+15 PEAK6 Assessment Test 16 3y
+28 What to Watch Out For Regarding Trading Job Offer From Small Prop Shop? 13 3y
0 Double major with math an advantage? 4 3y
+39 Indiana U (not Kelley yet) or TCU for S&T? 17 3y
0 Chicago Trading Firms Internships? 3 3y
+18 Assessing My Opportunities 7 3y
0 GS Securities SA Chicago Superday 0 3y
0 How to start in commodities trading, specifically soft goods. 0 3y
+21 Physical Traders Interview 9 3y
0 At a Life CrossRoad...PLEASE HELP!!! 6 3y
0 Interested in trading... need some guidance. 7 3y
0 I want to do trading..Advice? 8 3y
0 The programmer-trader divide at prop shops 0 3y
0 Call all algo traders... 3 3y
0 GETCO -> KCG Holdings LLC. 9 3y
+147 The decline of Chicago prop trading 130 3y
0 laid off prop trader = screwed? 16 3y
+59 Lower GPA...Trading Still Possible? 40 3y
+48 Trading from UIUC 28 3y
0 Any undergrads hear from some of the top prop shops yet? 29 3y
0 I have an interesting background...does anyone have advice for a wannabe trader? 5 3y
0 MKM Partners? 1 3y
0 Has anyone heard anything about RJ O'Brien in Chicago? 6 3y
0 Software Engineering at a Chicago Prop Trading Firm - Any Advice Would Be Appreciated 2 3y
0 Andrie Capital Trading? 1 3y
+16 Anyone has experience with Geneva Trading? 7 3y
+11 Goldman quantitative investment strategies vs prop trading 3 3y
+22 MFE to Trading? Input Appreciated 7 3y
+19 Hearing back from an interview - what should I do next? 2 3y
0 Possible to break in to trading with no prior/relevant experience? 5 3y
0 Most futures pits scheduled to close in Chicago by end of the summer 9 3y
0 Internship at the Chicago Board of Trade 5 3y
0 DV Trading 1 3y
+26 Which Prop Trading Firms Have the Highest Salaries? 22 3y
+22 Chicago Prop Trading Internship 7 3y
0 Oil Supermajors Internship 0 3y
0 Prop Trading - New 2015 0 3y
+18 Deciding between prop trading offers: PEAK6 vs Gelber vs TMG vs Spot 19 3y
+7 Prop Trading Offers: Peak6 vs Belvedere Trading 6 3y
+38 Chicago Prop Trading List 24 3y
+1 How to network as a junior trader? 3 3y
+3 Prospect S&T student need advice 9 3y
0 FI prop to hedge fund 1 3y
+3 Does anyone know and S&T internships that are still hiring? 4 3y
0 Savius llc 0 3y
+5 Performance Trust in Chicago 9 3y
0 Proprietary Trading Question 4 3y
0 Developing an ETF Formal report and pitch 0 3y
+31 Computer Science Major - Great (?) School, Crappy GPA 22 3y
0 New HFT company in Chicago - anyone know what it's called? 0 3y
0 Moving into trading 1 3y
+24 Experienced options prop trader looking for a company to back me. 17 3y
+16 Prop trader to PM-track role at asset manager 7 3y
+6 IMC or Optiver 3 3y
+72 Job Security at Prop Trading (Chicago Based) 42 3y
0 Fortune Trading Group interview 0 3y
+19 How is Akuna Capital? Has anyone worked there? 8 3y
0 Which Chicago prop shops still hire non quants/algo? 4 3y
+3 Series 57 Instructor 1 3y
+9 JPM Trading - Columbus 6 3y
+31 Junior Canadian STIR/FX trader -> Offer from Chicago Corp? 2 3y
+20 CTC vs Allston vs Akuna 6 3y
+9 Lateral Recruiting from Quantitative Risk to S&T? 1 3y
+16 Commodity Hedging Firm Abroad, Interview Prep 2 3y
+3 Performance Trust Capital Partners In Chicago 1 3y
+3 Does IMC drug test their interns and employees? 1 3y
+16 Summer Technology Analyst at BB > Finance 2 3y
+44 What to expect from a prop trading job? 21 3y
+3 Has anyone ever took a Hybrid Trader Intern Interview for Belvedere Trading in Chicago? 1 3y
+3 Questions about equity trading internship 1 3y
+31 Prestigious Prop Shop Exit Ops 7 3y
+12 Entry Level Job Advice - commodity execution trader 1 3y
+21 Physical Trading vs. Mkt Making 3 3y
+14 Bad Move To Ask For Travel Money For Interview? 4 3y
+15 How is BB S&T these days? Is it on the downswing? And how does it compare to prop trading? 1 3y
+12 Ranking the Top Proprietary Trading Firms in 2019? 1 3y
+20 Which companies in Chicago are siloed, and which are collaborative? 5 3y
+10 Interview for Supply and Trading Internship with BP 1 3y
+38 Allston Trading cuts employees amid low volatility 17 3y
+9 Gelber Group Junior Trader? 5 3y
+12 Is a $60K Base Salary + 25% Sales Commission + 5% Equity a good compensation package for a Hedge Fund Sales Director? 1 3y
0 ML London: best desks for Markets (had mistakenly put this in I-Banking discussion) 1 3y
0 Suits for 1st year analysts? 4 3y
0 Advice - European student with good grades 5 3y
0 Confused about salaries 7 3y
0 Carbon Emissions 3 3y
0 Got offer, question on comp package 6 3y
0 Derivative Sales (Goldman) *A few innocent questions* 13 3y
0 Advice for a former military officer who wants to be a trader? 34 3y
0 Equity exotics vs swaptions trading 7 3y
0 Equity Derivative Sales 34 3y
0 "Hot" Currency pairs for spot fx 1 3y
0 Need some advice on choosing 2 offers 5 3y
0 Comp in top HFs vs top BBs 16 3y
+10 London Trader's Chime in 3 3y
0 BB analyst training NY --> commodities trading London 5 3y
0 Swap Rates/Spreads 5 3y
+4 Citi Numerical Reasoning Test - London 2 3y
0 STATE STREET Interview Question 9 3y
0 Investment Challenge Stock Picks 7 3y

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