JamesH83, I'd appreciate you're take on this:You mentioned that HY Trading can be quantitative on "depending what you want to do exactly". What part of HY Trading would you categorically state as quantitative?

Really cool article. Thanks.

what then is useful? Quick wits, discipline, and endless determination? Hell, that sounds more like the corny stuff I say in interviews! lol

I'm aware that a CFA is useful for HY Research. But would HY Traders be interested in it? After all, the CFA is geared towards the investment management community.

JamesH83, you mentioned that HY Trading can be quantitative on "depending what you want to do exactly". What part of HY Trading would you categorically state as quantitative?

Yeah, could someone please throw light on what High Frequency FX really is?

I go to a liberal arts state school, and so even though my major is finance, it's not as in-depth as the stuff they teach at Wharton, Stern etc. I had to waste 2 yrs of my college life taking literature, politics, religion...As a credit trader, how quantitative is the analysis you do?

I'm a college senior with crappy math skills. I've got an offer with an IB for HY Research. And since I'm weak at math, I was wondering if I'll ever make it as a trader...

High Yield Trading? And what typically is the common background of most HY traders?

I interned with them this past summer. The interviews were friendly, and mostly behavioral. Keep in mind though, I was then interviewing for a summer ANALYST position.

<t>MJ, I'd deeply appreciate your take on this matter: I've got an offer for a Trading analyst position with an IB in Interest Rate Trading. Now, my math skills are quite ordinary -- I've only taken a single math course in my 3.5 college years. Given this fact, do you think I can still be effective ...

That was easy enough. Thanks!

<t>Thanks for the feedback Energy Quant. I think you're right about the attitude -- I may need to change it. If I decide to sit on the IR Trading desk, I can assure you that I'll be well prepared. Obviously, as a Finance major I'm not expected to take math courses, but that won't prevent me from pic...

Sorry for my apparent lack of knowledge, but what exactly are USTs, Bunds or JGBs? Thanks again!

<t>Thanks for the response. Why do Interest Rate traders have to be gurus in Math? Isn't that a quant's job? If I have model, as long as I'm proficient in using it, why must I care about the know-how that goes into building it? It should be obvious by now that I'm only but an amateur; but if you cou...