0 I have an interesting background...does anyone have advice for a wannabe trader? 5 6y
0 MKM Partners? 1 6y
0 Has anyone heard anything about RJ O'Brien in Chicago? 6 6y
0 Software Engineering at a Chicago Prop Trading Firm - Any Advice Would Be Appreciated 2 6y
0 Andrie Capital Trading? 1 6y
+17 Anyone has experience with Geneva Trading? 7 6y
+11 Goldman quantitative investment strategies vs prop trading 3 6y
+22 MFE to Trading? Input Appreciated 7 6y
+19 Hearing back from an interview - what should I do next? 2 6y
0 Possible to break in to trading with no prior/relevant experience? 5 6y
0 Most futures pits scheduled to close in Chicago by end of the summer 9 6y
0 Internship at the Chicago Board of Trade 5 6y
0 DV Trading 1 6y
+26 Which Prop Trading Firms Have the Highest Salaries? 22 6y
+22 Chicago Prop Trading Internship 7 6y
0 Oil Supermajors Internship 0 6y
0 Prop Trading - New 2015 0 6y
+18 Deciding between prop trading offers: PEAK6 vs Gelber vs TMG vs Spot 19 6y
+7 Prop Trading Offers: Peak6 vs Belvedere Trading 6 6y
+1 How to network as a junior trader? 3 6y
+3 Prospect S&T student need advice 9 6y
0 FI prop to hedge fund 1 6y
+3 Does anyone know and S&T internships that are still hiring? 4 6y
0 Savius llc 0 6y
+5 Performance Trust in Chicago 9 6y
0 Proprietary Trading Question 4 6y
0 Developing an ETF Formal report and pitch 0 6y
+31 Computer Science Major - Great (?) School, Crappy GPA 22 6y
0 New HFT company in Chicago - anyone know what it's called? 0 6y
0 Moving into trading 1 6y
+24 Experienced options prop trader looking for a company to back me. 17 6y
+16 Prop trader to PM-track role at asset manager 7 6y
+6 IMC or Optiver 3 6y
+72 Job Security at Prop Trading (Chicago Based) 42 6y
0 Fortune Trading Group interview 0 6y
+19 How is Akuna Capital? Has anyone worked there? 8 6y
0 Which Chicago prop shops still hire non quants/algo? 4 6y
+3 Series 57 Instructor 1 6y
+9 JPM Trading - Columbus 6 6y
+31 Junior Canadian STIR/FX trader -> Offer from Chicago Corp? 2 6y
+20 CTC vs Allston vs Akuna 6 6y
+9 Lateral Recruiting from Quantitative Risk to S&T? 1 6y
+16 Commodity Hedging Firm Abroad, Interview Prep 2 6y
+3 Performance Trust Capital Partners In Chicago 1 6y
+3 Does IMC drug test their interns and employees? 1 6y
+16 Summer Technology Analyst at BB > Finance 2 6y
+44 What to expect from a prop trading job? 21 6y
+3 Has anyone ever took a Hybrid Trader Intern Interview for Belvedere Trading in Chicago? 1 6y
+31 Prestigious Prop Shop Exit Ops 7 6y
+12 Entry Level Job Advice - commodity execution trader 1 6y
+21 Physical Trading vs. Mkt Making 3 6y
+14 Bad Move To Ask For Travel Money For Interview? 4 6y
+15 How is BB S&T these days? Is it on the downswing? And how does it compare to prop trading? 1 6y
+12 Ranking the Top Proprietary Trading Firms in 2019? 1 6y
+20 Which companies in Chicago are siloed, and which are collaborative? 5 6y
+10 Interview for Supply and Trading Internship with BP 1 6y
+38 Allston Trading cuts employees amid low volatility 17 6y
+9 Gelber Group Junior Trader? 5 6y
+12 Is a $60K Base Salary + 25% Sales Commission + 5% Equity a good compensation package for a Hedge Fund Sales Director? 1 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
0 Comp in top HFs vs top BBs 16 6y
+10 London Trader's Chime in 3 6y
0 BB analyst training NY --> commodities trading London 5 6y
0 Swap Rates/Spreads 5 6y
+4 Citi Numerical Reasoning Test - London 2 6y
0 STATE STREET Interview Question 9 6y
0 Investment Challenge Stock Picks 7 6y
0 pre-tradng path 11 6y
0 London Analyst Comp 2008-2009 0 6y
0 major for trading in london 4 6y
0 After a Few Years of Trading which type of grad school do you look into? 9 6y
0 Non-American Trading Firms 3 6y
0 For the experienced: BB prop desk in USA or Euro BB sell-side options - London 3 6y
+28 DB > MS a mad decision? 13 6y
0 JP Morgan FX Options 2 6y
0 Futures Trader turned Porn Star 6 6y
0 GS London vs Barcap HK 9 6y
0 Which path for MSc Finance 1 6y
+19 MSc from LSE? 12 6y
+10 S&T SA facebook achievements section 9 6y
0 Best Transition Career for Trading/ or FE Masters programs 0 6y
+13 List of Worlds Largest Petroleum Companies 18 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Structuring Salary - London 0 6y
0 European SA recruiting 3 6y
0 Unsure of best career direction - UK engineering student (semi-target) 2 6y
0 interest rate derivatives jr. salesman primary dealer questions 0 6y
0 A real baller trader - from phone to Porsche 11 6y
0 7City training and test prep 4 6y
0 Structuring or management consulting 8 6y

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  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.8%
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  • 1st Year Analyst (75) $151
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