Recent college lost in the world of trading!

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<i>Quote from Tuneman:
I also know if I dont like the trading industry because of the prospect of money, or because it really intrests me. So while i think you're right, I don't know if I'd be able to stick to anything.</i>

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If someone were to ask you the right questions, you'd be able to find out if this path is worth pursuing. This must be your lucky day, because I'm now bored enough to ask you the right questions:

1) Do you have a history of <b>obsessing</b> over various games, trying to find formulas and edges to exploit for your financial gain? Poker, sports betting/handicapping/bookmaking, pool sharking, MTG, card counting, etc... Any of this describe your past or present interests?

2) Do you devote thousands of hours of every year to playing games? Do some games fascinate you? Does playing your favorite games regularly put you in a state of flow?

3) Are you easily made content and satisfied, or is your mind in a constant storm of restless activity?

4) Were you able to crack this game in under 8 minutes?

Not having a sharp eye for detail (misspelling the name of your own school, among other things.) is a formidable weakness to overcome. However, If you were able to crush the 4 questions above, you just might have a shot...
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1. Yes I am interseted in poker theory, and have studied that casually. I also know how to card count

2. yes I really enjoy games, often like a zombe.

3. Much towards the constant storm

4. I got owned by this game, I definetely did not beat it in under 8 minutes. Obviously, thekey is to have it be your turn with when there is a certain amount of gems on the board, but no I haven't beaten it yet.
 
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God I hate that gemstone game, and did it really have to be with 25 gemstones? I've seen the same thing with 6-7.
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It's easy if you work backwards.

2-4 and you win, because you can force 1
5 and you lose, because he ends with 2-4
6-8 and you win, becaues you can force 5
9 and you lose, because he ends with 6-8
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Hi.

After doing my usual saturday night up-all-night search-a-thon I came across this thread, it's entitled Cant break in this businss. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58490&perpage=6&pagenumber=3

On page 3 of the thread is a post made by a guy named acrary. He lists some of the the basic educational requirements, and a url for the New York Institutue of Finance.

He also lists another url which leads to a paper called the eFinancial Careers.

You can search by city/state, but also just reading through the different positions will give you a pretty good feel for what companies are looking for.

I can't speak for the others, but when I said use the search engine, I mean't because there's a goldmine of information in them.

Regards,

Jimmy Jam
 
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