+113 What makes a good trader? - Very quant based 155 7y
+112 Shell Trading Development Programme Assessment/Interview 302 1y
+111 Path to Energy Commodity Trading Seat 28 4mo
+110 Massive Layoff in Sales Trading Coming? 68 3y
+110 Q&A: Managing Partner at a Options Trading Firm 96 5y
+110 TRADERS: What is the most annoying thing interns do? 35 6y
+107 Day-Trading 148 2y
+107 Emerging Markets Trading - Questions 37 6y
+106 RE: Prop/Quant Trading - Why is it not as big a target as Investment Banking? 60 7mo
+106 Sales and Trading Salary vs Investment Banking Salary 177 1y
+106 Physical Commodities Trainee Traders 79 9y
+105 Is it worth pursuing a career in trading in 2017? 98 6y
+104 How to be a good S&T Intern 57 3y
+104 Sell me on why I should become a trader. 49 6y
+103 Calling all Physical Commodity TRADERS: Benchmark indices and physical commodity trading risk 22 2y
+103 Top Sales & Trading desks 96 2y
+103 Q&A Discretionary Hedge Fund Trader 39 8y
+102 getting into S&T 105 6y
+102 The HR for trading is full of idiots 96 2y
+101 Q&A: Equity Derivatives S&T 37 3y
+101 Oil Origination 56 8y
+101 Exit opps from top prop firms/market makers 108 6y
+101 FX Capital Markets (FXCM) 61 13y
+100 Finally leaving the industry - last Q&A 40 3y
+99 Somebody explain hedging 27 7mo
+99 Why are you guys still interested in markets? 52 3y
+98 Q&A: former BB market maker (trader) for US Treasuries - now a prop trader 85 4y
+98 Why Investors Fail 27 4y
+98 Energy Trading 101: The Crack Spread 25 3y
+97 Is it wise to get a TRADING job at a bb? 59 3y
+95 Do's and Dont's as a Trading Intern 46 2y
+94 High schooler interested in physical commodity trading 76 1y
+94 Q&A: Options Trader at Top Prop Firm 46 4y
+94 Binary Options - Gaining traction 81 3y
+94 Sales and Trading - A Comprehensive Guide 59 6y
+92 Sales and Trading Bonuses 2023 153 1mo
+92 Forex_trading 104 5y
+92 2013 Rankings 69 3y
+92 Best graduate schools for sales & trading 92 11y
+91 S&T 2021/2022 Bonuses 154 1y
+91 Q&A: BB Fixed Income Trader, 2nd Year Analyst 36 4y
+91 Q&A: Quantitative Derivatives Trader, 1 year in 52 4y
+91 Difficulty Check 27 4y
+91 Traders lose money 51 1y
+91 Ask Me Anything: BB Equity Derivatives Trader 59 10y
+90 Physical Trading - Energy Commodity Preferences 32 5y
+90 Masters student who needs direction 66 3y
+90 Sell Side and Buy Side Trading Career Path 107 6y
+89 Compensation at oil majors and physical houses for traffic desk and traders 53 4mo
+89 Oil vs Nat Gas Trading 59 4y
+88 Entry-Level Natural Gas Scheduler 38 1y
+88 Networking in New York City 72 3y
+88 (Physical trading) What is considered an 'acceptable' story for why trading? 24 3y
+88 Top Prop/Hedge Fund Traders Strategies (Discussion) 88 7y
+88 A Trading Story :Encouragement for the rest of us 31 3y
+88 If trading is profitable, who loses money 95 2y
+88 2010 Food Crisis 49 13y
+87 S&T Bonus/Comp Thread 2023 41 3w
+87 Quitting Trading in your early 30s 21 1y
+87 Goldman Sachs MD : fire your questions 66 7mo
+87 Q&A: I’m a sales trader at a tier 1 HFT / prop firm 26 2y
+87 Kent Moors - fraud or factual? 115 2y
+86 How do you get used to the lifestyle in S&T? 21 12mo
+86 Anyone else think trading is boring now? 66 5y
+86 If Herbalife is found to be a pyramid scheme, what would happen to the stock price? 59 11y
+85 Cold-Emailed GS MD today with my resume, immediately got interview 17 2y
+85 Losing Money on a Trade - Seeking Advice 51 5y
+85 Have I messed up my future? 35 3y
+85 Do traders all drink alcohol? 48 4y
+85 Shorting the U.S. Government 65 13y
+84 How do Market Makers generate profit? 19 2y
+84 S&T vs Capital Markets Long-Term 56 3y
+84 Bulge Bracket Trading in Government Bonds 37 1y
+83 I am a Trader at an Investment Bank, ask me (mostly) anything: 75 3y
+83 S&T Literature/Books for Interns? 20 1y
+83 What classes in college are helpful for trading 129 7y
+83 The puzzle thread 108 13y
+82 Is S&T a dying business? 84 3y
+81 Do I have a good strategy? 55 3y
+81 Bear Market 2014/2015 43 10y
+81 Interview Question: Make A Market on Anything 60 1y
+81 Battle of The Online Brokerages !!!! 168 11y
+80 Prop Trading/HF (Citadel, JS, DE Shaw) vs BB Sales and Trading Out of College 45 5mo
+80 Q&A: I'm a physical / derivatives metals trader at a large trading house 49 1y
+80 Day in the Life: Oil Trading Research Analyst 30 3y
+80 2017 S&T bonuses 47 7y
+80 Ask Eddie: Should I Bail On My Trading Job? 13 3y
+80 My bank just fired some traders from FICC 98 1y
+80 Jim Rogers & The Baller Farmers 39 11y
+80 Citigroup - Trading - Summer Analyst desk preferences? 125 3y
+79 VWAP trading patterns 92 4y
+79 Commodity Physical vs Financial Trading 45 1y
+78 Mandelbrot's fat tails, Taleb's black swans. Why haven't we learned anything from them? 33 6y
+78 Physical Energy Trading And Logistics 13 3y
+78 What is the street's general opinion of Jim Cramer? 46 3y
+77 Refined fuels trading experience but lackluster Engineering GPA 44 5y
+77 UNIGE Master of arts in international trading, Commodity finance & shipping 50 2mo
+77 So confused about the sales and trading business as a whole 28 1y
+77 Is Nassim Nicholas Taleb Full of Shit? (EMH content) 74 7y
+76 Returning back to office (for people that didn't take the vaccine) 29 2y

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  • Lazard Freres 05 98.3%
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