I've made a big mistake, and now I have to chase my passion, Trading, again.

I want to start with saying that Trading and the Capital Markets are my Absolute Passion and it is something that I am certain I will be good at and have performed very well in, in the past (last two years).

When I was a Senior in Undergrad, I had offers to 1 consulting gig, 1HF (performance based income - but it was easy to perform easy at this HF since their tech is incredible), 1 Big Bank Trading Program, and 1 Petroleum Company Corp Finance gig...

I accepted the Consulting gig cause I had no idea what I truly wanted, and Trading had a certain level of insecurity to it.... Well, I messed up... I hate consulting.

I have semi-developed Trading strategies that actually have very positive returns and I track the markets and various tickers every day. I do this of course working 60 hours a week as a consultant. The consulting firm I work for is a Big4, PwC, which is a big up and coming consulting practice. They have acquired some pretty top gun firms in the last three years: Diamond Consulting, PRTM, Bearing Point, ABC Strategy Consutling... PwC now takes business away from McK, BCG, and Bain... unfortunately, I hate consulting.

I am willing to quit this job tomorrow if a Trading offer comes around and I am in the New York office, I WILL MOVE ANYWHERE to fullfill my passion and achieve my dream... I believe that I am THAT good at Trading if I am just given a chance.

Can any of you guys please assist me on what I should do to have the quickest exit as possible and transition into a Trading role at a Bank, Energy Trading shop, HF, paid Prop shop, or any Fund in need of Trading Strategy Analysts/Traders?

I have worked at: a Fortune 10 for 6 months as a Co-op managing 270 million, Executed a 2 billion dollar bank expansion in Dubai and Damascus, and now work at PwC as a Banking and Tech Ops consultant Managing CDO portfolios and Process Flows - I will send my resume to anyone who thinks that I might be cut out for a real trading gig.

Please help me out guys.

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