+53 Landed a position at Glencore straight out of Uni - Now how do I become a trader? 26 3w
+28 cmu carnegie/tepper v. cornell engineering 17 1mo
+9 An Overview of Sales and Trading in India 0 1mo
0 SMBC S&T Rates SA 1 2mo
+9 Commodity Trader? Career Path? 0 3mo
+19 bump 5 3mo
+7 Story of a 2.7 GPA in a Russian BB: «Misconceptions, lies and money» 1 3mo
+111 Path to Energy Commodity Trading Seat 28 4mo
0 JERA 0 4mo
+26 JP Morgan Markets 2020 Summer Desk Placement 27 4mo
+17 Physical Commodity Trading career: If you started over again. 4 4mo
+19 Unsure of long-term career plans, Sales And Trading a good fit? 4 6mo
+28 Most Useful Credentials For a Career In Physical Trading? 34 6mo
+20 Barclays VP vs JP Morgan Associate 8 7mo
+3 JP Morgan Off cycle internship 6 7mo
+18 Networking in Commodities Trading - Advice 5 8mo
+9 Advice on trading idea 2 9mo
+12 Structured finance bonus 25 9mo
+16 Felony Record about to be expunged advice on how to get into IB or S&T? 6 9mo
+39 Commodity Book List 14 9mo
+12 relatively easier to get into? IBD vs DCM vs S&T 6 9mo
+15 Buy-Side vs Sell-Side S&T Comp through the levels 4 10mo
+9 JP Morgan Short Term Fixed Income Strategy (US Interest Rates) Analyst 12 10mo
+21 MS Finance/Masters of Financial Engineering to break into Sales & Trading. 9 11mo
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+13 Trading Futures - Worth It? 4 11mo
0 Forex Trading Charts 1 11mo
+21 Long term career opportunities at physical trading houses? (besides trader) 15 1y
+24 Thoughts on crude oils next big moves given the economic landscape? 5 1y
+26 Sales & Trading SA 2023 Application Updates (London). 140 1y
+17 Physical Trading Questions 2 1y
+6 HELP. ! Resume dilemma 1 1y
+9 Risk to Quant Strat 1 1y
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+88 Entry-Level Natural Gas Scheduler 38 1y
+6 [Compare] Rates Trading in Asia (ex-japan) 1 1y
+16 AML/KYC Can it be fully automated? 13 1y
0 JP vs MS Research 1 1y
+114 Akuna Capital Math Test? (And Interview Process) 120 1y
+64 Optiver Trading Numerical Test 88 1y
+180 Getting an S&T Return Offer - A Survival Guide for Future Interns 34 1y
+4 JPM S&T V.S. Bofa S&T (HK summer) 10 1y
+14 JP Ops vs Non Bank S&T 1 1y
+23 Power trading internationally 11 1y
+30 BB Algo Trading vs Tier 3 Prop Shop 16 1y
+3 JP Morgan Securities Services Leadership Programme 1 1y
+7 BlackRock vs JPMC 5 1y
+19 Advice for a physical commodity career 11 1y
+18 Lateral movement 1 1y
+1 Markets with JP Morgan or Corporate Banking with Wells Fargo? 1 1y
+12 JP FO quant vs DB S&T 3 1y
+9 Why The Nex-Gen Love BIRKENSTOCK 1 1y
0 Breaking into Commodity Trading 7 1y
+41 Glencore or Trafigura graduate program? (or others) 5 1y
+9 Trade Support Analyst vs Prime Brokerage Ops Analyst 1 1y
+9 Risk Quant at BB - 2nd master to break into FO? 1 1y
+9 TP Global FX - The Game Changer 1 1y
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+49 Analyst told me to go fuck off based on nationality 12 1y
+3 "G7 leaders discuss price cap on Russian oil over Ukraine invasion" 2 1y
+12 I am a self-directed trader about to broker with JP Morgan's institutional side 1 1y
+6 Average delete 1 1y
+253 Sales in S&T: Dead-end career path in 2020? 134 1y
+3 2022 S&T Summer analyst pay raise? 2 1y
+4 Commodity Trader Salary 5 1y
+4 Changing offices (Equity S&T) 5 1y
+68 Example of commodity trade in real life - Sri Lanka and Vitol. Accurate? 21 1y
+3 Market/Credit Risk comp 1st year at a BB? 1 1y
+156 Correlation between top degrees and a career in commodities 55 1y
+23 Top S&T Desks in HK? 17 1y
+17 Failed to pass Flow Traders math test, feeling I've missed a good opportunity 13 1y
+68 The definitive trick to passing a prop trading math test. 12 1y
+19 Best path to move to NYC, LDN from Tokyo 5 2y
+12 Return Offer Rates During a Reccession 9 2y
+5 Algo Equity Trading 1 2y
+9 From IB to BB trading or prop trading (junior level) 2 2y
+5 Chances of a russian default? 4 2y
+18 S&T in Asia from UK semi/target? 12 2y
+14 JPM Intern Placement - Best Desks in S&T? 4 2y
+14 IB to Markets? Seeking Advice... 4 2y
+12 S&T BAML - London 1 2y
+10 Rate My Chances - Breaking into BB without College Degree 1 2y
+12 JP Morgan Sales and Trading Summer Analyst - FT Salary Expectation? Desk placement process? 3 2y
0 London Assessment Center for Off-Cycle Internship at JP Morgan 1 2y
+9 Can the SEC bust non-US citizens for insider trading? 1 2y
0 JP Morgan Summer Internship Assessment Centre 1 2y
+6 Credit suissie and JP Morgan quant 1 2y
+3 JP Morgan markets AC 1 2y
+44 Trading and Mental Arithmetic 36 2y
+103 Calling all Physical Commodity TRADERS: Benchmark indices and physical commodity trading risk 22 2y
0 Barclays 2021 hiring process? 1 2y
+6 Do you see the Markets and S&T divisions at other top banks getting a pay bump as well? 2 2y
+11 Couple questions for bond futures 1 2y
+6 Markets/S&T raises? 1 2y
0 Moving on? 1 2y
+18 JPM S&T vs. BCG NY - Received offers from both companies 11 2y
+17 Ambitious Japanese Boy 3 2y
0 JP Morgan Trading Desk connect 1 2y
0 Best Bank of America Trading Desks 1 2y
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