And they're going to ring around, and try to get all the mms to step inside eachother. And some bank is going to want the business for 'relationship' purposes. Etc etc. Commissions, flows, and screw their internal facilitation desk.
I agree.
Basically come across as being smart.
And willing to being willing to be financially anally raped by them, for experience.
Throw in some team sport
And examples of crushing the opposition, because u could.
Finally a thread that exposes who's worked on a trading floor.
Had a guy who used to put all his loose change in his desk draw. Every month or so we'd make a market on it.
Meh. It's young people misunderstanding why regulation is there. Have one drunk aggressive guest, or one kitchen fire, one hooker / drug dealer renting from you, and the hotel regulations suddenly make sense.
"- Make me a market on the number of people working in this office and give me your confidence level and why?"
Market 2 / 100
Why: I see two interviewers. So by bid is solid. I'm not gonna get run over because -I can see u-. Offered at 100 because you're just on 1 floor, and not that awesome...
they'll still require you to hold steaming piles of doo doo you're long, for 30 horrible days.
working at a broker in a non prop trading role is frustrating.
and your mathematically challenged low net worth compliance muppets are incapable of understanding why.
that's why they work in .. compliance.
If you work in a role like this
You can no longer trade effectively
The retards in compliance will see to it
While you and your colleagues learn more about trading, you will be allowed to do none of it
Yes. It is very frustrating / backwards
Those who are best placed to used their experience...
most ppl have no idea what you do
some think it's boring - numbers etc
some think you're a -wolf of wall street- style wanky sales guy
the smart ones are genuinely curious, and the young ones, I guide towards finance degrees.
There is no short cut nor secret sauce.
"businessman"
"entrepreneur"
"it's nice to have nice cars but I don't value them as much as people who see me driving a gold car"
I recommend punting on greyhound races next.