Need Trader Advice: Include Sharpe and CAGR?
I'd like to get the viewpoints of some experienced traders. I am from a target, three years out of school and have been trading on my own. I will be applying for some commodity shops (think Glencore,...
View ArticleTrading Records in App: Prop Shops
To follow up on a prior post (thank you bondarb and macro arb for your comments), I'd like to get your take on some other stats that may be useful, particularly to a prop shop. I've been trading three...
View ArticleBacktesting Macro Strategies
I interviewed with a stat arb shop once and was asked how I backtested my strategies. I found this to be a tough question to answer because I trade macro with a days to weeks holding period. When I put...
View ArticleClient Service Analytics: FO, MO or BO?
This is for a hedge fund with >>$10BB AUM. Maintaining client relationships and running some basica analytics for them. All responses welcome, HF industry veterans' especially.
View ArticleExit Ops for Equity Stat Arb
Consider: quant trader position. Equity stat arb, holding period on the order of days. Mainly US and some international equities in the major overseas markets. The job is to create, backtest and...
View ArticlePrincipal: Ceiling in VC?
In IBD you have a straight shot to VP if you don't screw up. To cross over in MD you need serious rainmaking ability. How does it work for VC? My understanding is that post-IBD (2-3 years as analyst,...
View ArticleLeaving a job under one year for an almost 50% bump in pay
Here's the story. Last year around this time I was at a consulting gig. I left it to do a science R&D gig. A headhunter from a different consultancy finds me 10 months after I left said consulting...
View ArticleWhere to find Legal and Tax advice for startups
I just started my own quant finance consulting shop. My background: heavy STEM training, spent some years building quant models for a major consulting firm, and now have found my own contracts/clients....
View ArticleNeed Trader Advice: Include Sharpe and CAGR?
I'd like to get the viewpoints of some experienced traders. I am from a target, three years out of school and have been trading on my own. I will be applying for some commodity shops (think Glencore,...
View ArticleTrading Records in App: Prop Shops
To follow up on a prior post (thank you bondarb and macro arb for your comments), I'd like to get your take on some other stats that may be useful, particularly to a prop shop. I've been trading three...
View ArticleBacktesting Macro Strategies
I interviewed with a stat arb shop once and was asked how I backtested my strategies. I found this to be a tough question to answer because I trade macro with a days to weeks holding period. When I put...
View ArticleClient Service Analytics: FO, MO or BO?
This is for a hedge fund with >>$10BB AUM. Maintaining client relationships and running some basica analytics for them. All responses welcome, HF industry veterans'...
View ArticleExit Ops for Equity Stat Arb
Consider: quant trader position. Equity stat arb, holding period on the order of days. Mainly US and some international equities in the major overseas markets. The job is to create, backtest and...
View ArticlePrincipal: Ceiling in VC?
In IBD you have a straight shot to VP if you don't screw up. To cross over in MD you need serious rainmaking ability. How does it work for VC? My understanding is that post-IBD (2-3 years as analyst,...
View ArticleLeaving a job under one year for an almost 50% bump in pay
Here's the story. Last year around this time I was at a consulting gig. I left it to do a science R&D gig. A headhunter from a different consultancy finds me 10 months...
View ArticleWhere to find Legal and Tax advice for startups
I just started my own quant finance consulting shop. My background: heavy STEM training, spent some years building quant models for a major consulting firm, and now have found...
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