Beginner With Strong Analytical Background - Where To Start?

[script3r]

Hi everyone,

I've always been interested in trading for a living. I'm 26 years old, I have a PhD in computer science, and I just left a well paying job as a developer for a large Wall Street firm. I moved to Miami, and now I'm looking to get into trading with my own capital. The problem is, I am certain that I live too much in the world of "theory" and lack practice, and that is why I'm here asking for your help. I was not able to trade before due to contractual agreements.

I do of course have some experience trading with my own account, I would say successfully since I have positive reruns but nothing too exotic: mainly equities, and a bit of Forex. Future scare me and I gotta work on that, and options tickle more my mathematical brain than actually my financial one, so I have to learn how to use them more effectively.

So to all experienced traders out there, what are some resources that I should look into? Any exams I may consider studying to and obtaining?

I'm eager to learn, I have the time to devote, and I am willing to bring my technical knowledge to the table should it be needed. I have immense experience with C/C++, especially with UNIX environments.

Thank you very much ahead of time.

 

[Spearhead]

Hi everyone,

I've always been interested in trading for a living. I'm 26 years old, I have a PhD in computer science, and I just left a well paying job as a developer for a large Wall Street firm. I moved to Miami, and now I'm looking to get into trading with my own capital. The problem is, I am certain that I live too much in the world of "theory" and lack practice, and that is why I'm here asking for your help. I was not able to trade before due to contractual agreements.

I do of course have some experience trading with my own account, I would say successfully since I have positive reruns but nothing too exotic: mainly equities, and a bit of Forex. Future scare me and I gotta work on that, and options tickle more my mathematical brain than actually my financial one, so I have to learn how to use them more effectively.

So to all experienced traders out there, what are some resources that I should look into? Any exams I may consider studying to and obtaining?

I'm eager to learn, I have the time to devote, and I am willing to bring my technical knowledge to the table should it be needed. I have immense experience with C/C++, especially with UNIX environments.

Thank you very much ahead of time.

If you're a strong developer, you might want to see if any existing traders need programming support. It might be worth somebody's time to help mentor you in exchange since strong developer resources don't come cheap.

Otherwise I think this same question has been asked about 1000x already (just browse through some existing threads).