I have to make a choice. Which is better for the coming year, bonus wise? Working for a bond trading desk or an equity trading desk? Having chosen that, prop trading or flow trading?

<t>What is "product control"? Is it production support?In my firm, I have seen that many of the people who are in production support have become traders (Program Traders, to be specific).It might be because for Program Traders, attention to detail, hard work and perseverance are more important than ...

interesting.

<t>Is there a definitive method to determine the nature of the market, either as choppy, trending etc. over say, an hour to several hours horizon.I don't need to predict this, just take note of it as a fact. It will be helful if I can quantify it somehow.Like 0 for flat, 5 for choppy and 10 for tren...

Anyone heard about Citadel ERAM group? What do they do.I was told ERAM stands for Equity Research And Modelling. sounds quiteobvious, but I was wondering if thats all there is to it or is it a trading desk as well.

Great to hear that. Do you know which courses you will be taking in Fall?krup.

<t>I find the following terms being used all the time in Job descriptions1. Quant Trader2. Quant Analyst3. Quant Researcher and sometimes4. Quant Programmer3 & 4 make sense to me, a Quant programmer just tranlates Quant models into trading programs using what ever infrastructure is there.a Quant...

I looked at the curriculum for both. NYU seemed more practical than Columbia. Columbia was very theoretical and mathematically intensive. Also, heard NYU has a better placement record when compared to Columbia.

Glad to know. How is the transition, especially with regards to the mathematics? Right now, I am taking some background courses in Mathematics.I work for a Quantitative group in our bank. Found the work interesting and so I applied for this program. Do you have a prior background in math?

I am joining NYU's Math Finance program this fall. I work for a big investment bank in NY and will be doing this program part time.I have a masters in Comp Sci. Just wanted to know if anyone with the same background joining the same program.