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How many times do I have to say that I am going to Oxford to quench my intellectual curiosity and not to prepare me for trading. There is a common quality that both pursuits have though: the necessity for discipline. So, in a way, I believe that Oxford will prepare me for a career in trading.

...but in order to keep your job you'll have to fool people into thinking that you know more about trading than you really do..." ? Is that how you keep your job? Sorry but getting my foot in the door because of oxford is entirely different from keeping my job because of performance. You...

sorry to dissappoint you but everything I said on here is true. I will be going to Oxford (assuming the loans are all sorted out...more headaches) and I do wish to trade securities for a living with salary. I should appreciate it very much if you would point out which parts of my posts imply...

I want to get my education first but was curious about whether my Oxford degree in pure math could hurt rather than help my chances at landing a salaried trading job. Pure math has nothing to do with trading but i think it will teach me a hell of a lot about discipline. Thanks

I appreciate your response. I just feel like I am continually having to defend myself when all I really wanted from this forum was to get an idea of what my options are after I graduate from Oxford. I just wanted to know whether my decision to take up pure mathematics will adversely affect my...

Thank you very much for your response. I lost money but was told that it was uncommon for a beginning trader not to lose money in the first year, break even the second year, and start to really make money in the third year. There was a problem with the way I was managing money since nearly 80%...

Thanks for the opinion. I appreciate it

After four months of searching for a trading position with salary, I got one offer. I wasn't given much of a choice. I have held all along that I am going to oxford so that I might quench my intellectual curiosity not so that I will get a trading position. The point of the post was to find...

hmmm, if i believe what i said? It is clear that I was just stating a fact; simply recollecting my experience, albeit very little experience, with trading. So do I believe the truths that I have spoken which make references to what has already occurred in the past? Well of course...lol

If you feel like you want to hit me you are likely expressing dissappointment with your own accomplishments. Nothing I have said on here has been offensive.....all defensive. If you don't see that, then you are either dumb or blind by envy. In either case, you are to be pitied, not me...

Thank you very much for the response. The only skills I hope to obtain in graduate school are related to discipline and analysis. I hope my education will help me get a foot in the door so I can be in a position to become a good trader.

Thanks. I may decide to go the quant route which means I may have to program trading systems and etc...

I don't believe I can successfully complete my degree at Oxford without four qualities you listed above. Wall Street Firms likely realize what it takes to be successful at a school such as Oxford and I would imagine that some would conclude that if you can succeed there, you can succeed...

Just telling the truth. Let the truth be known....

That I was the most talented trader he had ever hired. Got that rain man?

thanks. I admit that I am a beginning trader but you can't say, with validity, that I have a flaming ego. Respectfully,

Let me correct you: I lose other people's money and my manager states that I am the most talented trader he had ever hired..... You are a fool if you believe that there is no learning curve when one delves into trading. I interviewed with a futures trading firm in London and I told them...

The difference is that I DID NOT contribute any of my own capital to the LLC so the only out of pocket expenses incurred were related to the cost of living. There is a BIG difference...

Didn't that firm go out of business? I heard the firm went down on a single trade (oranges anyone?). LOL