Sun Trading

14y

don't believe a recruiter's BS. Every client of his is the greatest place to work at. There's a reason why you've heard of Getco and Jump before, but not Sun.

WithoutName

Chimp

14y

Just want to know, what is special about Getco? I have heard about them because they came to recruit on campus. Other than that, I have not heard of them before. Same thing applies to Jump trading.

14y

Getco is #1 equity high frequency trading shop, which made tons of money last year: " http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125133123046162191.html "

Jump is similar, many traders there are MIT CS/EE grads...

Brady4MVP

Human

14y

Sun Trading recently hired a high-profile quant from AQR Capital, along with several graduates from top MFE programs.

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13y

let's see how long they can stay; turnover at Sun Trading has been very high.

Brady4MVP

Human

13y

lingua_franca:
let's see how long they can stay; turnover at Sun Trading has been very high.

i had no idea they were struggling. what have you been hearing about them?

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13y

early last year they hired an ex Citadel manager to set up options mm desk, who hired some guys away from Citadel. but they also lost some senior guys last year, probably due to the firm's performance. many new guys left as well because of too much work or the environment; exploring new business is always hard and exhausting. their options mm desk is set up already, but I'm no sure how much volume it generates.

anyway, the gap between Getco/Jump and Sun seems to be getting bigger. it's not a good place to work at.

Brady4MVP

Human

13y

Best Response

lingua_franca:
early last year they hired an ex Citadel manager to set up options mm desk, who hired some guys away from Citadel. but they also lost some senior guys last year, probably due to the firm's performance. many new guys left as well because of too much work or the environment; exploring new business is always hard and exhausting. their options mm desk is set up already, but I'm no sure how much volume it generates.
anyway, the gap between Getco/Jump and Sun seems to be getting bigger. it's not a good place to work at.

yeah, getco and jump are easily the top high-frequency shops in chicago. i'm obviously not including big hedge funds like citadel.

any idea what compensation at getco/jump is like?

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13y

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