0 Cold call for a Trading position 10 13y
0 These numbers don't make sense! 6 16y
+19 Trading and Prestige 12 15y
0 Emissions Trading = Dead Zone 0 16y
0 Technical vs. Non-Technical Trading 1 16y
+16 Goldman never loses 6 16y
0 Quick question on Gamma and impact on P&L 8 16y
+15 Sales, Trading, Structuring, Research 5 16y
+13 List of Worlds Largest Petroleum Companies 18 6y
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0 SparkSpread: RBS Sempra Auction Frontrunners 11 16y
+94 Binary Options - Gaining traction 81 5y
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0 BNP Paribas 2010 Bonuses 4 16y
+21 Arbitrage - Does it really exist? 8 13y
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0 How Do the Pros Go Long? 18 16y
+56 Goldman Sachs Has First Perfect Quarter With Zero Trading Loss 33 14y
0 Poker Player - Trading Novice 11 16y
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+23 The Trade That Crashed the Market (Some ones loosing their job) 36 16y
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0 FX Market Share 2010 3 16y
+15 Optiver/Tibra vs BB Mental Maths test 13 16y
0 Soph. summer to set up for Junior summer 3 16y
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0 Trading & Sales 8 6y
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+17 Self study VBA 7 8y
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+4 S&T Associate Promotion 8 15y
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0 Currency movements - Question 4 16y
0 Back Office to Buyside 5 6y
0 Moore Capital interview help? 5 16y
+28 Goldman share price 19 16y
+15 Energy trader educational background? 11 6y
0 The Best FX Options Book? 5 16y
+114 Emerging Markets Trading - Questions 37 3y
+15 Derivatives vs. Fixed Income vs. Equities Trading 14 9y
0 Trader Experience in Prop Shops 2 16y
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+7 Documentary on Quants 8 6y
0 First year S&T associate (EQD derivs) pay? 5 16y
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+53 The Great Escape 45 6y
+10 Preparation for Metals trading analyst 13 13y
0 S&T and MFE? 0 16y
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0 S&T people 5 16y
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0 Front Desk Quant in BAML vs Quant Strategy Trader in Knight 5 8y
0 Advice on Moving, Security Desposits 3 16y
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0 Self Trading and BB 14 16y
+1 RIP TRADERS 6 16y
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0 Altair Nanotech/Delisting Question 1 16y
0 Sim Account for Trading 4 16y
0 AAPL Can't Be Stopped 12 16y
0 BB FT Prospects For 2010 SAs 10 16y
0 Bad Advise? 4 16y
0 The Volcker Rule will suffer death by committee 4 16y
+78 Are Traders really bigger ballers than Sales? 56 3y
0 How to get short on treasurys via an ETF 10 16y
+22 Desk Selection Rank 25 15y
0 Perspective of Chinese currency? 0 16y
+13 Colorado, anyone? 11 6y
+9 AAPL at $1000 next year? Time to buy 19 15y
0 I want to be an equity trader...How do I get on a desk? 6 16y
0 US DOLLAR VS EQUITY 4 16y
0 What do you think about this... 0 16y
+25 Math vs. Statistics 29 9y
0 Excel Count Function Question 4 16y
0 Best Trading Desks at Morgan Stanley? 4 16y
0 GS case - sneaky politicians 4 16y
0 Has the double dip come upon us? 2 16y
+50 A Response to "Which desk is best?" Type Questions... Please Read Before Posting 14 4y
0 Cramer vs. Sylvain Raynes 3 10y
0 Please send me the Vault guide to Finance interviews 3 15y
0 Question about specific trading groups 2 16y
0 Consulting to trading 10 6y

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