+45 UN to Recommend Dumping Dollars 30 6y
+45 Best Products to Trade 74 9y
+44 Education required for algorithmic trading 18 1y
+44 ExxonMobil trading 14 2y
+44 Execution Trading or "Outsourced Trading"? 8 3y
+44 Need advice - Energy Trading 31 3y
+44 Macro Desks 31 5y
+44 What to expect from a prop trading job? 21 6y
+44 What to buy in a US currency crisis 26 7y
+44 Invited To Stay At The Trading Floor; How To Impress The Traders? 22 6y
+44 Can you explain me market making strategies? 25 8y
+44 But why aren't there activists? 7 6y
+44 Can anyone shed light on KCG(or former Getco)? 77 12y
+44 Market Making Question 32 7y
+44 I'm a successful private trader. What's the best career path for me? 39 13y
+44 My Old Boss is an Asshole - can he ruin my background check? 29 14y
+44 Torn about offers- really need advice 30 6y
+44 Computer Science is useless for BB S&T 41 7y
+44 Books on Physical Commodity Trading 33 9y
+44 Forex strategy - Advantages to the retail FX trader 19 6y
+44 Trading and Mental Arithmetic 36 4y
+44 TOP 3 DESIRED TRAITS IN PROP TRADING 31 14y
+44 Failed Traders - Where Do They Go? 37 6y
+44 S&T Brain Teasers 37 2y
+44 Structuring - How quantitative is structuring? 20 2y
+43 Breaking into Physical Commodity Trading FT - Graduating Senior w/ Finance Background Struggling to Find a Way In 10 3w
+43 VP in PE considering wild swing to commodity trading - where to start? 24 2mo
+43 Energy IB to Commodities Trading 12 5mo
+43 Best products to sell? Best products to trade? 16 2mo
+43 Which of these careers are better if your main motivation is financial reasons 8 1y
+43 Regression/ML Modeling in Commodities 5 1y
+43 How much capital do I need to start my own prop shop 27 3w
+43 Decision: Jane street summer intern VS Optiver intern+full time 18 2y
+43 Are Venezuela's "proven" oil reserves (and other valuable resources) drastically inflated? 25 3y
+43 Move to tech in search of better wlb? 8 3y
+43 Path to finance as FAANG SWE 16 4y
+43 Why I stuck to the sellside (no regrets) 38 4y
+43 Cs minor to s&t 21 4y
+43 How to wake up earlier? 28 6y
+43 Advice Needed - Quant to S&T - How to sell my experience? 10 6y
+43 I WOKE UP TO 50k IN MY ACCOUNT WHAT NOW? 44 5y
+43 Is it still a good time to get into physical commodities trading? 11 6y
+43 Market Risk to Trading 11 7y
+43 Any energy traders here? 37 7y
+43 Compensation of commodities trading firms compared to supermajor oil and gas companies 12 2y
+43 Quant Bachelors Degree Jobs 7 4y
+43 Bank rescinded offer 2 months after I signed it 34 4y
+43 Gold bugs squashed by aggressive selling 23 2mo
+43 SA Advice - Credit Suisse S&T, Citi S&T, Morgan Stanley S&T, Goldman QIS 49 6y
+43 Prop Trading vs BB Trading 83 8y
+43 Computer science courses for algo trading 36 7y
+43 Gladwell's Quarterback Problem in Finance 20 15y
+43 FX S&T - Detailed info on desks 22 15y
+43 What do market makers do? Also, prop trading firms. 33 8y
+43 Colleges for trading? 26 16y
+43 Selectivity of Top Prop. shops vs. BB S&T 25 6y
+43 College Student interested in learning to Trade 48 15y
+43 Principal vs. Prop Trading 26 13y
+43 CITI Sales and Trading 103 7y
+43 How Prestigious is Jane Street Capital? 71 3y
+42 is trading actually worth it for beginners right now? 7 1mo
+42 Commodities/Energy Trading Internship Rankings 40 3mo
+42 Structured Products vs. Rates 7 1y
+42 How Quantitative is Commodity Trading 24 10mo
+42 How to talk about past experience? 5 2y
+42 S&T at BB vs. Prop Shop 17 2y
+42 Delete 28 3y
+42 McKinsey vs Morgan Stanley S&T internship offers -- which to choose? 23 3y
+42 What could I have done differently? 12 3y
+42 Prop trading pay? 49 4y
+42 How much do portfolio managers make in PnL at a hedge fund, in a "POD" set up? 10 2y
+42 A question on how Central bank manipulate Treasury bill and yield 9 6y
+42 Who got blown out today? 76 4y
+42 Physical Commodity Trading: Useful Accreditations and Skill Sets? 15 7y
+42 Dummy with the sauce: Trying to decide next steps for profitable Algorithm... 23 5y
+42 Q&A: Senior Financial Services Executive (Fixed Income & Equities) 10 8y
+42 General networking etiquette questions (physical trading) 16 6y
+42 Doubling Returns Every Month in Options Trading 17 9y
+42 My boss hates me and is trying to fire me – how should I respond? 23 10y
+42 Metals/Coal Marketing/Origination 15 12y
+42 Nobody wants to do sales in Sales & Trading? 33 7y
+42 Blackrock PAG vs. GS MRMA vs. Belvedere Trading 25 6y
+42 Commodity Trading: Physical Vs Paper 29 9y
+42 Rates, FX & Commodities Desks in London 15 6y
+42 Canada's highest paid trader 28 6y
+42 BKCT SCAM! (Lynx Capital Partners) 50 15y
+42 TransMarket Group: culture of firm 34 9y
+42 JP Morgan Trade Capture?? 36 9y
+42 Citi Sales & Trading Summer Analyst Interview 82 3y
+41 Best desks to start on in energy markets. 37 3y
+41 Flow Traders Test 18 3y
+41 What is the difference between Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley culture? 10 6y
+41 IV vs RV or IV vs IV 19 6y
+41 Glencore or Trafigura graduate program? (or others) 5 3y
+41 Best Way To Start Learning Quant Finance? 17 6y
+41 Personal Account Dealing Restrictions 24 4y
+41 What do failed former traders do after being laid off? 38 9y
+41 Citi interview Summer Analyst – Quantitative Trading & Analysis 47 3y
+41 LPG?? 33 1mo
+41 Accepted Offer for S&T. Downside to applying to Buyside? 20 11y

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