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why not just go back to DRW? They have a solid training program and their compensation can be pretty substantial.

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What exactly is the difference between market-making trading and just proprietary trading in options, especially concerning off-floor trading via just the screen. Obviously the market-making firms are offering a bid price to buy the option and an ask price to sell the option. How is this...

The following is another post from an options trader- is this possible with any sort of scale?: When it is earnings season, and companies are anouncing earings results you have; Before hours, regular hours and after hours trading sessions, that are all going to be affected by the...

I feel that I have misrepresented the trading firm opportunity as some lame prop shop that charges you a fee. You only trade the firm's capital, and they train you extensively for one year, then place you on a trading desk as a junior trader as you continue to develop. You have extensive...

I appreciate the advice thus far. I would like to add a couple of things. First, this firm has an extensive training program which rotates you through both their trading team and information and news analysis team. After one year, you are placed on a trading team as you continue to learn and...

in terms of hours expected at the office, the answer is the trading firm.

I have noticed some of your posts here, and you seem to know a lot about trading options. I have a career choice question for you. I am a very recent graduate from a top undergraduate business school, and I finished in the top 2% of my class there Beta Gamma Sigma. I interned last summer at...

Which is harder to get in to? A top tier investment bank (top 5 let's say) (to work as an investment banker, not as a trader), or a trading firm such as DRW Trading Group, Susquehanna, Group One, Peak6, Ronin Capital, Spot Trading, etc.? Also, please list any information that you have about...

Does anyone know anything about any of these firms? Would you consider taking a job at one of these firms as a trader trainee to be a better decision than taking a job at Merrill Lynch as an investment banking analyst? Different career choices, but what do you think of the trading job offers...

Nicolaf- I think I agree with most of what you are saying. However, this trading firm is not some prop shop. They train you well for 12 months (rotating program through their trading team and information team), pay you a competitive salary and bonus. Also, the firm is a market-taking firm...

nicolaf- what did you do after undergrad at wharton? What do you think of my options that I listed in the very first post in this thread? I am interested in hearing your perspective.

sing it brotha.

true.

agreed.

so you still consider gs to be the better offer? Also, the trading firm is a market-taking firm. Also, they trade based on volatility caused by news and earnings releases.

well to be fair this isn't some lame prop shop where they dont train you and you provide your own capital to start. This is for an extremely profitable options trading firm that is growing, and they are only opening the opportunity to recent ivy league grads basically. They have received tons...

interesting.

true.

Rufus 4000- Have you ever heard of firms such as Vankar, Altea, Geneva? What are your thoughts on these firms.