Analyst, Middle Office BNY Mellon Role--Whats the deal? 1 4mo
+46 IBD vs Commodity Trading - Career Decisions 36 4mo
+6 LatAm Rates and FX 1 4mo
+18 Choosing trading desk: Macro credit vs USD Swaps 10 4mo
+28 Barclays London — Bank of America Hong Kong 16 4mo
0 Summer 2024 Intern on a Trading Desk in Toronto 1 4mo
+14 Starting Career at a Less Known Firm? 2 4mo
+8 Reading list for incoming QR role at top trading firm 1 4mo
+8 Best Sales and Trading Desks 3 4mo
+10 Sales and Trading Path/Exit Ops 2 4mo
+1 When do multi-manager PM's typically hire? 2 4mo
+14 Hedge Fund vs. BB 11 4mo
+9 Sales and Trading Recruiting 1 4mo
+51 2023 Canadian Analyst + Associate Bonus Thread (S&T) 25 4mo
+6 rates swaption/exotics trading vs rates structuring 2 4mo
+12 Do people "lateral" into trading from anything which isn't trading? 5 4mo
0 Wells Fargo 2024 SA HK Markets 0 4mo
+12 S&T related first year summer internship (hopefully to break into S&T) 3 4mo
+13 Fertilizer Trading 3 4mo
0 MBS trading prep… lost 2 4mo
+9 Optiver SPX Floor Analyst vs Bulge Bracket (Citi, Barc, DB, UBS) S&T 4 4mo
0 Project Financing 1 4mo
0 Deleted 1 4mo
+16 Best Desks in GS Fixed Income 7 4mo
+6 Likelihood of being laid off? 2 4mo
+2 Move from S&T to IB? 1 4mo
+8 Typical Return Offer Rates For S&T 2 4mo
+1 Nomura Fixed Income Sales 2 4mo

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