+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
+147 The decline of Chicago prop trading 130 6y
0 Suits for 1st year analysts? 4 6y
0 Advice - European student with good grades 5 6y
0 Confused about salaries 7 6y
0 Carbon Emissions 3 6y
0 Got offer, question on comp package 6 6y
0 Derivative Sales (Goldman) *A few innocent questions* 13 6y
0 Advice for a former military officer who wants to be a trader? 34 6y
0 Equity exotics vs swaptions trading 7 6y
0 Equity Derivative Sales 34 6y
0 "Hot" Currency pairs for spot fx 1 6y
0 Need some advice on choosing 2 offers 5 6y
0 Comp in top HFs vs top BBs 16 6y
0 BB analyst training NY --> commodities trading London 5 6y
0 Swap Rates/Spreads 5 6y
0 STATE STREET Interview Question 9 6y
0 Investment Challenge Stock Picks 7 6y
0 pre-tradng path 11 6y
0 London Analyst Comp 2008-2009 0 6y
0 major for trading in london 4 6y
0 After a Few Years of Trading which type of grad school do you look into? 9 6y
0 Non-American Trading Firms 3 6y
0 For the experienced: BB prop desk in USA or Euro BB sell-side options - London 3 6y
0 Futures Trader turned Porn Star 6 6y
0 GS London vs Barcap HK 9 6y
0 Which path for MSc Finance 1 6y
0 Best Transition Career for Trading/ or FE Masters programs 0 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Structuring Salary - London 0 6y
0 European SA recruiting 3 6y
0 Unsure of best career direction - UK engineering student (semi-target) 2 6y
0 interest rate derivatives jr. salesman primary dealer questions 0 6y
0 A real baller trader - from phone to Porsche 11 6y
0 7City training and test prep 4 6y
+19 MBA graduate, trading from 16 months, what next?? 10 6y
+20 Final year maths undergraduate seeking London prop position 7 6y
+20 MSc Machine Leaning vs Applied Maths 4 6y
+21 Recommend me a prop firm to apply to (SBs awarded) 3 6y
+21 Courses to Trade Physical Commodities 23 6y
+21 from m&a to the markets 6 6y
+21 London Fixed-Income Trading Entry Level Grad Scheme - Final round interviews - Japanese Bank 6 6y
+21 Going for graduate or waiting... need your advise 5 6y
+22 Morgan Stanley VS Citi 17 6y
+23 Commodity trading : Internship or Summer School ? 32 6y
+23 LSE MSc A&F for London S&T after STEM BSc 5 6y
+25 Risk Management (Quant Market Risk) to Sales? 7 6y
+26 Why is this illegal? 13 6y
+27 A Few Good Men: LIBOR Style 5 6y
+28 DB > MS a mad decision? 13 6y
+28 How Many Hours Do Traders Work? 63 6y
+28 Trading Desk 13 6y
+28 How do you handle a negative streak? 3 6y
+29 My Story So Far - Oil 16 6y
+30 Volcker Rule Vote on Deck...How Bad is This? 11 6y
+31 Updating the Citi "circle" report on S&T 8 6y
+32 (UBS london FICC summer quant) VS. (RBS HK summer volatility trading) 26 6y
+32 JPMorgan: Too Big To Exist? 13 6y
+56 Conversation with an Equities Sales Trader 6 6y
+57 Moving from trading into IT. Reasonable or stupid? 32 6y
+80 Citigroup - Trading - Summer Analyst desk preferences? 125 6y
+80 Ask Eddie: Should I Bail On My Trading Job? 13 6y
+85 Have I messed up my future? 35 6y

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  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
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  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
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