+21 Small prop shop offer: is it a big deal? 15 6y
+3 Positive Equity vs SIG 2 6y
+7 Univ. of Geneva Commodity Trading Masters - Need some advice 5 6y
+9 Susquehanna International Group (SIG) 1-h phone interview - What to expect? 1 6y
+12 Looking for insights on HSBC pls. 4 6y
+3 Agricultural Commodities Trading in Switzerland 2 6y
0 E*Trade Fined 3 6y
+58 Ask Monty09: 144 6y
0 Investing in Preferreds 7 6y
0 Explaining Daily Market Moves 1 6y
0 BB Middle office / risk roll --> junior trader at hedge fund question 2 6y
0 10k bet on Greek default 24 6y
0 Small Investors Keep Market Up As Institutions Enjoy 1 6y
+5 Vega Neutral Options Strategy 4 6y
0 19 year old 3 6y
0 Greek Elections 4 6y
+4 Double Major - Classics & Computer Science 10 6y
0 Potential Market/Economic questions for S&T recruiting 2013 2 6y
+1 Greek 10 year 3 6y
+21 The Importance of Expectations 1 6y
0 Retarded Question RE: Bond Trading 5 6y
+8 Two myths about the Ukrainian conflict 2 6y
+7 Oil short term forecast: down 0 6y
+12 Quick Question on Petrocurrencies 1 6y
+10 EM/Macro Distressed Trading 2 6y
+30 Very Basic BOND question (can't get head around it) 7 6y
0 Direct relationship between MXN and EUR...? 9 6y
+3 Structured /Illiquid Credit Trading 1 6y
+10 Incoming MIT/Princeton Mfin BBS&T recruiting question 10 6y
+3 VIE - Volunteer for International Experience 1 6y
+30 Commodities without degree? 10 6y
+69 Best BB firms for S&T 113 6y
+23 Prospect for G10 Short Macro / STIR trading desk 14 6y
+14 Prop trading at BB 10 6y
+3 SA 2021: banks that SPONSOR 1 6y
+13 Trading positions in Amsterdam? 2 6y
+3 BB FT recruiting 2 6y
+94 Q&A: Options Trader at Top Prop Firm 46 6y
+9 High Strategy Accuracy Currency 1 7y
+33 How Important Is Math and Mental Arithmetic 16 7y
+28 Q&A: Agri trader 6 7y
+19 Didn't receive return offer and feedback wasn't clear 6 7y
+19 S&T from MBA.....What am I missing? 9 7y
+12 xCCY RV In Bonds 1 7y
+46 Recovering from Trading Career Failure 18 7y
+10 Middle Market IB Trading Desks? 2 7y
+16 2019 BB Sales & Trading recruiting timeline? 19 7y
+3 Small and Mid cap market maker 1 7y
+3 Corporate FX trader ? 4 8y
+12 Switzerland or Netherlands for a career as Quant/Trader? 1 8y
+12 I work in GS Tech, how do i move to trading or close to it? 1 8y
+3 Best desk(s) at a broker nowadays ? 2 8y
+15 Power Trading Hedge Fund 3 8y
+3 How will Dodd-Frank / Volcker Rule Reform affect Sales and Trading for BBs? 1 8y
+23 Brent Oil Prediction 2018 17 8y
+139 Q&A - I quit my job as a bond trader to fight MMA in Peru 55 8y
+12 Can someone help me? 1 8y
+12 From Engineering to Trading (EU) 1 8y
0 When do trading firms/BB recruit for summer internships (S&T or prop trading)? 1 9y
0 Fidelity Investments 14 9y
+27 ABS Trading and Credit Derivatives Trading 45 9y
0 Do Analysts generally sign clients or are given any in their first months/year? 0 9y
0 Futures Trading specific book advice. 0 9y
+32 Funding Desks 22 9y
+16 Need Advice-Got offer from BB for SA but how do I let them know I have been suspended in the past? 7 9y
0 What non-Bulge Bracket sales & trading internships/opportunities should students be aware of? 0 9y
0 ECB claims US Market Participants are involved in "Insider Trading" 6 9y
0 Forward Rates - How to read website 24 9y
0 Is this a real trading job? Can S&T ever go back to taking real prop risk? 2 10y
+22 What do you get out of being sell-side trader/sales? 9 10y
0 These Comp numbers are Bananas 3 10y
0 Volcker Rule - BBs still hiring traders? 3 10y
0 Summer analyst positions - Call back? 2 10y
0 International Students - Traders, prop shops, and BBs 1 10y
0 CFA® or other alternative? 4 10y
+32 Questions on Carry 12 10y
0 Associate hire in BB 5 10y
+19 Internal Wholesaler - Institutional Sales' departments in the BBs 9 11y
0 Do BBs have a set amount of hires from each superday? Or is this random? 9 11y
0 MM S&T: traditional market making 6 11y
0 S&T trading interview process? 10 11y
0 Super days for S&T positions 2 11y
+19 MM S&T prospects 27 11y
+24 HFT Firms Place Trades with Military Towers 5 11y
0 What types of trading are there? 24 12y
+42 Metals/Coal Marketing/Origination 15 12y
0 Financial Times vs. Economist for S&T SA 9 12y
+7 BB S&T Compensation 2 12y
+21 FX - EUR/AUD on the verge of a mega reversal? 20 12y
0 S&T Associate recruiting season - about to start, or DOA? 4 12y
+21 Ernest P. Chan's "Quantitative Trading" - Best book for starter ? 16 13y
0 Jefferies Fixed Income 25 13y
0 Average first-year comp. at reputable prop. shops? 1 13y
+92 Best graduate schools for sales & trading 92 13y
0 Best Fixed Income Trading firms 2 13y
+20 Deutsche Bank star trader Christian Bittar 11 13y
+26 JPM - 2011E / 2012E Detailed Revenue IB Split (FICC, Eq) 13 14y
0 Reject a summer offer at a BB because you want to do trading? Advice needed 4 14y
+7 IDB (think ICAP) vs S&T (GS,JPM,MS) 15 14y
0 Index options trading 5 14y

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