<t>Thanks for the quick responses guys. I guess I could hedge my bets; trade a smallish amount of money on an account using something like MT4 and work for a prop shop to gain experience and, probably more importantly make experienced contacts I could possibly call upon if I do start my own prop sho...

<t>Hey guys,I'm coming towards the end of my PhD and was after some advice on what my next move should be.Basically I'm considering two options:1. Join an algo trading/HFT prop shop2. Go it alone and do my own algo trading and build from there (I'd basically be starting in my parents' garage)If I ca...

<t>Hi guys,Am putting together a bit of a wish list of books I should get at some point. Whilst recommendations on books strictly relevant to mathematical finance are plenty on this forum, I'm curious about computer science, a topic that, at least in the book forum, is not so common (as far as I've ...

<t>Hey guys I have two questions for those in the know.1. Is stat arb still a good area to get into now or is it slowly dying and there isn't much to be gotten out of it?2. What is the stat arb scene like in Austalia?Any answers would be greatThanksKovaEdit: In relation to the first question I also ...

Hi guys,Was just wondering what the demand is like for statistical arbitrage quants vs financial derivative quants?Thanks

Thanks heaps for that - that document is very informative!

<t>Hi allI've just completed a bachelor of science with an extra honours year in mathematics and statistics. I majored primarily in statistics and stochastic processes and did a bit of operations research. What I didn't do any of are applied partial differential equations. I'm curious as to what rol...

<t>Hi,I'm currently completing a maths degree in statistics and stochastic processes and have some room for a few extra subjects. I have a choice basically between doing some measure theory or applied partial differential equations. I was wondering which of these would be of most use if I wanted to ...