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How do you trade a moving average?
I'm trying to learn more about trading and so I started by trying to trade using a simple SPY 200SMA rule. If SPY > 200SMA, go long, otherwise go to cash. Lot of research papers have talked about this, but implementing it is pretty hard. I tried using stops but my stops (both on the up move and down...
PDF of "Fundamentals of Futures and Option Markets" Hull
Anyone have a copy they could send my way? Would be much appreciated! Can be any edition from 5th and up. Thanks, again.
Oil Major Trading Programs - Long Term Prospects
I have an offer with an oil major with a respectable operation (Chevron, P66, BP or Shell). Seems like a really great program to become a trader, I think if I dedicate myself to it I will come out prepared to do well and trade some type of oil in a profitable manner. My main concern is my ability to...
BET 365 Financials
Hey guys. Friend gave me some money for sports betting and I also found that BET 365 is offering financial betting on major indexes and FX Pairs. Trading is like investing in binary options and I find it very difficult to trade as pair must finish above target price in lets say 5 min TF and you...
Q&A:Investment Sales Broker
Currently been working as an investment sales broker for four years specializing in multifamily, mixed-use, and development sites in the 1-30 million space in NYC . Go ahead, fire away. Oh, and if it counts for anything, I worked for three years at a prop trading desk in Chicago.
Gold bugs squashed by aggressive selling
Bullion sinks to five-year low on concerted wave of selling... 'curious what you guys think of this.. looks like the fall was mainly during the asian trading hours. Is this china's way of trying to assuage fears of impending stock market losses? If this is an unnatural fall, do you think the prices...
Stay in Technology or move to Front Office?
Hello everyone, need your advice on my future career. I am studying Computer Science in top UK uni, I finished 2 years already out of 3 and now doing a year placement at the top investment bank as a Technology Analyst in London, afterwards going back to uni for the last year. I'm doing well at work...
R or Python for FI Analyst?
Hi all, I'm a senior with 3 months left in university. I'm taking two programming courses with the same prof. The prof offered to combine the courses and bootcamp me in one language. I'll basically be building yield curves and backtesting trading strategies. He used to work in the industry and has...
League Tables/Rankings for Fixed Income, Commodities and Currencies
Wondering if there's anything that ranks FICC divisions by profitability with further breakdowns on business areas - I guess something like IBD Thomson Reuters League Tables for the trading world?
Market Making skills for directional/prop trades
I have read that many option market makers can make good money trading options but I was curious as to how that skill set (whhatever it might be) can be used for directional trading on equities or whatever underlying. I was hoping someone who works in the industry or in this job could provide me...
Is the center of power in banks shifting?
Back in the 80's, bankers were at the top of the pyramid at investment banks. The booming economy, lower taxes and regulations, all prompted a massive M&A and IPO wave, and bankers reaped the rewards. In the late 90's Equity Research Analysts , especially those covering the hot tech sector, were...
Trader to MBA
I am a 26 year old energy trader who has an UG in finance and an MFE from a top program. I've been trading for 2 years in physical energy at a top merchant trading firm such as glencore, trafigura, tenaska trading physical commodities (natural gas, oil etc. I don't want to mention specifics because...
Gift For Trading What Field Should I Go Into ?
I have been trading a personal account on and off for nearly 3 years and have been immensely profitable with the small amount of capital I have. My recent trade on 190 and jan spy puts appreciated almost 1000% when I sold them. I trade futures & options and hold anywhere from 1-10 days. I'm a big...
Q&A: Trading Associate
I've been away for a while... Work will do that to you... But I'm back for the long weekend. Ask Me Anything. Like so many I used Q&A's as a huge resource breaking into S&T . A little back ground on me. Attended a non-target school, athlete, broke into a BB S&T role, have had numerous opportunities...
Difficulty to go from a general finance internship to full time Sales and Trading
Hey guys first post here! So I go to a target school and I accepted an offer with Aetna as an incoming Summer Analyst for their Finance Internship Program. I'm excited for the opportunity and I'm sure Hartford will be pleasant in the summer but now I am a bit worried that I shot myself in the foot...
Full-time opportunities for 2016 Graduates
What full-time opportunities are left for 2016 graduates? I come from a semi-target school but have had a tough time with full-time recruiting. I ideally want to do something market focused; S&T , Prop Trading, Equity Research, HF , etc, but I feel that most of those opportunities have passed. Any...
jumping ship from eqty to muni FI? next step in career
Hi everyone-- I have been a long-term lurker, and finally decided to join the site as a member. I graduated from a non-target liberal arts school in TX, and landed a BO summer analyst position at a bulge bracket between my junior and senior year. I toured the BB 's trading desk and got to shadow a...
