+80 Getting into the game... (finding a commodities trading internship/job) 35 1y
+80 My bank just fired some traders from FICC 98 3y
+80 Jim Rogers & The Baller Farmers 39 13y
+80 Citigroup - Trading - Summer Analyst desk preferences? 125 6y
+79 Top Commodities Position in the Industry? 54 3mo
+79 Is It Easier to Get into IB or S&T? 30 1y
+79 VWAP trading patterns 92 6y
+79 Is Nassim Nicholas Taleb Full of Shit? (EMH content) 74 9y
+78 Pay Structure - FICC S&T 22 5mo
+78 Converts Trading 17 2mo
+78 Mandelbrot's fat tails, Taleb's black swans. Why haven't we learned anything from them? 33 8y
+78 Physical Energy Trading And Logistics 13 5y
+78 So confused about the sales and trading business as a whole 28 3y
+78 What is the street's general opinion of Jim Cramer? 46 6y
+78 Are Traders really bigger ballers than Sales? 56 4y
+77 Refined fuels trading experience but lackluster Engineering GPA 44 7y
+77 UNIGE Master of arts in international trading, Commodity finance & shipping 51 4y
+76 Returning back to office (for people that didn't take the vaccine) 29 4y
+76 What is the future outlook for "S" in S&T, trading has almost disappeared. What happens to Sales in the next 10-15 years 35 5y
+76 To everyone who left BB S&T: Where are you now? 24 5y
+76 deutsche bank SA 2021 411 5y
+76 Best internships for Quant Trading? 25 9y
+75 Robots and How You'll Lose Your Job 29 9y
+75 First Steps into Trading 57 6y
+75 Let's Talk S&T Desks 54 2mo
+75 Grad school for Prop Trading recruiting? 71 11y
+75 look at JPY... 40 6y
+75 The Psychology of Trading 54 16y
+74 BB S&T vs Glencore/Trafi/BP TDP 43 5y
+74 Teaming Up w Expert Prop Traders 33 6y
+74 Baruch students beat targets in trading competition at MIT 19 6y
+74 $3.6mm Bonus wasn't enough at 30 years old 62 12y
+74 Morgan Stanley S&T vs. Citigroup S&T (Offer Help) 66 9y
+73 Coffee Trading / Physical Trading Q&A 30 1y
+73 2nd year S&T to IBD Associate -- ask me about S&T 51 11mo
+73 Freight Trading @ ABCD 20 4y
+73 From poker to prop-trading 52 4y
+73 The definitive trick to passing a prop trading math test. 12 4y
+73 Ideas for Personal Account. 106 14y
+73 Legit prop shops in NYC ? 76 6y
+72 What are the top Volatility Trading Desks at JPM & GS and what differentiates them? 23 1y
+72 Movies vs. Reality 41 9y
+72 Job Security at Prop Trading (Chicago Based) 42 6y
+72 RBC vs Chicago prop trading 54 6y
+72 What exactly do you do as a 1st/2nd year S&T analyst? 70 8y
+72 Trading Ideas: Matter of Edge 20 15y
+71 How to break into commodities?? 43 3y
+71 Good Commodity Trading Firms? 33 6y
+71 Is it time to dump gold? 37 9y
+71 Q&A: Gas Scheduler to Gas Trader 48 7y
+71 Electricity Trading 44 8y
+71 How Realistic is Paper Trading? 67 5y
+70 GS Global Markets 2022 213 4y
+70 Volatility -- good for S&T bonuses? 47 6y
+70 How to break into S&T as a graduate? 30 5y
+70 Middle Office to Front Office in Sales & Trading 45 6y
+70 What programming languages are most useful? 63 6y
+70 How do traders trade? 80 15y
+69 Can't seem to understand the logic of hedging and basis 19 6y
+69 Shorting Auto Loans? 23 5y
+69 I am screwed right? I feel terrible right now. What should I do now. Failed Quantitative trader in the making 35 6y
+69 Best BB firms for S&T 113 6y
+69 Trafigura graduate program 44 6y
+69 Working at SAC 65 9y
+68 Example of commodity trade in real life - Sri Lanka and Vitol. Accurate? 21 4y
+68 S&T desk - advice for placement day 35 5y
+68 Why is it so hard to survive as a prop trader? 19 6y
+67 Sales and Trading 2025 Recruitment 165 1y
+67 Q&A : I'm a dry bulk physical freight trader / chartering manager 58 7mo
+67 No raise from Analyst to Associate, is this normal? 27 6y
+67 What is HFT? 43 6y
+67 moving from BB rates trading to hedge fund 53 6y
+67 Licensing For Dummies 62 4y
+67 Defense of "Large Wall Street Bonuses" 34 6y
+66 How to resign without burning bridges 21 3y
+66 can someone give me insight on the culture at a physical trading house (vitol, trafigura, mercuria) 40 2y
+66 Banking vs Trading 138 9y
+66 Software Developing at Prop Shop? 28 10y
+66 Traders Background 83 12y
+66 A Plea For Common Sense 24 6y
+66 Energy Hedging 101: The Frac Spread 11 6y
+66 Jane Street Final Round - What to Expect 36 3y
+65 Why is S&T Dead This Year 37 2mo
+65 Q&A: Rates & Macro Research/Strategy - Career Path, Technical Topics, Education, etc. 17 4mo
+65 Thoughts on BNPL 17 3y
+65 Q&A: Quantitative Analyst/Trader - Career Path, Technical Topics, Education 25 5mo
+65 BP TDP Graduate London Progression 47 3y
+65 Q&A: BB Flow rates trader 37 7y
+65 When Should Aspiring FICC Traders Get Nervous? 59 4y
+65 Trillium Trading - Average trader salary? 127 6y
+65 What strategies do (prop) traders use 80 9y
+64 When Oil Futures went negative - Vega Capital's 500m dollar profit strategy 16 1y
+64 Any info on TRIP (Trading, Risk and Investments Program) at Texas A&M? 31 3w
+64 Skillsets Gained as an Energy Trader/Data Analyst? 21 2y
+64 The Progression of a Fixed Income Trader 39 3y
+64 Back to Back Physical Commodity Trading: Bearing Flat Price Risk 13 7y
+64 Frankfurt - a city on the rise 52 5y
+64 Becoming an algotrader 40 8y
+64 Q&A: Sales and Trading Analyst 50 10y
+64 How To Pass The Series 57 Exam 61 5y

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