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S&T Algo Trading Comp and Exit Opportunities
Hello! I am a London uni STEM graduate with an offer to join as a Quant in the Algo Trading division of a European BB (think DB, CS, BNP). Firstly, if anyone has any insight on the job security and compensation trajectory in such a role, it would be greatly appreciated. Secondly, I was wondering...
Quant Research at Market Maker vs Hedge Fund
I am interested in maximising career earnings. Which do you think represents the better opportunity, quant research within a market maker (Jane Street, Jump Trading, Citadel, Optiver, XTX etc.) or within a 'hedge fund' (Winton, G-Research, GSA capital, RenTech, DE Shaw) etc. How easy is it to switch...
Electronic Trading Bonuses?
Hey guys - gonna be an intern this summer on an equities electronic trading desk at big 5 Canadian bank. Just curious, do electronic desks get lower/higher/similar bonuses compared to cash trading? I know equities isn't as sexy as FICC, what about electronic equities or eFICC? Role is as a...
Best Earnings Call Analysis Tool
I have been using a tool called Uplink to run advanced analytics and provide real time transcripts for Earnings calls and it has been great for me so far. This is definitely something that could be really huge for anyone regularly listening to earnings calls or any disclosures, to be honest. There...
The Real Impact of HFT And What You Don't Know
NNT has it right when he talks about fragility in the context of financial markets. For example, in 2010 the Flash Crash caused a near 1K point plunge in the DJIA. In 2012, a rogue algorithm executed on the NASDAQ botched the BATS IPO and caused similar problems again on April 4th. Last August,...
What Is Algorithmic Trading And How Does It Work?
Big hair, Ray Bans, and excess...ah, the 80’s! Gone are the halcyon days of hustling traders verbally duking-it-out and acting like a schoolyard full of hormonal teenage boys. Today, trading consists of Big Data, casual dress, and caffeine. Programs compete on milliseconds for the best execution...
Once again, problem with electronic exchange system
Bats Global Markets Inc., the third-largest U.S. stock exchange operator, said system errors is the reason of thousands of transactions being executed at prices that were not the best available. From Bloomberg: The problem dates back to October 2008 and has affected nearly 450,000 trades, costing...
Bank Electronic Trading Desk
Nearly all banks have their own 'electronic trading ' desks. Algo traders and programmers work on these desks. These are a total different breed, and what they do remains widely unknown to their colleagues on the regular S&T desks. Out of curiosity, I'm wondering how is the prestige and pay...
Electronic Trading
Can anyone shed some light as to what the electronic trading divisions at firms such Morgan Stanley or JPM really entail? How is an electronic trading division any different from an algorithmic trading division? What type of work can an intern in the electronic trading department of say, Morgan...
Help - liquienet?
I know this is certainly a random question to ask here (especially in the midst of current market crisis), but I was just curious to see if anyone here has ever heard of the company or its website, www.liquidnet.com One of my close friends asked me to see (he's a computer engineer and considering...
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