Quote from CalVolibrator:
Are you feeling you are actually lacking the skill sets to make the transition or is it that you are just not given the opportunity? When you say electronic trading desk you mean the equity DMA team? Because if that is the case and you show you are hungry to transition plus bring solid programming skills to the table then I do not see why you could not make the transition. I would not bother with course work and university degrees at this point. Strengthen your programming, analytical skills and bother traders at desks with questions and offer them in exchange to do projects for them. I would say that is your number one best bet. I would never reject someone who approaches me at my desk and offers to work on a project in exchange to learn something. In fact, if the project result was impressive it would be my first candidate should I have room to expand.
Please do not listen to people who only have retail experience, nor listen just to my advice, but I am fairly certain that you will hear the same sort advice from most other professional traders.
P.S.: When I say do not listen to them I do not mean do not listen to anyone without professional experience. But please stay away from those who suggest to use Multicharts and all other kinds of crap or suggest you to quit your job. Ridiculous advice.
