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I am shocked at the amount of horrible replies here ... Listen to the one guy who said go to career services. Goldman, JP Morgan and most big banks recruit straight from U of C including on campus interviews. DRW or SIG are great places too that recruit from U of C. All the best...

Thanks guys!

Awesome thanks!

Thanks for the advice! Before i pull the trigger on Amazon you mean: Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader by Martin Schwartz Right? I know. Right now I do plenty of market analysis and allocate money to strategies in hopes of making the ultimate portfolio but not...

"As easy as anybody else." Can you please elaborate?

How easy is it for a front office analyst to make the switch into being a prop trader? I'm thinking either a good prop firm or bank (no retail or arcades).

Infinium has 3 tests and an interview (math, logic, essay) with an HR person before you ever get to see a trader ...

SMW is a great place to be, and that lead is GOLD!!! they ran into some troubles and went adding to their electronic trading desks (4 months ago) Persistence is key! Good luck! ~yoyoman2

I have friends trading there right now ... I'd need to know alot more about you to give any kind of feed back

speaking as someone whose gone through the same thing all i can say is you went aggressive enough. InfiniumCM (at the CBOT) is an amazing place to work at. I got an interview there with katie, i took a job as an analyst as a fund instead though. League trading with jacob is a great place...

Hi I am going to be interviewing at Infinium Capital Management at the CBOT Did anyone here interview with them? They have a math exam, a logic exam, and an essay. Does anyone know what these are like? Anything I could do to study for this (or anyone know of a math and or logic...

Hmm good advice in this thread ... i've taken futures and options classes and i know programming ... not having much luck getting jobs at hedgies though ... i'll try the bloomberg route and see how that goes.

any news on GHCO now ... still litigious?

Speaking as a guy who is developing his CTA and working on becoming a fund manager i'll chime in... i'll also be the one guy here who wont put you down and actually give you some real advice ... First go to college and trade there (thats how Ken Griffin of citadel got started) After...

Yea the last prop shop i left because they wanted me to sign a 3 year contract BUT they were offering 50 %. There was no salary there though ... In the begining 9 months there are no fee's for 9 months just the 2500$ salary. Afterwards you are guaranteed a salary (they say they will...

yea, its for fee's for desk and cqg, tt etc ... commissions for trades is extra (they say they dont make any money off commissions and give us the exchange rate they get which is the best out there) Yes this is a salary not a draw... its paid in cash

You can trade almost any markets in futures you get 2500 $ for the first 9 months (no costs or anything just learning) then after you are given a guaranteed salary of at least 2500 and the 35 - 40 % kicks in (the 2500 is part of it)

How do these terms look ? Prop firm offering ... 35 - 40 % payout 4000$ total fees + exchange rate commissions All their capital ... never traded prop before 1 year contract ... Good deal?

good to see i am not the only one job hunting :) We should all meet up at Ceres cafe and figure out a plan of attack

good luck! I tried too but i didnt have much luck (yet still crossing my fingers since I am talking to some MD's)