+14 hi Traders: quick question: "short" term for option and stock 8 10y
0 preparing for prop career 2 6y
+22 Informational Interview with trader 14 9y
0 Spot Trading Vs. Optiver advice 6 12y
+10 Commodities Confuddled? Devious Disaster? 1 3y
0 Bunge Superday? 2 11y
0 The futures & options markets are no longer viable. It is my recommendation that ALL customers withdraw from all of the markets 19 6y
+6 Prop Trading Firms in Los Angeles Area 15 6y
+7 Energy S&T bonus 3 14y
+13 Getco vs jane street vs drw 7 8y
0 Need some help from all you big swinging dicks... 25 14y
0 THE CONGRESS INSIDER TRADING SCANDAL IS OUTRAGEOUS: Rep. Spencer Bachus Should Resign In Disgrace 7 14y
0 Jane Street Interview--Winter Internship 3 14y
+15 prop trading vs capital one business analyst 5 6y
0 Hybrids Structuring 2 14y
0 Evolution Capital Trading? 0 6y
0 CDX Tranche Strategies 1 14y
0 Career Perspective at firms like Teza/Headlands/Eladian 2 11y
+14 Best prep for SA in exotic trading 4 6y
+19 Pay expectations for junior very successful prop trading model 6 14y
0 Bold trade? 20 14y
0 My P/L = 470%+ but I'm getting f*cked over by my employer. 15 14y
+31 FT Offers: Top BB S&T vs. BlackRock PMG FI 11 14y
0 Comparing prop trading to other industries...? 17 14y
+8 DB CIB Markets Analyst Super Day 20 14y
0 What happens if you get the job and end up sucking? 8 14y
+4 Help: Peak6 Trading assistant vs Transaction Services PWC 10 10y
0 China wants a taste of that U.S. IPO action 3 6y
+23 Understanding And Profiting From The Stock Market Swings 7 6y
0 Masters of Economics- S&T? 9 6y
0 Equities Liquid Markets Sales & Securitized Products Trading 1 6y
0 Using a connect - Relationship I could possibly leverage? 6 10y
0 Street Freak Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers 3 13y
+20 So what are traders personalities really like? 17 8y
0 Day in the Life of An Energy Trader 5 6y
0 Accounting vs. Math another dilemma at Baruch 16 14y
0 Backtesting Trading Strategies 7 5y
+6 Goldman Sachs Securities "Investing" 10 9y
+22 More attractive guys on trading floors? 19 14y
+5 Five Rings Capital or Jane Street Capital? 4 14y
0 Confused about desks 4 14y
0 How do you break through as a trader at top firms? 5 14y
0 Resume/ Trading Opportunity 2 14y
0 Prop shop comp question 2 6y
+51 Ok so what is the essence of trading ? 26 14y
+18 Have an idea - how to execute? 3 14y
0 Strategist role at an agency broker 1 6y
0 Jefferies the Next Domino to Fall? 15 14y
0 how will euro behave if emu sheds weaker countries 3 6y
0 Sovys 0 14y
0 Volcker Rule and market making 5 14y
0 Series 7 - Exam difficulty 20 8y
+54 [deleted] 59 12y
0 Rejected - How long to wait? 2 10y
0 Rotman International Trading Competition, Legit? 24 8y
+14 URGENT: Phone conversation with a BB FX Prop VP 6 13y
0 Am I Gunning For the Right or Wrong Industry? 8 6y
0 Trading while in college 15 11y
0 Post MF Global career options.. 4 14y
0 Resume Help - Not many spaces 4 10y
+25 Jump trading 29 8y
+52 Margin Call: The Movie 47 14y
+2 applying online - Recruiter? 4 10y
0 Clearing up confusion from previous waterloo S&T topics. 3 6y
0 What else could I be doing? 9 14y
+4 d.e. shaw quantitative stategies 13 14y
0 Start career at SIG or a top technology firm? 9 14y
+16 Tough Career Decisions 4 14y
0 Cheiron Trading 9 14y
0 Credit desk 1 14y
0 How Much do (stock) Traders make for their firms/companies? 2 14y
0 Decision: DB vs Prop 15 6y
+42 Rates, FX & Commodities Desks in London 15 6y
0 3 internships already, get more? 4 6y
0 quant/HFT 6 14y
0 PEAK6 Trading Assistant Interview 5 13y
0 Netflix 20 14y
+140 College major for sales and trading (& is trading dead??) 165 8y
+10 Trading simulator. Help needed 5 14y
+20 How to bet against US treasuries w/o an ETF 10 14y
+7 commodities trading - moving from physical to paper? 6 14y
+13 Energy Relative Value Trading 7 14y
0 Citigroup benfits 1 14y
0 Wealth Connect 3 14y
0 Pricing oil calendar spread 7 14y
0 Is CS necessary? Or is programming experience good enough? 8 14y
+8 Commodities Trading - Differences between firms? 20 10y
+11 E&Y Valuation & Business Modelling Exit Opportunity (Canada) 5 6y
0 Nomura vs Citi FT S&T 7 14y
+24 I want to be a Trader. Am I delusional? Undelude me. 17 14y
+42 Canada's highest paid trader 28 6y
0 Cantor Fitzgerald - Any comments? 6 10y
+29 Life-time earnings of successful MD at an investment bank 27 6y
0 How would single currencies be reinstated to replace the Euro? 10 6y
+11 i dont fucking gamble 13 14y
+13 Trading Assistant Interview 29 9y
0 Apple Missing Targets 5 14y
0 EU hopes for deal on short-selling, CDS curbs 5 14y
0 Trading desks next 3-5 years 1 14y
0 IBD/Junior Broker - advice appreciated 23 14y

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