+10 Client-Facing Jobs 15 7y
+10 OTC Interest Rate Market Structure Change 4 7y
+11 FICC Players Changing Their Biz Models 2 7y
0 Chimera Securities Prop Shop 1 7y
0 Residential Mortgage Trading - Associate Role Interview Prep 0 8y
+9 Get a job in a US trading firm 3 8y
0 Summer 2017 1 8y
0 Bonus on sales earned not paid , fired for no cause 3 8y
+63 What kind of skills do you need to work at a finance firm? 39 8y
+7 Top Bucket Bonuses at CS Analyst 1st year (not stub) 6 8y
+29 Prop firm or law? 29 8y
+19 Economics Majors in Trading 19 8y
0 Upcoming Jnr Oil Trader Interview 5 8y
0 Series 57 (new exam) - How hard is it/What should I expect? 1 8y
+7 Prep for Investment Grade Credit Trading 1 8y
+42 My boss hates me and is trying to fire me – how should I respond? 23 8y
0 Help!! Need Guidance Selecting Trading Desk for Summer 2 8y
+14 Shorting Puerto Rico Muni Bonds 7 8y
+5 Bad trade idea by sales person 5 8y
0 Corporate Sales vs Investor Sales 2 8y
0 Sales and Trading Dying? 2 8y
0 Volcker rule - Will it apply to prop shops and HF? 7 8y
0 Volcker Rule - BBs still hiring traders? 3 8y
0 S&T - Better group in equities or fixed income? 2 8y
0 Summer analyst positions - Call back? 2 8y
0 Technical Analysis Research - Skill sets required to do well? 1 8y
0 Technicals - Masters in finance 7 8y
0 Trading atmosphere - Any clarification? 20 8y
0 Trading 101 - Technicals to determine good entry points 0 8y
0 Trading - Prop firms are scams? 2 8y
0 Trading Jobs - Rising junior at NYU Stern 5 8y
+18 Trading Internship - HS and College to do an internship 13 8y
+8 Trading internship - Reputable prop shop 6 8y
0 Travel - Any ideas? 0 8y
0 Using a connect - Relationship I could possibly leverage? 6 8y
0 Risk Management - Quanty, model based, VaR modeling positions 3 8y
+39 Sales - Second year analyst doing Corporate FX sales 36 8y
0 Sales - Right direction about sales 7 8y
0 Salary - Average pay of a trader 10 8y
0 Securitization - Pooling of assets 1 8y
0 Seeking Advice - How to get in? 3 8y
0 SEO for Asians - Opporunity to work in S&T 2 8y
0 SIG - Top prop shops 19 8y
0 Power Trading - stock/bond 3 8y
0 Prop desk - iBank 5 8y
0 Project Management - What types of projects 2 8y
0 Prop trading firms - Virtu FInancial 3 8y
0 Prop Trading Interview Guide - Putting together an e interview 11 8y
0 References - One shop prior 2 8y
0 Rejected - How long to wait? 2 8y
0 Research Analyst - similar to S&T? 4 8y
0 REPO Trading - Any insight or info? 4 8y
0 OFFER HELP - Please advise 3 8y
0 Need help - Landing a FT position in S&T 2 8y
0 Need Help - Seeking info about interest rate sales groups 8 8y
+20 Nomura - Differentiation 31 8y
0 Non-Target - Fixed income or equities? 1 8y
0 NWC not as important as ROIC, revenue growth and profitability - Which one is better? 1 8y
0 NWC not as important as ROIC, revenue growth and profitability - Debate 0 8y
0 Moving to a hedgefund - Brand name? 0 8y
0 Morningstar - Current market value 1 8y
+19 Market Crash - Brushing off job data 20 8y
0 Market Crash - Shoddy fundamentals 35 8y
+1 Math question - Closer and closer to a number 8 8y
0 Math Major - Pure math, stats, or some other field 16 8y
+1 how do you read FRN quote 3m$L+104bps 2 8y
0 JP Morgan Fantasy Futures - No where to sign up 7 8y
0 Interview advice - Desk overview? 1 8y
0 Interview with Volatility Fund - Associate level position 1 8y
0 Input On What This Internship Entails - Derivatives group 12 8y
0 International Students - Traders, prop shops, and BBs 1 8y
+16 Inter-Dealer Brokers - General outlook 11 8y
0 Institutional Sales - Received an offer from this group 3 8y
0 Institutional sale's - Interviewed with a boutique firm 1 8y
0 Help Please - Graduated in May 2009 4 8y
+8 Commodities Desks at Banks 5 8y
0 Sharing Code Written on Own Time 3 8y
0 Grad School - Trader 2 8y
0 Free On Line Equity Trader Webinar/ Get access to firm’s leverage based on your trading experience - Interested? 3 8y
+27 FX Trading - Interested in working in this field 41 8y
+8 FX - Markets always open? 14 8y
0 FX - Hours expected? 17 8y
+10 Glencore - How true is this? 13 8y
0 Glencore - Junior commodities trader 3 8y
0 Getting started - Advice on equities, fixed income, or options 2 8y
+8 Foot in the Door - Shed some light 5 8y
0 Exit Opps - Structuring a energy trading group 11 8y
0 Forex - Reputation of being difficult? 5 8y
0 Forex - Predicting future rates 2 8y
0 Forex strategy - Attempting to buy low and sell high 0 8y
0 Dresdner Kleinwort - Any heard of info? 4 8y
+2 Electronic market making - Shedding light on the electronic market? 1 8y
0 Email Etiquette - Should I send an email to interviewer 1 8y
0 Energy Trading - Interview tomorrow with a boutique 4 8y
+10 Energy Rodeo 2012 - College senior 16 8y
0 Equity derivatives - Can I buy an option? 17 8y
0 Equities Sales - Exit options? 2 8y
+7 Special Situations Group 16 8y
+5 In back office, where to go from here? 6 8y
0 Deutsche Bank - Applying to S&T program 6 8y

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