Recent content by The Arbitrager

I worked for Wolverine for a short period of time and I can say it is undoubtedly the best place to be.

Go to Chicago, way more opportunity (if you're qualified) The living expenses are less as well as taxes. There's a reason it was ranked #1 by Trader Monthly for best trading city in the world.

it's paper based typically taken in a group setting. I did the best in the group but still failed. I wasn't prepared for the fact that the company is based in London and they use colons to represent division and instead of decimals, they use commas. You have to go straight down and...

no trading job here. :/ Even getting a junior equity analyst position is hard in Chicago.

very insightful....thanks I'm thinking equity analyst/CFA route, work towards a hedge fund or something.

thats because once the old contract expires, you get a new one with different payout percentages. Don't forget that large 25% unvested pay sitting in their bank.

that I do not know...but I just got the rejection email yesterday. weird, I thought the test/ pre-interview went well.

I mean you just admitted to the firm screwing you. They paid you a measly 20K which is a drop in the bucket for them. You were promised more time and suddenly let go. Doesn't seem to be too good of a deal to me to live in poverty for a year unless the knowledge you left there is "the best on...

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Lets just say I was trying to do some swing trading my senior year and lost a few thousand because I was working, going to school and the gym. Trying to day trade is pretty much impossible.

it was rumored to me that Ronin did that with its trading assistants and paid them $25K/ year. My friend knew some people there and they left with like 6-8 guys and started their own gig. Can anyone validate this?

I've had a few interviews in Chicago and that has been question #1 for each of the following.... Wolverine Group One Transmarket Group WH Trading

I must correct myself. Guess the online ad was wrong. Just got this in the e-mail box today: Dear Robert, This email confirms your attendance at the test meeting on Thursday, January 17 th at 1:30 pm. You will have 20 minutes to complete the test and once you are done with the test you...

full time but I know peak6, DRW & wolverine have summer internships.

looks like Shontay Driggers is not their HR person anymore either. All emails go to a Howard Lien........I just applied