+3 Has anyone ever took a Hybrid Trader Intern Interview for Belvedere Trading in Chicago? 1 6y
+31 Prestigious Prop Shop Exit Ops 7 6y
+12 Entry Level Job Advice - commodity execution trader 1 6y
+21 Physical Trading vs. Mkt Making 3 6y
+14 Bad Move To Ask For Travel Money For Interview? 4 6y
+15 How is BB S&T these days? Is it on the downswing? And how does it compare to prop trading? 1 6y
+12 Ranking the Top Proprietary Trading Firms in 2019? 1 6y
+20 Which companies in Chicago are siloed, and which are collaborative? 5 6y
+10 Interview for Supply and Trading Internship with BP 1 6y
+38 Allston Trading cuts employees amid low volatility 17 6y
+9 Gelber Group Junior Trader? 5 6y
+12 Is a $60K Base Salary + 25% Sales Commission + 5% Equity a good compensation package for a Hedge Fund Sales Director? 1 6y
0 ML London: best desks for Markets (had mistakenly put this in I-Banking discussion) 1 6y
0 Suits for 1st year analysts? 4 6y
0 Advice - European student with good grades 5 6y
0 Confused about salaries 7 6y
0 Carbon Emissions 3 6y
0 Got offer, question on comp package 6 6y
0 Derivative Sales (Goldman) *A few innocent questions* 13 6y
0 Advice for a former military officer who wants to be a trader? 34 6y
0 Equity exotics vs swaptions trading 7 6y
0 Equity Derivative Sales 34 6y
0 "Hot" Currency pairs for spot fx 1 6y
0 Need some advice on choosing 2 offers 5 6y
0 Comp in top HFs vs top BBs 16 6y
+10 London Trader's Chime in 3 6y
0 BB analyst training NY --> commodities trading London 5 6y
0 Swap Rates/Spreads 5 6y
+4 Citi Numerical Reasoning Test - London 2 6y
0 STATE STREET Interview Question 9 6y
0 Investment Challenge Stock Picks 7 6y
0 pre-tradng path 11 6y
0 London Analyst Comp 2008-2009 0 6y
0 major for trading in london 4 6y
0 After a Few Years of Trading which type of grad school do you look into? 9 6y
0 Non-American Trading Firms 3 6y
0 For the experienced: BB prop desk in USA or Euro BB sell-side options - London 3 6y
+28 DB > MS a mad decision? 13 6y
0 JP Morgan FX Options 2 6y
0 Futures Trader turned Porn Star 6 6y
0 GS London vs Barcap HK 9 6y
0 Which path for MSc Finance 1 6y
+19 MSc from LSE? 12 6y
+10 S&T SA facebook achievements section 9 6y
0 Best Transition Career for Trading/ or FE Masters programs 0 6y
+13 List of Worlds Largest Petroleum Companies 18 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Structuring Salary - London 0 6y
0 European SA recruiting 3 6y
0 Unsure of best career direction - UK engineering student (semi-target) 2 6y
0 interest rate derivatives jr. salesman primary dealer questions 0 6y
0 A real baller trader - from phone to Porsche 11 6y
0 7City training and test prep 4 6y
0 Structuring or management consulting 8 6y
0 Too Late in the Day to Trade? 0 6y
0 IBD - trading switch london 6 6y
+4 INTERNATIONAL PROP TRADING FIRMS 26 6y
+15 London Based HF's, Prop Shops, and Buy Side Firms 11 6y
0 Sudeo Masters in Financial Engineering for Trading 2 6y
0 What would you do in this situation? 2 6y
0 Prop Trader Wanted For Promising New Career Path 2 6y
0 Finnburg Switzer 0 6y
0 Offer help - Appreciate some help 11 6y
0 UBS Commodities London 2 6y
+16 How do banks make money off swaps? 25 6y
0 Am i smart enough? 5 6y
0 2010 S&T FT Salaries in London 9 6y
0 The Rationale Behind the Name - Morgan Stanley 2 6y
0 Bonus Season in London? 0 6y
0 What is LIBOR today 5 6y
0 Citi London 13 6y
+10 UK or US masters to be a trader in London 11 6y
+32 (UBS london FICC summer quant) VS. (RBS HK summer volatility trading) 26 6y
+10 DEShaw vs Citi S&T 15 6y
0 Birmingham (UK) 4 6y
0 interview questions arbitrage trading 4 6y
0 Chicago Trading Company Tests 1 6y
+19 MBA graduate, trading from 16 months, what next?? 10 6y
+21 Recommend me a prop firm to apply to (SBs awarded) 3 6y
0 Plain Vanilla Swap DV01 (BPV) 2 6y
0 Start Dates for BB S&T Grad Schemes in Hong Kong/Singapore 0 6y
0 London FT fast track recruiting 2011 8 6y
+28 How Many Hours Do Traders Work? 63 6y
0 Fed announcement on LIBOR 2 6y
+12 Ops at a commodity trading shop -- what's it like? 0 6y
0 Gap Year 6 6y
0 Sales & Trading Summer Dilemma 7 6y
0 Slightly unusual situation and a little confused - thoughts? 2 6y
0 IBD guy interested in trading 4 6y
+14 Best prep for SA in exotic trading 4 6y
+5 Insight into GS Securities Final Round London 4 6y
+8 BNP Paribas (London) "best" trading desk 6 6y
0 $5 Trillion a Day Currency Trading Higher Than Pre-Lehman Bros. Collapse 5 6y
0 Bruno Iksil: Lord Voldemort 3 6y
0 Summer Internship Accommodation, London 0 6y
+80 Citigroup - Trading - Summer Analyst desk preferences? 125 6y
0 quant trading (equities) 4 6y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Culture 1 6y
+28 Trading Desk 13 6y
+32 JPMorgan: Too Big To Exist? 13 6y
0 London S&T Interview 4 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Guggenheim Partners 01 97.7%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.1%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 98.8%
  • Evercore 01 98.3%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.7%
  • Banco Santander 01 97.1%

Professional Growth Opportunities

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.8%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.3%
  • JPMorgan No 97.7%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.1%

Total Avg Compensation

June 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (14) $434
  • Associates (44) $258
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (22) $179
  • Intern/Summer Associate (13) $156
  • 1st Year Analyst (78) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (72) $101
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