Bonuses at top prop shops

I'm considering making the switch from AM to a top propriety trading firm, while I know the base pay at most of these shops, does anyone have any word on the bonus #'s at a palce like SIG/DRW/FNYS? Also, i'm iffy on trillium cause there low base and living in nyc is expensive, but do they offer a competitive bonus?

Thanks

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Trillium offers a base salary of $500 per week in NYC. This salary is for one year, or until you make $100K. After that the salary is gone and it is purely P&L based.

Your bonus at Trillium is completely dependent on your performance (ie nothing is guaranteed. Therefore I would avoid Trillium if at all possible considering you can get a proper $50-80K base salary at the better prop. shops such as SIG/DRW/FNYS in addition to better training and huge bonuses also dependent on your P&L.

 

Yes you would receive a descretionary bonus at SIG DRW FNYS while in the training programs and not trading your own book.

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trade4sizeYes you would receive a descretionary bonus at SIG DRW FNYS while in the training programs and not trading your own book.

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Does anyone know the typical size of this discretionary bonus at places like SIG and DRW?

 

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