+15 Brookfield Renewable Real-Time Power vs. ExxonMobil Trader Development Program vs. RWE Commercial Graduate Program 5 1w
+20 Starting out in Merchandising to Trading Desk. 6 2w
+6 Stifel FI Capital Markets 13 3w
+60 Commodities trader comp progression? 33 3w
0 Trafigura Commercial Program Pay 4 1mo
+16 MiM to Sales and Trading in IB 11 1mo
+12 A bird in hand vs. two in bush 8 1mo
+11 CLT vs NYC Help 9 2mo
0 Best Desks at Wells Fargo for S&T 1 2mo
+30 Summer Analyst Attire - FICC Trading 10 2mo
0 How hard is it to move from Wells Fargo CLT to NYC (Markets) 1 2mo
+11 How to return from buy-side to sell-side for trading? 3 3mo
+3 TX A&M MSC Energy 8 3mo
+64 Any info on TRIP (Trading, Risk and Investments Program) at Texas A&M? 31 4mo
+18 Thoughts on the TRIP (Trading, Risk, and Investments) Program at Texas A&M? 15 4mo
+44 Breaking into Physical Commodity Trading FT - Graduating Senior w/ Finance Background Struggling to Find a Way In 10 5mo
+4 Wells Fargo S&T Internship (FI Rotation) 4 5mo
+5 BNP Paribas Miami?!?!?!?! 7 5mo
+3 BNP Paribas Miami Sales Internship Updates!!!!!????? 10 5mo
0 Nextera acquiring Dominion - Energy Trading Discussion 1 5mo
+18 Navigating Barriers to a Trading Role 1 5mo
+15 Sophomore struck out for IB, signed BofA S&T, how realistic is senior-year re-recruiting for NYC banking? 3 6mo
+16 UT McCombs vs Middlebury College 20 6mo
+19 What degree should I take to become a trader 6 6mo
+7 Location differences for Goldman Sachs S&T? 9 7mo
0 Goldman Sachs Houston FICC & Equities 2027 0 7mo
+6 GS Commodities Advice 2 7mo
+25 Breaking into Sales & Trading in Hong Kong - help 35 8mo
+6 Which desk is most Miami adjacent 9 9mo
+12 Morgan Stanley Commodities S&T (Houston) 4 9mo
+17 UT Austin McCombs vs UChicago 5 9mo
+43 Energy IB to Commodities Trading 12 9mo
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+5 BNP Paribas Opinions?!?! 5 10mo
+13 22 y/o w/ SIE — path into equity prop trading? 2 10mo
+21 Market Opinion on Exxon Global Trading 7 10mo
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0 Affect Of ICE On OJ Futures 0 1y
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+5 Undergraduate Commodities Competition 4 1y
+19 GPA importance for quant trading 6 1y
0 Musket Corporation (Houston TX) 2 1y
+18 Macquarie Gas Trading (Houston) 17 1y
+15 GS Global Markets Loan Management Superday 16 1y
+26 Difficulty breaking into energy trading 24 1y
+5 Thoughts on Wells FI S&T (Charlotte NC) 4 1y
+2 Getting a Start in Metals Trading 2 1y
0 Goldman Sachs FICC & Equities Summer Internship 2026 Houston, Texas 1 1y
+15 Best Natural Gas Shop to learn? 5 1y
0 Houston Commodities S&T Timeline 2 1y
+9 . 1 1y
+34 How can I become a Quant (mid-career switcher)? 11 1y
+12 Florida Physical Commods 12 1y
+6 Del 3 1y
+6 TotalEnergies Trading Grad Program - Houston 1 1y
+17 Non-Trading Role in Commodity Trading (ops, marketing, deal origination, etc.) 5 1y
+13 How to exit WM for S&T? 13 1y
+11 Criteria for Acceptance into TDPs at Oil Majors and Top Trading Houses (Commodities) 4 1y
+9 Exiting WM for S&T? 1 1y
0 Asset Securitization Group First Round Interview - what to expect? 1 2y
0 Citi Commodities - Houston SD 1 2y
+10 Senior wondering when to apply for graduate programs? 3 2y
+12 College list for s&t, help pls 7 2y
+3 Greenfield 0 2y
+3 GS Market Risk Analyst Birmingham 0 2y
+9 Info Services/Media Company Analyst -> Energy Trading Analyst Desk? 1 2y
0 CS -> Masters in Analytics -> Trading? 1 2y
+20 BP Houston vs BP Chicago 7 2y
+20 Discerning what quantitative trading industry is looking for in Applicants 4 2y
0 Macquarie Houston Sales and Trading? 2 2y
+3 VaR & P/L targets (Power Trading) 1 2y
+18 What are my odds breaking through? Energy/Power Trading [Canada] 8 2y
+10 Power Trading 3 2y
+16 Debating between two offers -- fixed income and commodities 10 2y
0 What banks trade commodities? 1 2y
+15 Masters Programs at Rice University 10 2y
+15 Rising Junior Non Target 2025 Internship Advice 22 2y
+13 Entering Commodity Trading in US and Europe 4 2y
0 First post 1 2y
+29 Stopping spiders black widows brown recluse 10 2y
0 Data Science and Econometrics non-target degree VS Economics and Finance target degree for career in trading 1 2y
+6 Musket Corporation 6 2y
+6 Trading at Commodities shop 2 2y
0 Need Help Choosing - What's better for my future career? 4 2y
+9 Trying to compare potential comps 2 2y
+3 Tulane?? 10 2y
+26 Deleted 6 2y
+7 Trafigura Grad Program 2024 - Houston 5 2y
+32 ERCOT Online Power Training tool 5 2y
+19 Macquarie Houston Commodities S&T 17 2y
+2 Trading: JP NYC vs Wells Charlotte 4 2y
0 WF Markets (Houston) 2025 2 2y
0 Regional Commercial Bank - personal trading restrictions? 1 2y
0 Financial Modeling Elite 1 2y
+9 How different is S&T recruiting from IB? 7 2y
+16 Job security in Prop Trading? 3 2y
+10 Energy Trading Career Path 1 2y
0 When do most programs open for Houston? 2 2y
+3 Transferring 4 2y
+40 WM 14 2y

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