Q's for Traders-School,Skills & Breaking In.
Hello all,
I am a senior economics major with goals of possibly pursuing trading in the future. I am not a super quant and have not taken many math courses. I have a sim account but besides that no trading experience. My question is what do I have to do to break in? Ill start at the lowest level doing anything and move anywhere to do it.
I cant see myself doing a MFE but have considered a few MSF programs to see if I could break in from there. I have had mixed signals from many people, some say a MSF would be a great degree to have as long as you are not trading exotics. Others have said you need to be a rocket scientist for trading gigs.
Also, I have thought about Accounting Masters as I have a family member who trades equity options at a top BB who emphasized these skills. I am just kind of lost in all of the suggestions and need some straightforward advice regarding my situation. Thanks.
do you have any job options lined up?
I have a few things in limbo but no offers yet.
What about Tulane's new MENERGY program (energy finance and trading)?
HAHA Kimbo, I have never thought about it but "MEN'ERGY" might be the best abbreviation for anything ever.
An MSF program is a good idea as they tend to lead students towards S&T more so than to IB (from my experience). Also going to another school gives you a chance to get on a campus that banks recruit from.
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I have checked out the program and it looks really good but seems like to much of a limited scope, especially coming right from undergrad. I had been looking at Villanova,Vanderbilt, UVA MA commerce, UT Austin MPA, UIUC MSF and a few others. Im open if anyone has other suggestions just not anything in the MFE/MFIN category please.
its set up to be limited
I know, I just did not want such a focused degree before I even have a good grasp of exactly what I wanted to do as a career. I would no doubt consider this program if I knew I wanted to get into energy trading.
network with your family "member?" um, hello?
I have but not much has come of it except some advice. We are not close I just reached out to him on a whim.
But he can't refer you to other people ? (thats how to effectively network) and then you keep branching out from there.
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