+15 Rates Trading Subsets 1 10mo
+15 London Based HF's, Prop Shops, and Buy Side Firms 11 6y
+15 Global Markets: Calm before the storm? 2 6y
+15 Stay safe or take risk? Opportunity at GS vs follow the instinct 4 6y
+15 MS SA Update 9 6y
+14 S&T quantitative interview questions 13 17y
+14 Baller trading groups at GS/MS 11 16y
+14 Differences between ECM and S&T 2 15y
+14 When did you all get your own book of risk to manage in S&T? 7 3y
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+14 2010 Bonues reports 11 15y
+14 Stock Pitches for S&T vs. ER? 2 15y
+14 Trading and Poker 58 4y
+14 Commodity graduate program or Ops? 13 3y
+14 I am getting killed on options 13 15y
+14 Rates Trading Quant Stuff & PCA Unleashed Paper Credit Suisse 7 2y
+14 optimized backtesting 3 14y
+14 Can I negotiate my salary as an incoming FA? 1 4y
+14 Masters in Mathematical Finance 12 14y
+14 Lay off probation period 3 3y
+14 What is the difference between a professional and institutional trader? 2 3y
+14 Are Cash Equities Really Fucked? 3 12y
+14 Rate my chances... 4 12y
+14 Favorite Indicators? 38 12y
+14 mortgage trader at GS goes to arbitration over disappointing $8m bonus 16 12y
+14 Is trading in HF/prop shops the overall most profitable career, and if so, will it still be the case in the coming years? 13 12y
+14 Can someone tell me about CDO trading please? 3 11y
+14 Full Time Prospects for 2026 3 9mo
+14 Risks for a Counterparty Risk Trader 4 11y
+14 Trading ahead of the algorithms 3 1y
+14 Energy Prop Shop Exit Opportunities 9 11y
+14 Popular Hedge Fund Tools 26 11y
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+14 Dividend Myth? 2 11y
+14 asian pursues career in EU or US 12 1y
+14 Sophomore Breaking into S&T 5 3y
+14 Fat fingers in trading 14 10y
+14 any Wall Street trading desks that would involve more coding? (intern asking) 6 10y
+14 hi Traders: quick question: "short" term for option and stock 8 10y
+14 Function of the Central Risk Desk? Closest thing to prop trading? 2 8y
+14 PnL% of Prop Traders? 6 5y
+14 DELETED 14 6y
+14 Reasonable profit split 6 8y
+14 Is this illegal? LOL 12 4y
+14 BP Second Round Interview Invites 12 12mo
+14 Which Fixed Income Desk is popular now at the Bulge Brackets? 7 6y
+14 liar's poker 25 8y
+14 Exit opps/ Prestige for/of Big Oil trading? 14 8y
+14 TD Securities for S&T 6 3y
+14 Politely asking to take a dump during trading hours 9 3y
+14 Need Help with Options Homework 2 4y
+14 Bad Move To Ask For Travel Money For Interview? 4 6y
+14 How to handle a cold call to a potential investor? (interview prep) 3 8y
+14 QT offer without base salary 6 1y
+14 Why are bonds traders considered the smartest ones on the street? 9 8y
+14 CDO/CLO Industry in 2018? 16 8y
+14 Opportunity for 'Refined Metals Operator' at Trafigura, Worth pursuing? 13 1y
+14 Flow Trading vs Market Making 6 8y
+14 Preparing for Commodities Desk 6 1y
+14 GS/JPM vs. DB/BofA SA 2025 London – Which to accept 16 1y
+14 Internal / External Transition 1 5y
+14 Sales in London - BB Ranking 1 6y
+14 Getting A S&T Internship at a Non Target 3 8y
+14 Interview Q: A different "Make me a market" question 4 8y
+14 Should I Pursue a Summer internship in Quant Trading or Investment Banking? 2 3y
+14 Cargill Revenue by Segment 6 8y
+14 Sophomore Summer Clear Street vs. UBS S&T (Already have ’27 Top BB S&T Offer) 2 8mo
+14 Need Help! Optiver Execution Research Role (Quant) vs FAANG 6 5y
+14 Best trading book for interest rate products (up to derivatives)? 1 5y
+14 Is it possible to break into trading at shops like Akuna, DRW, Optiver without knowing any coding? 6 6y
+14 Recent grad needs advice on breaking into trading 1 8y
+14 Morgan Stanley Fixed Income Internship Interview 35 8y
+14 ERCOT question 2 3y
+14 Pls Help!!! Cross Asset FICC Sales desk - LatAm 9 5y
+14 Moving Desks Internally (Trading) 3 1y
+14 Strong in Sales, should I still pursue S&T? 8 4y
+14 Global Markets Best Performers Review (13 Dec - 17 Dec 2010) 5 6y
+14 How bad was this question - did I get dinged? (MS S&T 2020 SA first round phone interview) 0 6y
+14 FIDM - Financial Institutions Derivatives Marketing - What do they do? 5 6y
+14 Leaving College to pursue Trading 1 6y
+14 Trafigura Grad Program - Outlook/Opportunities 12 2y
+14 How would a fresh graduate starting from scratch break into S&T as a trader? 3 5y
+14 Mental Game of Trading / Drawdowns / Imposter Syndrome 2 6y
+14 How do I break in? 6 6y
+14 Wells Fargo - Global Markets, how bad is it reputation wise? 21 3y
+14 RBC or UBS for Summer Internship S&T? 24 6y
+14 Any point in applying to Optiver SA 2025 with a 2:1? 6 2y
+14 Beginner to automized stock trading 3 6y
+14 Floor Trading? 6 4y
+14 FX Trading Question 4 4y
+14 S&T 2024 FT Recruitment Timeline 4 3y
+14 Trillium Trading 15 2y
+14 MS data science for Quant trading 9 2y
+14 1st year S&T analyst - what distinguishes the best analysts from the merely good? 4 2y
+14 Best prep for SA in exotic trading 4 6y
+14 Optiver vs Wolverine 3 6y
+14 Moving into the Money Markets space 3 6y
+14 Internship in Asia as a German 4 6y
+14 GS vs Barcs (London S&T SA) 6 6y
+14 S&T offer advice please! 3 6y

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