Q&A Discretionary Hedge Fund Trader
I did one of these before a couple years back when i was on the sellside, and figured why not do another one since these threads seem to get a lot of traction and provide a lot of useful info for kids. My background: -Discretionary trader at a large hedge fund, focusing on credit and convertibles...
Proprietary trading
Prop Traders are on of the Highest Paid people on Wall Street. Any Prop traders here ? How do i become one ? Average salary of a Prop Trader ?
Top sales/trading desks at Deutsche Bank
Just accepted my offer now wondering which desks at DB would be the best to rotate through for a SA . I know they have historically been top dogs in FX and strong in FI . How does strategy 2020 affect the outlook for these two areas? Seems like mortgages is a place to stay away from right now.
What platform do you use for your personal trades?
1. I am sure quite a few of the monkeys on here maintain personal stock portfolios. 'curious what tools most people use & why? (e.g. TD Ameritrade, Scotttrade, Etrade, other banks' trading accounts, brokerage accounts where you make trades by calling in, etc). As far as I can tell, ScottTrade is the...
Landing on internship from Baruch College?
Hey guys, I moved to NYC last year and attending Baruch College majoring in Finance. I'm interested in doing internship on a good Prop trading firm. What are my chances? I'm a straight B student, good at math and economics/finance. Did some trading before with my money. I heard Chimera Securities do...
Directional trader paths
Hypothetically speaking, if someone was an outcast in society and possessed no other talents or ability to work a normal corporate job, but had an amazing talent to predict market prices with psychic-accuracy and make directional bets that would permit him to have a double digit Sharpe ratio, would...
Prop Trading vs Quant Firm Compensation
Suppose I have offers from Two Sigma and a couple small time trading firms (100 employees), what should I choose if I want to maximize my earnings in the: 1 year time frame, 2 year time frame and 5 year time frame? Glassdoor says this trading firm has a salary of only 80k for traders and Two Sigma...
Screwed for Investment Banking FT?
Hello WSO , I need your help. I am a Junior at a target school. I have a Sales & Trading offer from ( GS / JP /MS), and it expires soon! If I take the S&T offer, am I screwed for IBD full time? I do not want to do S&T Full Time. It is only first semester here, so accelerated applications only went...
The SGD dilemma – To ease or not to ease (again), that is the question
To answer the easing question for this April’s policy meeting, one needs to acquaint with the series of events that has happened so far: January 2015 – Et, tu MAS? MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) hopped on the easing bandwagon along the likes of Canada, India, Europe and surprised the...
Trying everything to breakinto S&T, Need CV advice and what to do next!
Hi all, A little intro: I'm at a top 10 UK univeristy, I am studying physics and am currently on placement year. I've always been interested in financial markets and ultimately that is why I want to break into S&T .I am currently recruiting for Off-Cycle/Summer internships next year. The issue I am...
Mobility Locationwise in S&T
I'm a bit curious on the marketability of S&T skills in different parts of the world. If you work in a particular region for a period of time, how much mobility will you have if you look for similar opportunities in a different region? For example, if you trade a particular product line in Asia...
Portfolio/Program Trading
Had a phone interview for an equity portfolio/program trading role. Sounded to me like a really interesting and exciting job. I'm weighing it against a couple other positions. Was wondering if anyone had any experience on one of these desks. Had a couple of specific questions: * Long term is this a...
Internship application
Hi, I am applying for summer internships in Sales and Trading. I did my undergrad in London and I am currently doing a Masters degree in USA. Is it possible for me to apply for the same bank in different countries? For example, applying for Sales and Trading Summer analyst program at GS / JP /MS in...
INTL FCStone FI Trading?
Hey guys, I was looking into INTL FCStone and was curious if anyone who knows more about the firm could give some insight on their trading desk/how it functions, particularly fixed income. From what I understand, their main focus is on commodities and a lot of their business revolves around risk...
Software developer supporting credit traders at JP Morgan or commodities traders at Wells Fargo?
Is it better to work as a software developer supporting the credit derivatives trading desk at JP Morgan or supporting the commodities trading desk at Wells Fargo ? Assuming both jobs offer equal compensation, which would provide a better career path in the long run, for a technologist who has an...
