+38 Bond Jargon 13 8y
+12 Power Trading Interview Questions - help needed 1 8y
+14 Interview Q: A different "Make me a market" question 4 8y
+15 full time S&T 1 8y
+26 FX Reading 11 8y
+7 Internal Wholesaler to S&T 5 8y
+86 Anyone else think trading is boring now? 66 8y
+3 Please tear my aspiring S&T internship CV to shreds 1 8y
+14 Getting A S&T Internship at a Non Target 3 8y
0 Interest rate research and trading 24 8y
+9 Cash Equities - how to make myself non-redundant? 8 8y
+3 EM rates trading at a broker dealer 2 8y
+43 Prop Trading vs BB Trading 83 8y
+71 Electricity Trading 44 8y
+34 JP Morgan S&T Vs. Citigroup S&T (Offer Help) 21 8y
+12 Transitioning from S&T to other industries post MBA (tech, consulting, PE) 1 8y
+3 Good things to read for options and futures 2 8y
+19 Getting Screwed Over 5 8y
+13 What to expect as Sales and Trading Intern (GS) 5 8y
+17 Quant Prop firm vs. Chop Shop 3 8y
+3 Best desk(s) at a broker nowadays ? 2 8y
+12 Msc or CFA? 1 8y
+3 Projecting GPA 1 8y
0 Why are ETFs regarded as "weapons of mass destruction?" 2 8y
+3 University transcript required for experienced hires? 1 8y
+15 Power Trading Hedge Fund 3 8y
+12 Credit Rating Agency FIG Group to EM Sovereign Group? 1 8y
+9 Do analysts get forced out after 2 years if senior traders think they can't make $? 1 8y
+3 Series 3 Exam 1 8y
+5 Trading firms vs Trading at a BB bank? 3 8y
+3 WHERE would you trade if you had your own capital? (For individuals) 1 8y
+4 How do hedge funds get new investors if they do not disclose their secret trading strategies to them? 3 8y
+11 Investment Banking Strategist 1 8y
+9 Structuring and Trading roles in investment bank: clarifications 1 8y
+18 CAREER TRANSITION FROM PHYSICAL COMMODITIES TRADE TO FINANCIAL TRADE 13 8y
+6 Commodities desk: Trading/Structuring/Sales -Anyone can explain the difference for each? 2 8y
+3 Deadend Career in Bank Trading 2 8y
+3 How will Dodd-Frank / Volcker Rule Reform affect Sales and Trading for BBs? 1 8y
+12 Incorrect BIDU earnings date on ThinkorSwim marketwatch/calendar cost me thousands of dollars in loss 4 8y
+12 Blue Point Trading Worldwide 1 8y
+4 HY/Distressed Credit Trading - Top Firms? 4 8y
+14 CDO/CLO Industry in 2018? 16 8y
+15 Goldman Sachs: Securities Division Management & Strategy Function? 5 8y
+11 Self Education: Foundations for understanding markets/investing/trading? 1 8y
+6 Switching from Equity to FICC and vice-versa! 5 8y
+17 Percentage of Electronification in Various Asset Classes 10 8y
+12 Junior Salesperson in Repo Exit Ops 1 8y
+21 Analyst at a BB going back to study a MSc at a Target 1 8y
+34 is day-trading and technical analysis a load of BS? 7 8y
+23 Answering why market making? 10 8y
+6 Better Growth over next 5 years: FICC or Equities? 1 8y
+12 credit electronic trading is developing but not so fast 1 8y
+21 FX Forwards - Help 7 8y
+3 Best Brokers to Trade Through with Less Than £10k 1 8y
+3 Resources for Learning O&G Transportation and Storage 1 8y
+3 Why did Alphabet's P/E ratio rise so drastically at the beginning of 2018? 1 8y
+11 Is Institutional Equity Sales going to die? 4 8y
+18 Trafigura Grad Program... hours, exit? 6 8y
+10 What are the best undergraduate degrees to become an exotics rates trader or equity derivatives trader? 11 8y
+15 Help a clueless undergrad weigh 2 offers: AllianceBernstein vs Ronin Capital 5 8y
0 Could someone enlighten the world of equity derivatives for me.. 27 8y
+3 Crude Oil broker/trader 1 8y
+35 Equity Delta One Desks 26 8y
+18 Moving from IBD to Sales 17 8y
+24 Barcap front office or GS Ops/Credit Risk 22 8y
+119 Technical Analysis ... Astrology? 133 8y
0 Best Paper Money Trading Desktop Platform 2 8y
0 Interactive Brokers Requirements 9 8y
+3 ERX Pro boom of facial hair. In other words 1 8y
+13 Mutual Funds vs. Shares 9 8y
+12 Investment Banking to Sales and Trading? 1 8y
+12 Learning suggestions? 1 8y
+14 How to handle a cold call to a potential investor? (interview prep) 3 8y
0 BP IST Internship application update email? 4 8y
+4 Deutsche Bank €5.9 Billion forex proft in 2008 4 8y
+3 Thoughts on Trillium/Interview Process? 1 8y
+12 Are any bulge brackets still recruiting? 6 8y
+27 Incoming SA, yet very depressed 7 8y
+12 BP Integrated Supply and Trading 3 8y
0 Equity derivatives sales/structuring dying on wall street? 3 8y
+1 Commoditization of S&T 1 8y
+3 Career Prospects: Trading, Sales, Structuring 1 8y
+1 WTF is going on with the Markets??? 1 8y
+3 Power Market Analyst Exit Opps 1 8y
+10 Best commodity career paths? 2 8y
+9 Risk Management vs Investment Strategy 1 8y
+20 Transition TA to Trader - Time to Switch Shops? 3 8y
+8 What does an itraxx trader do? 1 8y
+48 WSO Hall of Fame: Trading Forum 0 8y
+23 Nomura S&T Internship 7 8y
+10 Electrical Power/Energy Engineer to Power/Energy Trader 2 8y
+9 Difference b/w trader and broker 1 8y
+21 Prop trading vs. quant development 1 8y
+3 New Dodd-Frank Rules: Prop Trading for banks with 10b or less? 1 8y
+12 Spot Trading Shuts Doors 4 8y
+55 GS Operations role, should I take it if I want to be a trader?! 30 8y
+19 What is S&T? 19 8y
+3 Vidhigra represents another step in 1 8y
+1 Structuring question for structures out there! 4 8y
+12 Just joined a BB, might get shipped to Brooklyn. What now? 1 8y

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