0 First jobs in trading? Please advise. 4 18y
0 Commodities and Credit: Sales or Trading 1 18y
+9 Do you still get a bonus if you dont make Associate? 7 18y
0 two quetions from interview for trader, want to see your opions 52 18y
0 Trading Desks in L.A. 8 18y
0 can grad students go through undergrad recruiting? 5 18y
0 Is a second year global markets analyst with Merrill Lynch possible? 0 18y
0 Trade Commission regulation? 17 18y
0 Back book 23 18y
0 Quantitative based 2 18y
0 DRW 5 18y
0 buy side execution trader 2 18y
0 Analyst vs non Analyst bonus pool 1 18y
0 Is Flow Trading Becoming Obsolete 1 18y
0 newb question about prop trading 6 18y
0 3-MO T Bill 2 18y
0 Question on a course 15 18y
0 Help me understand the upside potential in Box Spread 2 18y
0 HVOL Arb Question 4 18y
0 Goldman Firmwide 5 18y
0 Programming Literature Reccomendations 2 18y
0 How to prepare with distressed debt trading & research? 0 18y
0 Munis 4 18y
0 Straddles 14 19y
0 Non-Bank trading 3 19y
0 Trillium, DE Shaw, Chimera, etc 3 19y
0 6 Month Research Stint? 1 19y
0 Getting in through fall recruiting 4 19y
0 Proprietary Traders 7 19y
0 Investing simulation competition 2 19y
0 Remata Trading 6 19y
0 Important advice for current / future SAs 4 19y
0 Exactly what does an entry-level analyst trader do at a BB... 8 19y
0 Choosing a prop shop 9 19y
0 Problems with S&T 14 19y
0 Where should I start... 11 19y
0 A Career Crossroads 3 19y
0 Suggestion and advice for courses 12 19y
0 Need advice - Portfolio Sales vs Structured Volatility Sales 12 19y
0 Sales, Sales-Trading, and Trading 1 19y
0 Exotic Credit 17 19y
0 Leverage Loan Trading Metrics 1 19y
0 Lehman Brothers- Cash Equity Trading vs Credit Trading 21 19y
0 Locations for traders to live 6 19y
0 Turnover in S/T 1 19y
0 equity cash trading 15 19y
0 UBS Trading 4 19y
0 ADRs and GDRs 11 19y
0 Trading simualtion 8 19y
0 Can you explain to me the non-quant role in trading, esp if I have my MSc in Fin (not MFE)? 6 19y
0 7 digit bonuses 8 19y
0 Structuring to Flow 4 19y
0 What does the analyst do? 5 19y
0 Readings 10 19y
0 S&T Bonuses 33 19y
0 some "target" clarrification 15 19y
0 research reports 7 19y
0 So, how long will this down cycle be? 0 19y
0 What's the etiquette with "We'll get back to you within 24 hours with a decision", then they don't. 4 19y
0 Sales Question 13 19y
0 Finance w/ concentration in math. 4 19y
+20 How (if at all) is financial modeling important in trading (compared to M&A, etc.)? 19 19y
0 do traders like their jobs? 3 19y
0 What's a 'natural buyer'? 2 19y
0 Emerging Markets Ratings 7 19y
0 Switch: rating agency quant team to S&T 0 19y
0 Derivatives applications support 3 19y
0 What's better? Starting a career in S&T in Bull Market or Bear Market 14 19y
0 so I've been properly predicting (a lot of) stocks lately... 22 19y
0 Structured Derivatives 0 19y
0 to math or not to math 5 19y
0 advise me, for I need direction 12 19y
0 How to advance fast? 5 19y
0 Help, very important 4 19y
0 Which traders are the ones that get the $50 million bonuses? 10 19y
0 I think I'm done here fellas 17 19y
0 S&T After College 4 19y
+7 Sales and Trading to DCM 15 19y
0 Preparation materials? 6 19y
0 Free traders' spreadsheet? 0 19y
0 Skins 6 19y
0 Prop Desk Compensation 5 19y
0 Just another friday on the floor 18 19y
0 Sales and Trading position 10 19y
0 Here's a interesting Dilema for you.... 7 19y
+15 Average Career Length of a Trader... 16 19y
+16 the "it" factor for traders 10 19y
0 Best degree for S/T? 4 19y
0 Sales - Quantative Desks/Firms 3 19y
0 Index Indices 14 19y
0 Junior summer analyst S&T 2 19y
0 Group 1 10 19y
0 thoughts on possible desks? 5 19y
0 From Fixed Income Research to Sales/Trading? 2 19y
0 McDonald's and the weak dollar 8 19y
0 How to respond to an HR email... 8 19y
0 Options vs Futures/Forwards 4 19y
0 series 7, 63 or others for summers? 3 19y
0 FX Accumulator Options 2 19y
0 Jump to Hedge Fund 1 19y

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