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+25 Risk Management (Quant Market Risk) to Sales? 7 6y
+25 Retail Trader in College, helpful for certain careers? 9 8y
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+24 Advice: BP IST Finance & Risk Summer Internship 7 6y
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+24 Prop trading comparisons: Virtu vs. Flow Traders vs. IMC/SIG/Akuna 7 4y
+24 HFT vs. Options MM 10 7y
+24 Self-Assess Aptitude for Physical Commodity Trading 11 4y
+24 BB S&T vs. MM IB Offer 8 6y
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+24 Best Commodities Products? 12 6y
+24 Beyond value traps: The value graveyard 3 6y
+24 Trillium Buys Out Schonfeld's Position 6 6y
+24 Columbia Master’s Programs – Worth It? (Unique Situation) 14 1y
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+24 Why are EM folks 10 miles wide, but 1 inch deep? 8 6y
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+24 Power trading internationally 11 3y
+24 Physical commodities. Is an ops leadership job 7 - 10 years into my career an acceptable outcome, or am I settling? 3 5mo
+24 Buy Side Execution Trader Looking to Transition 5 6y
+24 How to get the return offer as a summer analyst 9 3y
+24 Sales and Trading Salary. Am I being take advantage of? 7 3y
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+24 Any info on Tenaska? 15 5y
+24 Traders Library 22 13y
+24 Market makers, fair value, and Knight Capital 8 13y
+24 Market Week Wrap-up 10 6y
+24 How to break in to S&T from this point 19 13y
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+24 Barcap front office or GS Ops/Credit Risk 22 8y
+24 Investment Banking intern to S&T 17 8mo
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+24 How many of you work in Philadelphia/the Main Line? What's S&T in Philly like? 10 6y
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+24 Best Trading Desks in S&T 14 3mo
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+24 Morgan Stanley Sales & Trading - What can you tell me about interview/quality/skill/comparisons? 71 1y
+24 IB to Quant 13 2y
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+24 Goldman Sachs London FICC & Equities Sales and trading Superday 2026 GS 135 1mo
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+24 Trading at a bulge bracket bank? 13 10y
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+24 Career Advice - want to be a trader at BB 19 10y
+24 Trading with ADHD/Does ADHD make you a better trader? 12 3y
+24 Financial Energy Trader eye-ing a move into physical 22 3y
+24 Searching for Mentors 5 3y
+24 Skilset for Exotics-Structured Products vs FX or other liquid products 5 7y
+24 If you could be any stock/bond/derivative etc., which would you be and why? 23 8y
+24 Question on Futures 7 6y
+24 Getting into Commodity Trading game without a degree ? 7 6y
+24 Discussion Here! 01/08/16 Market, US Treasuries Faded NFP-Inspired Momentum 7 6y
+24 BB summer analyst role in eq derivatives trading 7 6y
+24 Is it common for product control within BB to move to either Market Risk, Valuation Control, Treasury, or Liquidity Risk? 5 9y
+24 Learning Python and VBA for S&T Trading Roles: Where to Focus? 11 2y
+24 Is there a difference between a Total Return Swap and a Synthetic CDO? 10 9y
+24 DRW vs. Bridgewater 12 9y
+24 What type of undergrad engineering degree is best for trading? 41 9y
+24 Fixed Income VS Equity ? 41 3y
+24 Exiting to a Distressed Fund from S&T 8 6y
+24 PCA on Swap Forwards (Fixed Income Question) - Confused 7 9y
+24 Interview questions for Securities Lending? 19 9y
+24 Goldman Sachs Institutional Sales Analyst Interview Help 7 6y
+24 Accept BB S&T offer or Options Prop Trading offer? 11 9y
+24 What is a trader's objective and how can they justify not speculating? 6 8y
+24 A newbie seeking for advice/guidance on how to break into Wall Street 5 6y
+24 Does commodity trading have a future? 2 9y
+24 Have you ever pushed back on a "good" bonus?- 4 1y
+24 Goldman Sales & Trading vs. BCG -- Sophomore Internship 14 6y
+24 Exploding offer - negotiate? 6 6y
+24 Citi Trader fired for stealing food from canteen? 13 6y
+24 Goldman Sachs ficc & equities superday SA 26 43 1y
+24 Applying to Prop Shops as Junior Trader/Trainee - RESUME Question 15 6y
+24 More optimistic about long-term S&T career after blowout quarter? 9 6y
+24 Pick a stock you like and why? 21 8y
+24 Why is the 30 year rate so low? 8 8y
+24 BB structured credit trading (FT) vs MM Derivatives Structuring (Internship) 8 3y
+24 Book recommendations? 16 1y
+24 GS Snt vs Citi Snt SA Offer 21 3y
+24 Morgan Stanley Online Assessment Test Tip - Sales & Trading 2 2y

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