Trading Weather and Making it Rain
If you could trade weather and make money, would you do it? Or better yet, even think that it is possible? You could add this as something being bizarre and Ripley may add it to his bizarre collection. Believe it or not, it is possible to trade weather. More specifically, weather is traded as a...
Repo/Securities Lending Trader, what's their Profit Pattern?
Hi All, More than happy to join you! I am a new member of this awesome forum, currently working as a Trade Support since graduated master study in 2014. Before coming to US in 2013, I worked in Asia on a FX Spot desk. Regarding to the subject: As far as I know, repo/Security Lending facilitates...
Non-target Senior Break into Trading***
I am a senior at a non target school near NYC . I am a finance major with a 3.2 and i started an investment club on campus. I have been trying to do some research on prop trading firms vs. sales and trading at BB and i was wondering what the best way to go about it is? What are my chances of...
The Wolf of Wall Street: A Monkey's Review
"Well Mr. Belfort, in case you were wondering, you tested positive for co***ne, methauqalone, benziodiazepnes, amphetamines, MDMA, opiates, and marijuana. In fact, the only thing you're not showing is hallucinogens. What's wrong, you don't like those?" - page 297 You've (hopefully) seen the movie....
Anyone Read "Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs"? This book is either going to save my life and make me hate the rest of it.
Rising junior looking for interview and networking advice. I look great on paper but really struggle conveying that I'm a good fit for banking/ trading /sales. I think it has to do with my story telling ability and atypical background based on some of the things this book points out as critical to...
FICC Revenues
Is there any asset class on the trading desks at the banks right now that is increasing in volume above a lot of others? Also, is there any particular new product that has come around recently and is showing promise? (like CDS 's in the 00's, power deregulation in the 90's, etc)
What to do with my 80k trust fund?
In September I turn 21 and I gain access to a trust fund with 80k. I was wondering if anybody had any good suggestions on how to go about investing it?? Right now I plan on trading equities and options. My strategy will be selling naked puts on stocks I want to own and covered calls on stocks I do...
How to leverage trading job into moving back into NYC area
Hello fellow monkeys, I've just recently started a job at one of the most respected prop trading firms in Chicago. I'm learning tons of new material every day and thoroughly enjoy what I'm learning/doing. However, due to several circumstances I need to move back to the greater NYC /Philadelphia area...
Working an order in the market
Hi, I've got a simple question about equities trading . When you receive a client order, you may work it in the market as a % of volume. For example, you may work a 1,000,000 shares order for Vodafone at 20% of the volume from 12:00PM on Monday. If I wanted to calculate the theoretical VWAP for...
Trading Start as a Novice
Hi guys, I have a strong interest in capital markets and micro-structure. I am an upper junior mathematics student and want to break into one of the BB 's capital markets division. I haven't really traded myself and am still learning. I am reading some papers and building some algos for...
Al Chalem: Wall Street's Murder Mystery - Dare YOU Solve It?
This is your chance to play Sherlock Holmes and do what the FBI can't or won't - solve the 15 year old murder of one of their informants Alain Chalem. Using only your own gray matter and personal contacts, instincts, along with the Internet as a research tool, why do you think Al was pumped full of...
How do you handle a poorly performing portfolio?
I consider myself a rookie investor, I have two separate accounts: one for my IRA and another Robinhood account for testing my own ideas and research. The later of mine is performing poorly (luckily it does not have much money in it) and I was hoping to gain some insight on how others of you deal...
why is trading suspended?
What happened at the NYSE?
Networking with traders
Hey everyone, Currently an intern at a BB within a general finance role. I was paired up with my mentor who's a Director in Muni trading . We've been spending sometime together and hes going to be introducing me to some of the traders who work with him (equity, fixed income) as well as letting me...
Dough.com - thoughts?
Anyone try out dough.com? thoughts?
Transition from trading to research
How difficult is it for a junior Equity/Credit trader (1-2 years experience) to transition into a fundamental Equity/Credit research role within the same BB? Is it easier to transition from Equity trading to Equity Research, or from Credit Trading to Credit Research? Because from my understanding,...
Firm Compensation
Now that recruiting is coming to a wrap, does anyone want to begin compiling how much firms are offering in terms of first year comp? (Base-Signing)? This could apply to both banks (S&T) and prop trading .
Physical Trading: Crude vs LPG
For the pros out there. What is your take on crude marketing / trading vs LPG marketing / trading? What would you say is the future of both and which one has more growth potential. What is the relative attractiveness and is one more lucrative than the next (and if so, is the gap expected to...
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