<t>I know a colleague who was on sabbatical in the buy side two years ago. He is very good at making money. While he managed to hit the p&l target, he decided to go on holiday for more than half a year. Then he came back and made even more money. There are some other companies who will sponsor y...

<t>How will you the hiring managers see this situation:Due to multiple company issues, the very senior management decided to close our desk. I am a prop trader and have been doing speculative buy / sell on the short term commodities for nearly 4 years. Before that I came from banking IT & quant ...

<t>How often do you need to make a switch during your trading career? I have been a junior "foot soldier" trading physical commodities for 3 years and feel like I am not learning anything anymore. Obviously anyone of you are in your job for three years then you will probably get bored as well. My co...

you sure about it? the electricity market is dying and a lot of people were fired - and the pay for a hedger is v shitty anyway when compared to an executive like you

One is astrology the other one is astronomy. I don't think technical analysis is a part of quantitative finance however there are some simple math involved (Bollinger bands etc)

Hi,I am just wondering is there any way to get into a fixed/floating interest rate swap for retail investors?Looks like spread betting on the short sterling is the only option?Thanks,

<t>I agree that pension / mutual fund managers will "try" to do something to maximise my portfolio. However, when I look closely at the chart for the past few years, the fact is that they simply have the shape as the equity / property index. i.e. equity pension fund lost big time 2008 and 2009, then...

<t>Hi,When I look at the UK pension fund system, I think there is a flaw fundamentally in the term "investing". Pension fund managers always go long which is good only if there is a clear up trend. However in a bearish scenario they still keep going long. Imagine if one day the bullish up trend in t...

If your algo works then why don't you use it in real life to make some big bucks for yourself?

The thing is, how many big guys in banking (D / MD etc) are actually using Linkedin actively? Most of the guys I know who use linkedin are IT guys who want to get promoted to the business - to be a trader etc. However it will never materialise. Not sure about the job posting in linkedin

<t>There are a few examples around that university drop-out became high flyers but seriously how many from the total dropout population became famous? I know lots of people talking rubbish to me like "Oh uni cannot teach me the knowledge I want / going to uni is a waste of time / waste of money" etc...

<t>Hi,I would like to do a regression for demand numbers vs the prices. Obviously if demand goes up so does the prices for certain commodities. However I will need to forecast the prices very accurately. Do you know how to do it quickly and accurately? I tried to do it on Excel with those forecast f...

<t>The article tries to convince readers believing that unable to score A in exam does not mean anything and then uses Bill Gates and Richard Branson as exception and concluded that having "bad grades are often the ones who are most successfully"The conclusion is highly misleading and bias as we all...

What if you fail to get a proper role after finishing your MSc? You can always move around after you have some FO experience under your belt anyway. For any recent graduate it is always good to open your eye wide and explore other potential opportunities

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