0 GM Throwing Cargo Overboard As Ship Goes Down 4 6y
+13 Prop Trading offers question 3 6y
0 Prop Shop Info: M&N Trading + Some Thoughts 4 6y
0 BP Energy Trading Chicago 2 6y
+15 How is BB S&T these days? Is it on the downswing? And how does it compare to prop trading? 1 6y
+38 Allston Trading cuts employees amid low volatility 17 6y
+3 Chicago Trading Company interview 2 6y
0 Vine Street Trading LLC? 1 6y
0 Active duty military directly to the street 20 6y
0 BP Trading Internship 14 6y
0 Optiver Trading 10 6y
0 Chicago Global Capital?? 2 6y
+15 Optiver vs SIG 8 6y
0 Prop Firms Bonuses 0 6y
0 Sun Trading 9 6y
0 Market making firms in chicago 3 6y
+39 HTG Capital Partners 35 6y
+28 Best Futures Markets for 2010 14 6y
0 Trading Applying/Resume 1 6y
0 JPM and Citi application status 5 6y
0 Advice about first job 9 6y
0 HELP PLEASE!! received a job offer 8 6y
+15 Quantitative Trading rankings 5 6y
0 Anyone heard of Gennady Gertsman? 0 6y
+6 Advice... Please give your input 5 6y
0 Greece and the Euro 7 6y
0 SIG Chicago 0 6y
0 Getting on Bus to Chicago..Any help/advice appreciated 3 6y
0 Nico Holdings - Anyone know anything about them? 0 6y
0 How to begin the career as a college student 1 6y
0 Black Edge Capital 2 6y
0 Resume review for trading internships 6 6y
+25 ETFs caused May 06 Flash Crash? 17 6y
+9 Lateral Recruiting from Quantitative Risk to S&T? 1 6y
+4 Knocking on Doors 7 6y
+17 What is "life" like at a normal HFT firm? 6 6y
+54 ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT PROP TRADING! 58 6y
+16 Commodity Hedging Firm Abroad, Interview Prep 2 6y
0 How hard is it to get a job at the NY or Chicago Merc 3 6y
+22 Summer internship: BB S&T vs prop shop! 7 6y
0 IMC Chicago - Info about this place or interview process? 7 6y
0 CRB Commodity Yearbook 3 6y
+16 Providence Fires 1,926 Teachers, Officially Bankrupt 9 6y
0 DePaul vs. IIT vs. Loyola in MS CS for prop trading, etc. 9 6y
0 Am I Getting f***ed? 6 6y
0 Rant: Intel-gathering disguised as "Job" interview 5 6y
0 Financial Analyst ON line quiz 5 6y
0 Ronin Capital: more information regarding interview for assistant trader position 10 6y
+3 Performance Trust Capital Partners In Chicago 1 6y
0 Transition--Pit Trading to Office 3 6y
0 The next step.. 0 6y
0 Farmland 13 6y
+16 Summer Technology Analyst at BB > Finance 2 6y
+44 What to expect from a prop trading job? 21 6y
+13 Does anyone have these books? 10 6y
+4 Drug test for Prop Shops 6 6y
+37 BP IST Program 35 6y
0 MBA to Structuring with no prior finance experience 2 6y
0 Citigroup Derivatives Markets? 0 6y
+14 Bad Move To Ask For Travel Money For Interview? 4 6y
+8 Mercuria Email 8 6y
+15 PEAK6 Assessment Test 16 6y
+28 What to Watch Out For Regarding Trading Job Offer From Small Prop Shop? 13 6y
0 Double major with math an advantage? 4 6y
+39 Indiana U (not Kelley yet) or TCU for S&T? 17 6y
0 Chicago Trading Firms Internships? 3 6y
+18 Assessing My Opportunities 7 6y
0 GS Securities SA Chicago Superday 0 6y
+20 Which companies in Chicago are siloed, and which are collaborative? 5 6y
0 How to start in commodities trading, specifically soft goods. 0 6y
+21 Physical Traders Interview 9 6y
+10 Interview for Supply and Trading Internship with BP 1 6y
0 At a Life CrossRoad...PLEASE HELP!!! 6 6y
+9 Gelber Group Junior Trader? 5 6y
0 Interested in trading... need some guidance. 7 6y
0 I want to do trading..Advice? 8 6y
0 The programmer-trader divide at prop shops 0 6y
0 Call all algo traders... 3 6y
0 GETCO -> KCG Holdings LLC. 9 6y
+12 Is a $60K Base Salary + 25% Sales Commission + 5% Equity a good compensation package for a Hedge Fund Sales Director? 1 6y
+147 The decline of Chicago prop trading 130 6y
0 laid off prop trader = screwed? 16 6y
+59 Lower GPA...Trading Still Possible? 40 6y
+48 Trading from UIUC 28 6y
0 Any undergrads hear from some of the top prop shops yet? 29 6y
0 I have an interesting background...does anyone have advice for a wannabe trader? 5 6y
0 MKM Partners? 1 6y
0 Has anyone heard anything about RJ O'Brien in Chicago? 6 6y
0 Software Engineering at a Chicago Prop Trading Firm - Any Advice Would Be Appreciated 2 6y
0 Andrie Capital Trading? 1 6y
+17 Anyone has experience with Geneva Trading? 7 6y
+11 Goldman quantitative investment strategies vs prop trading 3 6y
+22 MFE to Trading? Input Appreciated 7 6y
+19 Hearing back from an interview - what should I do next? 2 6y
0 Possible to break in to trading with no prior/relevant experience? 5 6y
0 Most futures pits scheduled to close in Chicago by end of the summer 9 6y
0 Internship at the Chicago Board of Trade 5 6y
0 DV Trading 1 6y
+26 Which Prop Trading Firms Have the Highest Salaries? 22 6y
+22 Chicago Prop Trading Internship 7 6y

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