<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: tu160QuoteOriginally posted by: zeckpromicby limit orders, you mean trying to grab the flow, or catch the trend. then that is more or less gamblilng on a small period,right ?I don't see why is it gambling because having order book history and transactions history you co...

have some self respect man! their loss is someone else's gain.... unless you really aren't up to scratch.and at least have the sense not to post under your real name. you don't want the world to see how desperate you are.

why anyone would even contemplate starting an MFE right now is beyond me. a PhD i can understand but an MFE is of little use outside of an industry which may very well not be anywhere near as lucrative 2-3 years down the line.

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishQuoteOriginally posted by: ArthurDentQuoteOriginally posted by: zetaSpeaking from personal experience, try tech first. You'll probably earn the same as in finance Equal pay? On which planet?Earth. The expected pay in finance adjusted for cost of living for a new ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: wilazcatQuotePersonally I would rank experience over and above education / qualifications.Though experience is valued, it is just a matter of time. Most ppl acquire the same amount of experience over the same amount of time, which is not likely for education.given the v...

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<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: bhargavsnYup 3-5Yrs ranges from 60-100K which sounds reasonable. Again, the work exp in the article here is counted after Phd (Since most quant groups want a Phd), However I am talking about a bit different case, that of an Undergrad with 4 years Industry experience bec...

if you're working at a 'Getco tier' prop firm i don't think you'll have any problem.however, there are so many small prop firms out there, i don't know whether experience at one of these places would be sufficient to open the door with regards to a move to a known HF/IB later on.

Quote1) I'm currently working as a Business analyst, CRM in a reputed bank looking after its retail lending portfolio (cards+loans mainly) with around 2 years of expyou're a bank clerk?why didn't you find something a little closer to your end goal straight off the bat?

<t>QuoteThe other thing is that risk is rapidly becoming a FO position. At least in some places it's considered highly unhealthy for risk to be out of the front office, so you have risk people on the trading floor.Just because a job is physically located on the trading floor doesn't make it a front ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: BornToBeTraderQuoteOriginally posted by: mg298"So trading every 20 seconds is not HF??"we can trade up to every 20s, but that's about as fast as we ever get - usually we are doing much less than this. There seems to be a lot of different interpretations of what high fre...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: darthQuote Darth, is that only 10% of newbies survive each year or is that asa firm overall.I guess what I'm asking is if you survive year one, does your survival rate increase from there or not.Question 2, can anyone who is interested, intelligent get a shot, or is it ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: darthMy 2 centsWork at a prop house for couple of years.... get your strategies working n within a couple of years u ll know whether you can do it at ur home or not....risking your own money initialy is a very risky proposition....markets don't reward you for the risks ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: winstontjOur simulation boxes are quite robust - dual CPU towers with lots of RAM. Execution boxes are a completely different story. My stuff isnt exactly HFT but I do need execution speed. I use E8400 and Q9650 CPUs in dell Optiplex 755 towers and run XPx64 with 8GB dd...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: winstontjQuoteOriginally posted by: WannaArbwhat sort of exit strategy would you use to make sure you don't ride pairs such as BSC/JPM for instance all the way down? sure, if you have enough capital you can allocate such a small percentage to each pair that the entire a...