0 The programmer-trader divide at prop shops 0 6y
0 Call all algo traders... 3 6y
0 GETCO -> KCG Holdings LLC. 9 6y
0 laid off prop trader = screwed? 16 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
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
0 Oil Supermajors Internship 0 6y
0 Prop Trading - New 2015 0 6y
0 FI prop to hedge fund 1 6y
0 Savius llc 0 6y
0 Proprietary Trading Question 4 6y
0 Developing an ETF Formal report and pitch 0 6y
0 New HFT company in Chicago - anyone know what it's called? 0 6y
0 Moving into trading 1 6y
0 Fortune Trading Group interview 0 6y
0 Which Chicago prop shops still hire non quants/algo? 4 6y
+1 How to network as a junior trader? 3 6y
+3 Chicago Trading Company interview 2 6y
+3 Eagle Seven Trading 1 6y
+3 Prospect S&T student need advice 9 6y
+3 Does anyone know and S&T internships that are still hiring? 4 6y
+3 Series 57 Instructor 1 6y
+3 Performance Trust Capital Partners In Chicago 1 6y
+3 Does IMC drug test their interns and employees? 1 6y
+3 Has anyone ever took a Hybrid Trader Intern Interview for Belvedere Trading in Chicago? 1 6y
+4 Knocking on Doors 7 6y
+4 Drug test for Prop Shops 6 6y
+5 Performance Trust in Chicago 9 6y
+6 Advice... Please give your input 5 6y
+6 Prop Trading Firms in Los Angeles Area 15 6y
+6 IMC or Optiver 3 6y
+7 Prop Trading Offers: Peak6 vs Belvedere Trading 6 6y
+8 Allston Trading: algorithmic trader role? 7 6y
+8 Mercuria Email 8 6y
+9 DRW or Susquehanna International Group? 20 6y
+9 JPM Trading - Columbus 6 6y
+9 Lateral Recruiting from Quantitative Risk to S&T? 1 6y
+9 Gelber Group Junior Trader? 5 6y
+11 Goldman quantitative investment strategies vs prop trading 3 6y
+12 Eldorado Trading Group.. Anybody? 12 6y
+12 Entry Level Job Advice - commodity execution trader 1 6y
+12 Ranking the Top Proprietary Trading Firms in 2019? 1 6y
+12 Is a $60K Base Salary + 25% Sales Commission + 5% Equity a good compensation package for a Hedge Fund Sales Director? 1 6y
+13 Prop Trading offers question 3 6y
+13 Does anyone have these books? 10 6y
+13 Interview for Supply and Trading Internship with BP 1 6y
+14 Bad Move To Ask For Travel Money For Interview? 4 6y
+15 Optiver vs SIG 8 6y
+15 Quantitative Trading rankings 5 6y
+15 PEAK6 Assessment Test 16 6y
+15 How is BB S&T these days? Is it on the downswing? And how does it compare to prop trading? 1 6y
+16 Providence Fires 1,926 Teachers, Officially Bankrupt 9 6y
+16 Weird Offer Dilemma: Risk Mgmt vs. Prop Trading 12 6y
+16 Prop trader to PM-track role at asset manager 7 6y
+16 Commodity Hedging Firm Abroad, Interview Prep 2 6y
+16 Summer Technology Analyst at BB > Finance 2 6y
+17 What is "life" like at a normal HFT firm? 6 6y
+17 Anyone has experience with Geneva Trading? 7 6y
+18 Assessing My Opportunities 7 6y
+18 Deciding between prop trading offers: PEAK6 vs Gelber vs TMG vs Spot 19 6y
+19 Hearing back from an interview - what should I do next? 2 6y
+19 How is Akuna Capital? Has anyone worked there? 8 6y
+20 CTC vs Allston vs Akuna 6 6y
+20 Which companies in Chicago are siloed, and which are collaborative? 5 6y
+21 Dick Durbin Does a Little Front-Running 7 6y
+21 Physical Traders Interview 9 6y
+21 Physical Trading vs. Mkt Making 3 6y
+22 Summer internship: BB S&T vs prop shop! 7 6y
+22 HFT Masters 22 6y
+22 MFE to Trading? Input Appreciated 7 6y
+22 Chicago Prop Trading Internship 7 6y
+23 What do oil traders make? A lawsuit against BP sheds some light... 2 6y
+24 Experienced options prop trader looking for a company to back me. 17 6y
+25 ETFs caused May 06 Flash Crash? 17 6y
+26 Which Prop Trading Firms Have the Highest Salaries? 22 6y
+28 Best Futures Markets for 2010 14 6y
+28 Be werry werry quite, I'm hunting traders. 12 6y
+28 Is trading fun? 16 6y
+28 What to Watch Out For Regarding Trading Job Offer From Small Prop Shop? 13 6y
+31 Computer Science Major - Great (?) School, Crappy GPA 22 6y
+31 Junior Canadian STIR/FX trader -> Offer from Chicago Corp? 2 6y
+31 Prestigious Prop Shop Exit Ops 7 6y
+37 BP IST Program 35 6y
+38 Allston Trading cuts employees amid low volatility 17 6y
+39 HTG Capital Partners 35 6y
+39 Indiana U (not Kelley yet) or TCU for S&T? 17 6y
+44 What to expect from a prop trading job? 21 6y
+46 Bonus structure at small hedge fund (am I being played?) 37 6y
+48 Trading from UIUC 28 6y
+54 ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT PROP TRADING! 58 6y
+59 Lower GPA...Trading Still Possible? 40 6y
+72 Job Security at Prop Trading (Chicago Based) 42 6y

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