+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 ML London: best desks for Markets (had mistakenly put this in I-Banking discussion) 1 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
+12 BNP Paribas and Societe Generale 13 6y
+12 Temp offer dilemma, IB retail internship vs prop trading trainee scheme 4 6y
+12 Master in quantitative finance and risk management Bocconi 6 6y
+12 PROSPECTION as Junior Sales Broker: Advice needed 1 6y
+12 Anyone London based who know about this program? 1 6y
+12 UK - Seeking Careers Advice - Offer and scholarship from LSE MSc Finance, 1yr ETF Sales WkExp 1 6y
+12 Offer And Scholarship From LSE MSc Finance, 1yr ETF Sales, looking for advice 1 6y
+12 What should I do in the military to help my future career? 1 6y
+12 *Europe* No responses to S&T SA applications, what to do? 1 6y
+12 Morgan Stanley HK vs UBS London Sales and Trading Summer Analyst 1 6y
+12 BB Operations to Sales, Help. 1 6y
+12 Chances of returning to S&T/IB after military / choices 1 6y
+12 Rates Vol / FX Vol trading desks in London 2 6y
+12 Future of Banking & Trading 1 6y
+12 FT or SA and delaying 1 6y
+12 Do I need a MSc? which one? 1 6y
+12 First Advantage Background check timeline 1 6y
+12 Assessment Centre Credit Suisse S&T London 2020 Summer Internhsip 1 6y
+12 Overall S&T discussion, London S&T 3 6y
+12 S&T Internship after Debt Advisory 1 6y
+13 List of Worlds Largest Petroleum Companies 18 6y
+13 How Many Days After Phone Interview to Know I'm Out? 3 6y
+13 Securities internship Goldman Sachs preparation and tips 3 6y
+14 Best prep for SA in exotic trading 4 6y
+14 Optiver vs Wolverine 3 6y
+14 Moving into the Money Markets space 3 6y
+14 Internship in Asia as a German 4 6y
+14 GS vs Barcs (London S&T SA) 6 6y
+15 London Based HF's, Prop Shops, and Buy Side Firms 11 6y
+15 Global Markets: Calm before the storm? 2 6y
+15 Stay safe or take risk? Opportunity at GS vs follow the instinct 4 6y
+15 MS SA Update 9 6y
+16 UK - Interested in a Career in Structuring/Trading - MSc Finance LSE offer - Happy to provide what information I can in return 4 6y
+17 Macro rates sales 9 6y
+17 The Spanish Equity Market is Facing a Key Moment 2 6y
+17 Thoughts on HEC Montreal MsC in Financial Engineering? 4 6y
+18 Trading Blog - Week 4 0 6y
+18 Move timing 6 6y
+19 MSc from LSE? 12 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 S&T Exit Opps 4 6y
+22 Precious Metals Trading? 13 6y
+22 For Prop Trading, Which Master's program is Better? Risk Management or Investment Management? 15 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

Career Advancement Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Guggenheim Partners 02 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 97.4%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 02 99.0%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 13 97.4%

Professional Growth Opportunities

October 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 99.0%
  • Morgan Stanley 05 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.4%

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October 2026 Investment Banking

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  • Associates (57) $264
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (16) $161
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
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