+631 Goldman Sachs: How To Get ED Executive Director @Global Markets(Sales&Trade) front office?Total Non-Target Play HR D&I Game...It Worked (Real 2022case)...Hope Admin Will Show A Bit Unbiased Understanding Importance Of This Discussion. 38 3d
+163 Bond / fixed income jargon 10 9mo
+111 Path to Energy Commodity Trading Seat 28 4mo
+106 RE: Prop/Quant Trading - Why is it not as big a target as Investment Banking? 60 8mo
+103 Somebody explain hedging 27 8mo
+87 S&T Bonus/Comp Thread 2023 41 1mo
+80 Prop Trading/HF (Citadel, JS, DE Shaw) vs BB Sales and Trading Out of College 45 6mo
+71 Career Options? (Disillusioned Oil Trading Analyst) 24 3mo
+64 Skillsets Gained as an Energy Trader/Data Analyst? 21 1d
+63 Q&A: Rates & Macro Research/Strategy - Career Path, Technical Topics, Education, etc. 15 10mo
+61 To the traders out there 19 10mo
+60 How to manage a futures/forwards natural gas trading book? 20 2mo
+59 2023/2024 Bonus Discussion 41 2mo
+55 Refiner vs Supermajor 16 10mo
+55 Trading desk not willing to teach me 16 6mo
+51 2023 Canadian Analyst + Associate Bonus Thread (S&T) 25 4mo
+50 Sales and Trading 2025 Recruitment 137 3d
+49 HF exits from macro vol desks? 18 7mo
+48 Analyst to Trader, instead of ops - Physical Commodity 12 6mo
+46 Physical Metal Traders: Where is the money? 37 3mo
+46 Why is Sales and Trading less popular than IB? 10 5mo
+46 IBD vs Commodity Trading - Career Decisions 36 4mo
+46 How underpaid am I? If at all. 19 1mo
+45 Point72/Citadel/Millenium vs JPM/GS/MS S&T 27 2d
+44 ExxonMobil trading 14 9mo
+44 What information do traders and PMs want to hear from HH/recruiters? 10 6mo
+43 Coffee Trading / Physical Trading Q&A 26 5mo
+42 How to talk about past experience? 5 6mo
+42 Decision: Jane street summer intern VS Optiver intern+full time 18 3mo
+41 Power trading - forecasting 14 8mo
+41 Thoughts on Mercuria? 20 9mo
+41 S&T at BB vs. Prop Shop 17 7mo
+40 Best roles out of school for quant majors in commodities 32 7mo
+40 WM 14 3mo
+38 Not fitting in with ags culture 12 10mo
+37 Why don't OMMs trade Exotics? 12 2mo
+37 Help: GS SF S&T vs JPM NY S&T 25 21h
+36 Boutique prop trading firm? 27 7mo
+36 Reneging on offer 6 8mo
+35 Gunvor Grad Program 69 1mo
+35 Education required for algorithmic trading 15 4mo
+35 Am I really bad at trading? 11 2mo
+35 US/EU natural gas curve trading 9 1mo
+34 Citi EXITING ANOTHER market - distressed debt 9 4mo
+33 Commodity Trading - Coding language to analyze SnD 17 8mo
+33 Is S&T dying? 24 3mo
+32 Optiver vs Sales and Trading 5 9mo
+32 MS Rejection - How does the process work exactly? 31 7mo
+32 What skills to build for Commodities? 12 1mo
+31 Heat rate buying 17 9mo
+31 Trading options from college dorm 6 5mo
+31 Careers in Quant Trading/Programming Dev 15 4mo
+31 Investment Banking to Commodities Trading 15 1mo
+30 Trade shop politics...being a team player, vs fighting for yourself? 3 6mo
+30 Best Majors Besides BP/Shell For Oil Trading 9 4mo
+30 MS Fixed Income SA offer pivot options? 18 3mo
+29 Banks like Macquarie vs Major’s TDP for Gas Trading 11 6mo
+29 Quant trading comp 36 2w
+29 Breakdown of Commodity Trading Houses 3 6h
+28 Commercial job at a midstream company or producer seems WAY better than starting at a trade shop. What am I missing? 4 11mo
+28 cmu carnegie/tepper v. cornell engineering 17 1mo
+28 Take a leap or play it safe? 11 7mo
+28 Most Useful Credentials For a Career In Physical Trading? 34 7mo
+28 Am I fucked for an internship? 9 6mo
+28 NatGas trading / just follow up (year end review and discussion) 25 5mo
+28 Barclays London — Bank of America Hong Kong 16 4mo
+27 Shell Trader Development Program 52 7mo
+27 Energy Investment Banking vs. Energy Trading 10 7mo
+27 Jane Street S&T Interview 15 3w
+27 Accidentally trespassed into Citi sales and trading floor today 8 5mo
+26 Anyone has info on HK Job Market? 15 9mo
+26 Salaries in Ag trading post covid 22 7mo
+26 Will Rates Sales and Rates Trading desks become Automated 10 8mo
+26 Coal Trading 12 6mo
+26 Bond RV mechanics of trade 8 5mo
+26 not accepting spot in rates vol so I can do a masters in stats from t10 66 2mo
+26 BNP Paribas Rep - S&T --> IB/Private Credit 6 1mo
+25 Winter 2024 Internships 59 5mo
+25 I recently discovered I would like to switch to quant trading 15 5mo
+25 Structured Finance IB vs FI S&T 11 4mo
+24 Financial Energy Trader eye-ing a move into physical 22 9mo
+24 Sales and Trading Salary. Am I being take advantage of? 7 8mo
+24 What edge do banks have over HFs/Prop Shops with regards to trading? 9 8mo
+24 Morgan Stanley Online Assessment Test Tip - Sales & Trading 2 1w
+23 Anyone trade / run a money market fund? 1 10mo
+23 DC Energy? 13 8mo
+23 (How to) Selling a Discounted Commodity - Clarification 16 8mo
+23 Lateraling into S&T: is this even possible? 5 8mo
+23 Best Fixed Income / Macro Trading Desks 22 5mo
+23 Index arbitrage seems very simple...am I missing something? 3 6mo
+23 Long Careers in Commodities & Trading for the Love of the Game 3 4mo
+23 Target Masters in Europe for Trading Desks 12 1mo
+23 Please do not join BNP Quant Research team 11 1mo
+23 HOW DO I GET IN WITH THE NERDS AT LUNCH? SEEKING ADVICE: PIVOT FROM SALES MANAGEMENT TO JUNIOR TRADING MID 20s 4 3w
+22 Hating work. Should I leave? 5 11mo
+22 Worried S&T grad position at BB will fall through 4 10mo
+22 What traits are key for long-term success in commodity trading? 5 9mo
+22 Career in CMBS / MBS 10 8mo
+22 Highest Commodities Trading Comp 15 6mo
+22 Programming Proficiency in Trading 6 7mo

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