+6 Tips for first day as an equity trader 2 3y
+19 Quant Derivatives Trading 9 3y
+29 Ranting about UK work culture 10 3y
+8 First time ever in NYC: advice 4 3y
+5 What Drives The Structure of the FX Forward Curve? 2 3y
+3 Best discretionary prop trading desks NYC for experienced trader 1 3y
+3 What do new trading analysts (>2 years) do at banks? 1 3y
+9 XM pros and cons 1 3y
+3 IB Summer Analyst - Want to Trade 1 3y
+15 Deleted 1 3y
+10 Is it too late to recruit? 5 3y
0 Commodity traders, which one you like and why? 2 3y
+18 Path to hedge fund from an exotics derivative trader? 7 3y
+3 FT S&T / Quant Analyst Applications @ BB? 0 3y
+9 Jane Street vs Optiver Internship (Summer 2023) 9 3y
+6 Credit Sales Interview @ BB 3 3y
+5 Exotics Trading from Econ Undergrad 11 3y
+5 Ask for job back? 2 3y
+5 Future of Physical Commodities Trading 1 3y
+4 Advice for S&T Superday 3 3y
+7 Structuring to Trading? 1 3y
+22 Worried S&T grad position at BB will fall through 4 3y
+15 Picked IB FT over S&T SA 1 3y
+8 What do traders at regional banks like SVB do? 4 3y
+3 delete 1 3y
+66 can someone give me insight on the culture at a physical trading house (vitol, trafigura, mercuria) 40 3y
+8 How to interview interns/graduates 1 3y
+39 Not fitting in with ags culture 12 3y
+10 Using VBA as a Fixed Income Sell Side Trader 1 3y
+9 Bank of America S&T Groups Ranking 0 3y
+3 Sales and Trading Commodities 1 3y
+27 Switching to S&T from Brokerage 11 3y
+11 The state of FX trading 4 3y
0 rates trading vs rates research for comp/exit opps 1 3y
+15 Buy-Side vs Sell-Side S&T Comp through the levels 4 3y
+12 Overcrowded factors 2 3y
+6 CISI derivatives exam 2 3y
0 First year associate comp 1 3y
+3 How to switch from sales to trading 3 3y
+3 Possibility of Market Risk/CCR Quant to FO Quant/Risk Quant Dev 1 3y
+9 JP Morgan Short Term Fixed Income Strategy (US Interest Rates) Analyst 12 3y
+3 Too late for s&t 2024 SA? 1 3y
+6 Cash Equity Sales or ECM 2 3y
+6 EQD Sales? 4 3y
+58 Refiner vs Supermajor 16 3y
+8 Still time to get into IBD or S&T? 3 3y
+3 2023 S&T Comp - Toronto 2 3y
+4 Strategy Desks at BB 1 3y
+4 What is an excellent/good/poor return on VaR in commodity trading ? 2 3y
+3 Trading Case Studies 1 3y
+23 Anyone trade / run a money market fund? 1 3y
+7 Sticking to cash equities? 9 3y
+49 How hard is it really for non target, non white, older male to get a seat in trading? 12 3y
+3 IR & FX Derivatives Sales Interview Questions 1 3y
+1 How does the hours compare between capital market, sales & trading and equity research? 1 3y
0 GS Women Trader's Academy 2 3y
+11 Crude oil or gasoline? 6 3y
+9 Question: MBNKF (ADR) MTRO 1 3y
+5 Power Trading Exits 2 3y
+6 Is execution trading at an AM or HF boring? 2 3y
+5 How interest rates affect investment banks (S&T) 4 3y
+12 Transitioning from Market Risk Analyst to Front Roles in Energy Trading 1 3y
+12 Suggestions for writing morning brief 1 3y
+8 Intern with no work 3 3y
+12 Prop Trading at Investment Banks 10 3y
+3 Speaking with an MD and ED in a week, any tips? 1 3y
+17 Dealing with tough atmosphere as an intern 5 3y
+3 S&T SA 2024 - Canada 1 3y
+6 Any merger arbitrage trading desks left? 4 3y
+3 Thoughts on Wells Fargo S&T Commodities 0 3y
0 Breaking In Full Time From Target, but No Finance Internship 1 3y
+46 Anyone here in ‘Electronic Trading’? 18 3y
+9 Return off for fall graduate ? 1 3y
+71 How to break into commodities?? 42 3y
+14 Politely asking to take a dump during trading hours 9 3y
+28 Commercial job at a midstream company or producer seems WAY better than starting at a trade shop. What am I missing? 4 3y
+3 What are you thoughts on Sales & Trading? What are Exit Opps? 1 3y
+5 BP GDP Trader Comp Progression 11 3y
+62 Is it true that the golden days of trading at investment banks are over 54 3y
+12 No Return Offer - Now What? 1 3y
+6 Any Trafi Traders Around? 1 3y
+3 INM 1 3y
+19 Would it rub my manager the wrong way to hint that I want to move to front office 10 3y
+3 Fixed Income Financing Group at Barclays 1 3y
+3 Trader Compensation 1 3y
+3 S&T Scotiabank Toronto Fall 2023 6 3y
+7 How to trade level breakouts without risks 1 3y
+4 S&T interview question 2 3y
+13 BB Structured Credit Trading vs HF Quant (non research) 1 3y
+3 High Yield Credit Sales/Trading in Canada 11 3y
+3 GS BOSTON FICC TRADING2024 1 3y
+10 Networking During S&T SA 1 3y
+8 Goldman Sachs Interest Rates Products vs CITI Interest Rates Products 8 3y
0 Delete delete delete 1 3y
0 Can you do personal trading in India while working as a mutual fund dealer in Canada ? 1 3y
0 What banks are still recruiting? 1 3y
0 Breaking into credit Sales/Trading 1 3y
+3 ETC Endure Energy/Energy Transfer 3 3y
+3 Analyst in a group going under 3 3y
+9 IB to Trading? 11 3y

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