0 MM S&T: traditional market making 6 11y
0 Freepoint Commodities: long-term upside of a role working 3 11y
+8 What in the world does this mean!? 4 11y
0 ML or Prop trading firms 6 11y
0 A la Recherche du Temps Perdu 4 11y
0 Brand New! BulkTrader 0 11y
+14 Energy Prop Shop Exit Opportunities 9 11y
+12 Energy Trader looking to exchange knowledge with a power systems engineer 3 11y
0 College Student Looking to Build Stock Portfolio - Tips/Suggestions? 8 11y
0 Open Outcry Game Guide? 1 11y
0 IMC Financial Markets Interview Help!!!! 0 11y
+8 How much is he earning ?????? 41 11y
0 Question for the front office personnel of WSO 0 11y
0 BB: Trading Desk Rotation 4 11y
0 Coffee and sandwich menus? 0 11y
+36 3 commodities paths, which one is best ? 17 11y
+9 J Aron 1 11y
+12 Transition to S&T? 1 11y
0 Desk Placement Dilemma 2 11y
+19 Excel knowledge in S&T 15 11y
0 MO role + masters in computer science -- make the jump to trading/trading assistant? 1 11y
0 Credit Suisse FX? 8 11y
+22 STIR/Eurodollar Traders 11 11y
+22 Which Offer to take? UBS, Citi, CS, MS, JPM 22 11y
0 S&T firm for small businesses? 0 11y
0 noob advice 2 11y
+9 What is your investor profile? 6 11y
+4 How "competitive" is the S&T Summer Analyst program? 18 11y
+34 Firm Compensation 34 11y
+51 What to expect from a Sales & Trading summer internship? 46 11y
+3 Advice- Summer Internship 4 11y
0 S&T Desk Research Analyst 2 11y
0 Credit Trading to Leveraged Finance IBD 1 11y
0 Water Rights Trading? 1 11y
+12 Electronic FX (eFX) or Electronic Sales (FICC, Equity) - What are they? 4 11y
+18 STIRT - Short Term Interest Rate Trading 9 11y
+10 Difference between hedging with and without Volatility Smile 10 11y
+31 Physical commodities trading house - natural gas analyst role - is this a good opportunity? 24 11y
0 S&T trading interview process? 10 11y
0 Is "security analysis" still relevant? 0 11y
0 Supermajor Physicals Compensation? 8 11y
+37 JUST RELEASED: New WSO Prop Trading Interview Guide 7 11y
0 ING vs Barclays 0 11y
+20 Mechanics of IPO 7 11y
+19 MM S&T prospects 27 11y
0 Dynamic Between the Traders and Researchers Inside HFs 0 11y
+9 Goldman Sachs Engineering -> Trading / Trading Assistant 6 11y
0 Finance undergrad requiring trading guidance/mentorship 6 11y
0 Treasury Trading Desk Vs Market Making 2 11y
0 Anyone use MIAC Analytics WinOAS? 0 11y
+45 Commodities Trading Internship Interview 22 11y
0 Oil Trader @ Citadel 3 11y
0 Need insight into trading career 8 11y
+37 No bonus because I've been at firm for less than 1 year??? 25 11y
0 Help : Dairy export logistics FT position at a AG trading firm 6 11y
0 BNP Paribas Fixed Income S&T SA 13 11y
0 Legal Action against a prop arcade? 1 11y
+11 Value of a Forward Contract - Example 2 11y
0 Muni Sales and Trading 16 11y
0 Software Developer (and eventually Quantitative Researcher) position at an IT consultancy turned high-frequency HF. Good idea? 4 11y
0 Post Assessment Centre interview 0 11y
+116 Is commodities the only S&T desk where you reach 6 to 7 figures ? 92 11y
+38 Beast Mode's Options Trading Journal 45 11y
0 Need some input and advice please 0 11y
0 To old school traders: Dealing with a change in trading structure. 3 11y
0 Distribution 0 11y
+3 Excel valuation of stock in practice. PV( ) function 2 11y
+14 Risks for a Counterparty Risk Trader 4 11y
+11 Trading Mortgage Backed Securities 18 11y
+20 Trader Bonus Across the Street 5 11y
0 Graduating at 25 from undergrad...how much of a handicap for trading recruitment? 5 11y
0 Incoming Equity Sales Analyst - Advice? 15 11y
0 Is doing research on companies the bulk of the work for analysts, whether in prop trading, asset management or equity research? 2 11y
0 Trading & Structuring FT Graduate Interview at Credit Suisse 7 11y
+9 Corporate Derivatives? 4 11y
0 Resources for learning about FX 2 11y
+13 FX Spot Trading 9 11y
+14 Can someone tell me about CDO trading please? 3 11y
0 Please tear my cover letter to pieces 0 11y
0 Money Desk 0 11y
0 Final Round with Louis Dreyfus?????? 12 11y
0 EIA & IEA Jobs 2 11y
+51 Power Trading -- Electricity Trading 29 11y
+11 Trending Stock Discussion: GOPRO 8 11y
+22 How exactly traders “provide liquidity” in the markets 9 11y
0 Forecasting currency changes using Econometrics 2 11y
0 KGS Alpha Capital Markets? 0 11y
+36 Can Anyone Recommend a SOLID Bond maths book for young bond traders? 35 12y
+29 What are S&T hours really like and do they vary by bank/desk? 18 12y
+9 App for Trading Test Prep 0 12y
+17 HOW SMART ARE YOU > logical reasoning > enter the bulge! 5 12y
0 Stock Alert Services?? Anyone ever use before? 0 12y
0 Decent portfolio mgmt tools for retail investors? 0 12y
0 Stock Dilution of new shareholder, public offering 0 12y
0 Looking to speak with people in distressed/high yield or bankruptcy/restructuring lawyers 1 12y
0 Starting career at non-top Prop Trading firm (need serious advice) 5 12y
0 Is it worth mentioning trading with papermoney at interviews? 12 12y
0 Best sell side equity derivatives desks? 9 12y
0 Fixed Income BB 0 12y
+27 Trading still a good career? 9 12y

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