+47 Turning amateur trading into business? 17 3y
+47 What books should I read if I want to break into S&T 75 5y
+47 Physical Commodities Trading in NYC proper 54 3y
+47 Conversation with an Equities Sales Trader 6 3y
+47 Hesitating between Commodities and Stock Markets 31 3y
+47 Moving from Front Office to Back Office!!! 56 3y
+47 Lost a lot of pride from S&T GF.. 51 11y
+47 First New York Securities - Kaput? 70 3y
+47 Ideas for finding Junior Trader interns 26 3y
+47 BB vs Fidelity summer 24 12y
+47 BMO Capital Markets Trading 92 3y
+47 GETCO vs Citadel 51 7y
+47 What is a desk strategist? Or trading strategist? 30 7y
+46 How underpaid am I? If at all. 19 1mo
+46 IBD vs Commodity Trading - Career Decisions 36 3mo
+46 Why is Sales and Trading less popular than IB? 10 4mo
+46 Physical Metal Traders: Where is the money? 37 3mo
+46 Python/R in Trading 22 2y
+46 Strongest Groups within S&T at BBs 31 3y
+46 Prop Trading - how much money do they give you to trade? 38 3y
+46 Why pick S&T over Prop trading? 19 4y
+46 BB Emerging Markets Trading 14 1y
+46 Recovering from Trading Career Failure 18 5y
+46 Small Energy Trading Prop Shop vs Management Consulting 32 6y
+46 Energy Trading in 2017 32 6y
+46 Just learned I have a 1st round for a BP trading internship. It's tomorrow afternoon. What should I expect? 17 2y
+46 Young grasshopper needs ADVICE. I am so lost.... 15 9y
+46 Bonus structure at small hedge fund (am I being played?) 37 3y
+46 Are the markets a zero-sum game? 51 7y
+46 Learning Excel VBA on my own to prepare for Trading career... 56 7y
+46 Top Long/Short Ideas 75 11y
+46 trader's job security and long-term career path? 37 7y
+46 Visiting trading floor 56 6y
+46 Non-Target Guy Potentially Interested in Commodities Trading 39 13y
+46 The Greeks 25 14y
+45 Physical commodities - how do you overcome the operations trap? 18 2y
+45 I don't really fit in with my coworkers in an O&G scheduling job. 16 3y
+45 Sales and Trading Rankings 45 2y
+45 2020 Summer Intern Salaries 27 2y
+45 Where do failed bank traders go after losing all their money? 18 4y
+45 What goes into a commodity trade? 37 4y
+45 XOM Staffing Up Trade Desk 29 2y
+45 Commodities Trading Internship Interview 22 9y
+45 Culture Difference between American and European banks? 52 3y
+45 FI Traders > Equity Traders? 35 11y
+45 moving from buy-side to sell-side 37 7y
+45 Project ideas for inexperienced intern? 53 12y
+45 Poker on resume? 74 2y
+45 2010 Energy Trading List 13 13y
+45 Best books to learn trading? 71 13y
+45 Trading to IB? Any transferable skills at all? 83 3y
+45 UN to Recommend Dumping Dollars 30 3y
+45 Best Products to Trade 74 7y
+44 What information do traders and PMs want to hear from HH/recruiters? 10 5mo
+44 ExxonMobil trading 14 9mo
+44 Execution Trading or "Outsourced Trading"? 8 1y
+44 Need advice - Energy Trading 32 1y
+44 What to expect from a prop trading job? 21 3y
+44 What to buy in a US currency crisis 26 5y
+44 Invited To Stay At The Trading Floor; How To Impress The Traders? 22 4y
+44 Can you explain me market making strategies? 25 6y
+44 Trading Vol in an IB - what are the good resources for Rates, Credit, FX, Equities? Market-makers' help greatly appreciated 12 4y
+44 But why aren't there activists? 7 3y
+44 Can anyone shed light on KCG(or former Getco)? 77 10y
+44 Market Making Question 32 4y
+44 I'm a successful private trader. What's the best career path for me? 39 11y
+44 My Old Boss is an Asshole - can he ruin my background check? 29 11y
+44 Torn about offers- really need advice 30 3y
+44 Computer Science is useless for BB S&T 41 5y
+44 Books on Physical Commodity Trading 33 7y
+44 Forex strategy - Advantages to the retail FX trader 19 3y
+44 Trading and Mental Arithmetic 36 2y
+44 TOP 3 DESIRED TRAITS IN PROP TRADING 31 11y
+44 Failed Traders - Where Do They Go? 37 3y
+44 S&T Brain Teasers 37 7mo
+43 Coffee Trading / Physical Trading Q&A 26 4mo
+43 Move to tech in search of better wlb? 8 1y
+43 Path to finance as FAANG SWE 16 1y
+43 Why I stuck to the sellside (no regrets) 36 2y
+43 Cs minor to s&t 21 1y
+43 Macro Desks 31 3y
+43 How to wake up earlier? 28 3y
+43 Advice Needed - Quant to S&T - How to sell my experience? 10 3y
+43 I WOKE UP TO 50k IN MY ACCOUNT WHAT NOW? 44 3y
+43 Is it still a good time to get into physical commodities trading? 11 4y
+43 Market Risk to Trading 11 5y
+43 Any energy traders here? 37 5y
+43 Does anyone else feel that trading is stupid and not intellectually stimulating at all? 28 5y
+43 Quant Bachelors Degree Jobs 7 2y
+43 Bank rescinded offer 2 months after I signed it 34 1y
+43 Gold bugs squashed by aggressive selling 22 3y
+43 SA Advice - Credit Suisse S&T, Citi S&T, Morgan Stanley S&T, Goldman QIS 49 3y
+43 Prop Trading vs BB Trading 83 5y
+43 Computer science courses for algo trading 36 5y
+43 Gladwell's Quarterback Problem in Finance 20 13y
+43 FX S&T - Detailed info on desks 22 13y
+43 Institutional Sales Analyst Job Description and Overview 11 3y
+43 What do market makers do? Also, prop trading firms. 33 6y
+43 Colleges for trading? 26 13y
+43 Selectivity of Top Prop. shops vs. BB S&T 25 3y

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