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+18 What are my odds breaking through? Energy/Power Trading [Canada] 8 1y
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+9 Sophomore/Junior Sales & Trading Free Mentorship/Recruitment Advice 1 1y
+28 Structured Finance IB vs FI S&T 12 1y
+13 How to break into Sales and Trading? 4 1y
+10 Goldman Sachs S&T West Palm Beach 6 1y
0 Quiting Analyst Program 3 1y
+13 Why Do "Actual" Trading Desks Seem Scarce? 5 1y
+18 Terminal Color Schemes: Beyond Red/Green - Impact on Trading Psychology? 2 1y
0 Execution and Clearing Offer Advice 1 1y
+58 Why is Sales and Trading less popular than IB? 13 1y
0 Comp in Sales & Trading, Rates Sales 1 1y
+3 S&T -> HF 4 1y
+10 What are you actually getting paid as an S&T SA? 7 1y
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+2 Best S&T Desks 1 1y
+3 Citi vs Barclays ? 13 1y
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0 UBS 2025 Global Markets 2 2y
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0 What banks trade commodities? 1 2y
+15 Masters Programs at Rice University 10 2y
+15 Algo trading in bonds vs stocks 9 2y
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+26 Credit Analyst to Commodity Trading 10 2y
+103 S&T Equity Derivatives Trader.. Q&A 44 2y
+16 FX Traders Are Being Replaced by Algos - Bloomberg 8 2y
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+9 Book Recs (or other resources) that helped you learn 6 2y
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0 BNP 06/26 Super Day 3 2y
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0 Any Securitized Products Traders here (CMBS/RMBS/ABS/CLO)? 1 2y
+4 Sales and trading 2025 5 2y
+9 Do I need to be worried? 4 2y
+7 S&T 2025 SA Timeline - Where are we at right now? 55 2y
+18 Shop hiring too many traders. How concerned should I be? 1 2y
+11 Connecting with manager in trading internship 2 2y
+28 Market Risk at Commercial Bank VS Ops Risk at MM 7 2y
0 Middle market 2025SA S&T hiring timeline 2 2y
0 BMO S&T 2025 SA 1 2y
+4 S&T Opportunities on the West Coast? 3 2y
+9 2024 PC Asus Vivobook S 15 S5507 Copilot+ avec matériel Snapdragon X 1 2y
+12 Energy Trading/Commodity Trading vs Fixed Income & Equities 1 2y
+23 Fx trading + principal and agency question 2 2y
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+3 Equity Sales at Jefferies vs Billionaire's Family office 5 2y
+4 Oil Trading Interview Question - Selling the RBOB Crack 3 2y
+10 BAML S&T or JPM Trading? 25 2y
+17 M&A / CorpDev groups at Japanese Trading House Conglomerates 6 2y
0 When are signing bonuses sent out? (Incoming First Year) 1 2y
0 Best Barclays NY Desks? 1 2y
+5 BofA Rates and Currencies Superday 10 2y
+20 EDF Trading 22 2y
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  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

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  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

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  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
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  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
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  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
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