Physical Trading to Wall Street/Prop Trading

I am a non target 4 year employee at a pretty reputable physical trading company in CHI. Went to a big 10/big 12 esq. school, majored in general business & graduated with honors with a 3.7. The B School usually ranks somewhere between 50-150..... Kind of just fell into my current job, curious to know if their is a market for me in proprietary trading. For the first half of my career, to this point in life, I traded agricultural commodities, since then I've traded a specific energy product that is somewhat "sexy" yet foreign to Wall Street. Have helped managed a profitable book , while handling almost all aspects of the trade. I make decent money now around 150k per year all in, but I am curious if there is a place for me on Wall Street- if I am an attractive candidate or if it will be a tough nut to crack.

 

I am looking to move to NYC specifically would be semi open to other cities. I have a decent knowledge of soft commodities along with energy. I would say by prop trading I do in fact mean just limited to financial instruments with no physical presence. But wouldn't close the door on something that allows for both (Beyond merely just hedging)

 

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