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Let's get staright if you have a proper hedge fund 200 million dollars minimum trading currencies it is far better than prop trading firms, but somebody who trades equities as a day trader is unlikely to get anything decent from a few friends. Also how many friends can you have with enough money...

SPOT foreign exchange is exchange of two cash currencies in two days from time of trade apart from Canadian dollar which is one day. Spot foreign exchange is traded on the interbank market by means of over the counter trading between the two banks or through an inter-dealer broker, however...

Does anyone know if you can find out who the top foreign exchange traders are in London. I saw 'Wall Street' and thought of targeting some the way Bud Fox did Gordon Gecko although Gecko was a wealthy private investor not a market maker. Many of you will remember my previous posts, I have...

Does anybody know of a chatroom for traders on the sell side ie those in investment banking? I am an aspiring fx trader and would like to talk to other traders if possible that work in investment banks? Thank you for your help.

Go and become a trader on the sell side in an I-Bank etc and prove yourself to be god then leave take some major clients with you and start up a hedge fund when you are about 35 or 40 then you will see joy! Most important though the poster who said nobody can ever take away your education it...

Has anyone worked in or ever heard of Debt Capital Markets in investment banking? Please share any knowledge of this area with me. Thank you, Nick

I am not trying to get ahead of myself. All I am saying is I have goals and that is one achieved. Nobody from my school has ever gone into the City of London before to work in theri holidays or gap year they have all gone in at university so I have made an inroad. I appreciate that knowing the...

What is wrong with wanting to be one of those lengends that everybody hears about? I want to be the best, plain and simple, too many people set their sites low and go into a job with the attitude that if their work is satisfactory then that is mission accomplished. It isn't they should aim to be...

I understand risk management in trading in investment banking to be tracking a trader's profit and loss and checking they don't go outside their parameters of risk. Can somebody explain risk management to me a bit more clearly as I am a bit muddled. Thank you.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/the_economy/newsid_349000/349701.stm There is one of them, half way down the page it says chief foreign exchange dealer 151,000 plus 55% bonus. Does anyone else have anything to offer on chief foreign excahnge trader bonuses?

I heard on one board that head traders in foreigne xchange at major bracket and bulge bracket investment banks are getting about 15 to 20 million dollars a year, obviously in a good year. Heads of desks get about 2 to 5 million. I have just been reading an article form and English newspaper...

Yeah I used google to get the list of about 40 that I have but I didn't see that link you have shown. Thanks for your help this should prove very helpful. Nick

Could somebody please provide me with a list of every international bank that they can think of that participates in the foreign exchange market. I have heard that there are loads but they are very difficult to find. Thank you for your advice. Nick

I am a little confused now as to what macfutures and the other company are. How are they different from a proprietry desk in Goldman or Morgan Stanley what's the difference?

I have been looking on www.db.com and I saw a little thing saying they do work experience please apply but the form isn't there does this mean pre-univeristy work experience?

Are they both trading firms where daytraders trade their own capital or the banks capital proprietry and the firm takes a cut? I have applied to many places like CSFB, Goldman, Morgan Stanley etc Not much luck so far although some were sent out very recently. I undertook a week's work experience...

Are there other tests like that optiver one that you cna get it is good it keeps the mind in good shape. Do any of you know of trading firms that trade foreign exchange investment banks etc who may be prepared tot ake on pre univeristy students? Nick

I took the test and got 60% and it said you are up to scratch why not apply to us? Then you fill in your name and e-mail when they e-mail me I will say I am only 17 can I have a Summer Internship please! I wanted 100% but the timing is nasty and a couple of the questions need a bit of algebra...

If you perform well at 'position-keeping' on your internship and display dedication to the job is there a chance they will hire you for a permanent place? Also how quick does your arithmetical brain have to be is it a case in trading of multiplying say 245 by 9 in under 2 seconds? What are these...