Setting work life balance expectations

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60 hour weeks is the norm. If you want to be successful in this industry then you should not care about the hours. The people I know that make seven figures plus a year are the ones that work all the time and love what they do. Maybe making a ton of money is not the goal for you, which is absolutely fine.

However, you joined the wrong industry to work less than 60 hours a week. Would go to a long-only / family office shop if you are looking for a good work/life balance.

Trading is generally 7/7.30am to 5.30/6pm but depends on what desk you are in I have colleagues in FX market making doing 8.30-5.30 and others doing fic on 7-5

Many quant funds have 40-50 hours per week as standard, similar to software firms. It's not about working a certain number of hours, but being efficient and producing results. I think HFT funds with shorter holding periods have longer hours, since they are more tied to daily market movements.

My experience starting on the trading desk was 60 hours for the first 3 years. As my responsibilities grew, reputation for good work earned me 8-6 hours, so 50 hrs. I didn't see anyone do any better than that. if you don't want to work these hours, you could save your money and start looking to get out.