Thanks everybody for the suggestions I appreciate a lot! In short, no I do not have a profitable strategy that is out of the box and due to the fact that i do not have quite a lot of time for trading i focus in long term investment. In the past couple of years I did fine, clearly better that following the advices of a retail banker or a private banker, nevertheless I never deeply applied my maths skills in trading due to the fact that:
-) need to find a reliable source of datas
-) need to get familiar with tools
-) I do not have a valid fellow to discuss with
-) time is limited, and at the end of the day i am very tired of "playing with math"
At this point, I do not mind to make some big shift that will free my time so that i can be more focus. If i do that it will be a fresh start with a world that i do not know, so i would like to know "practically everything" starting from what is more obvious.
I personally see 2 options:
a) shoot for a firm and get some experience.
b) hide myself in a cave (with good internet connection) and start a one man army.
I do not see myself ready for B (but never say never) so i am tented to goes for A. How the CV of a quant "want to be" likes? What are the critical aspects of my expertise that i should stress? To how i should send it?
Quote from vikana:
Nym - I think you're been given poor advice. Many of the top wall street firms and hedge funds hire "rocket scientists" without them having any trading experience.
If you truly are a rocket scientist with a PhD or masters in a hard science such as math, physics, statistics, or possibly economy, someone will likely give you an opportunity. That you understand market mechanics is a plus, but unless you have a stellar record, I would not stress your trading background.
I do not know if I am a rocket scientist, is not up to me to say that; however I do have a master in computer engineering, a PhD in Computer Science (minor in High Performance Computing), a Post Doc in experimental nuclear Physics, another in software engineering and a third one in information management (mainly cloud computing).
Are you aware of any good web-site and/or headhunter company where i should put my CV?
Quote from Pekelo:
The OP never said he has a profitable strategy and it is unclear he wants to be a programmer, quant, analyst or trader in the industry....
So which one is it???
As i said, i would not mind to acquire some experience and if i would have the possibility to choose i would prefer quant or analyst or maybe risk management.
Quote from jack hershey:
Time is not recaptured.
Finish looking for "mistakes"
Competing is just "interesting".
Thanks Jack you have been inspiring, i just compete with myself. I am not the kind of guy that "run alone" but i think that competing with others distracts you from the real objectives in life.
Also i must confess that the fact that "time is not recaptured" is the most valid argument for "not jump the other side"
P.S: i currently live in the Netherlands any fellow nearby?
