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expiated said:
No they are not real. They will tell you that you have to qualify, and as part of the process, they will have you go through their educational program or digest their educational materials, for which they will charge you; and/or they will require you to verify your skills by trading an account using their platform and/or data feed, for which they will charge you, justifying this by saying to trade successfully you must use the best available (their) technology or some such rubbish. The bottom line is... You will be paying them—they will NOT be paying you.
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Someone did their math. :D

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ls015 said:
I am looking to make a career trading options
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Actually, it's an interesting question ... Is there actually a job that exclusive involves trading options? Let's exclude market making. What career path leads to one? I have an acquaintance who does options related research at Goldman (some volatility surface voodoo) but she definitely not a trader. She has math background, so I guess she's a quant.
 
qlai said:
Actually, it's an interesting question ... Is there actually a job that exclusive involves trading options? Let's exclude market making. What career path leads to one? I have an acquaintance who does options related research at Goldman (some volatility surface voodoo) but she definitely not a trader. She has math background, so I guess she's a quant.
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Interesting angle...but...

was your acqaintance ever a prop trader prior to doing research at Goldman. Actually, did she begin at the proprietary firm Maverick Trading as an options trader ?

It would be an unusual career path to take to get into Goldman.

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wrbtrader said:
was your acqaintance ever a prop trader prior to doing research at Goldman.
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Lol. She was quite young so I assume she got there straight out of college. I would not call prop trading firms that sell education professionals. I know of prop groups that do serious option trading but l think they don't usually take people from the streets.
 
There is a world out there other than, prop, HF and firm. If you are really interested money can come from backers(mostly Chicago, New York and San. Fran. - where the floors were). Family offices and MultiFamily Offices and then there are simply trading firms(Again mostly the same three cities), but I would add Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, and Sydney. Get thee to a Bloomberg and you'll see openings. What's the benefit of going to one of them if you are a successful trader? Salary, benefits and a portion of the profits. You'll need a proven track record and you are generally competing with folks who left HFs and brokerage firms. It is not uncommon to hire a broker who called on you and wants to trade bigger capital. Destriero - on this forum - works at an MFO if he wants to chime in. Family offices are in almost every major market in the world and many employ options to hedge and enhance family wealth in the public markets. IMHO FOs are the resting place for a lot of the capital exiting HFs.
 
ls015 said:
https://job-openings.monster.com/st...-trading/04a7bf69-2d23-44ee-ae9e-b9879021c0ab

Are these jobs real? I had some success trading options on my own but it's only 10 contracts on SPX. I am looking to make a career trading options. Appreciate any advice. Thanks
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ETJ said:
There is a world out there other than, prop, HF and firm. If you are really interested money can come from backers(mostly Chicago, New York and San. Fran. - where the floors were). Family offices and MultiFamily Offices and then there are simply trading firms(Again mostly the same three cities), but I would add Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, and Sydney. Get thee to a Bloomberg and you'll see openings. What's the benefit of going to one of them if you are a successful trader? Salary, benefits and a portion of the profits. You'll need a proven track record and you are generally competing with folks who left HFs and brokerage firms. It is not uncommon to hire a broker who called on you and wants to trade bigger capital. Destriero - on this forum - works at an MFO if he wants to chime in. Family offices are in almost every major market in the world and many employ options to hedge and enhance family wealth in the public markets. IMHO FOs are the resting place for a lot of the capital exiting HFs.
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I have access to a Bloomberg terminal. May I ask what keyword/position should someone with retail track records search for?
I am a systematic trader and my Sharpe ratio is about 0.8 over S&P500's on average, i.e. in a year when S&P's Sharpe is 0.9, I have about 1.7.
Thanks.
 
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