This is only 1 of them (my favorite, LOL). 30 Under 30 We polled the world's trading community to come up with the best young talent currently conquering global markets. By: Imogen Rose-Smith , A.D. Barber Issue: August/September 2005 , Page 70 ________________________________________ Article Tools ⢠Print this page ⢠Send to a friend ⢠Subscribe "If I'm having a bad day, you literally have to pull me out of my seat. I don't like to give up." The Best Young Traders in the World Oh, to be young and a trader. Trader Monthly hereby introduces our inaugural "30 Under 30" ranking, profiling some of the fastest-ascending traders working today in a wide range of asset classes and arenas, all 30 years old or younger. We've put our ears to the ground to find out who the trading superstars of tomorrow are. In the process, we found many young traders already making a name for themselves today. Some young turks, boasting Ivy League pedigrees, come from a long line of securities-market mavens, while others never even finished college. But all the traders youâre about to meet have one thing in common: tremendous upside potential. Not surprisingly, we found candidates in the ever-expanding ranks of the hedge-fund world, but that's not the only hot zone where you'll find young trading talent. From prop desks to the pits, youth is not wasted on this crop, any of whom could be a billionaire by 40 -- or, then again, they could be belly up and bust. But we, for one, are long the prospects of the group youâre about to meet. For the full text of this article, including traders' biographies, please see the August/September issue of Trader Monthly magazine. ________________________________________ Darren Clifford Age: 26 Firm: PairCo City: Kelowna, British Columbia Trades: Equity When a big time job at a prestigious Wall Street bank didnât pan out, Darren Clifford, who had just received his masterâs degree from Smon Fraser University, was forced to reevaluate his options. His timing â it was the summer of 2002 â might have been inauspicious. Tired of waiting for financial services recruiting to pick up post 9/11, Clifford turned to Bright Trading. Training under the Las Vegas â based prop legends Don and Bob Bright, he would eventually cofound his own pairs-trading firm, PairCo, a Bright affiliate. Clifford, along with his partner, Rob Friesen, oversees 40-plus traders. Not being willing to wait for Wall Street to find him has certainly paid off. He will make an estimated $350,000 from trading this year. He as also brought his family onboard. His father and brother both of whom had been working in the familyâs moving business, are Bright traders. âEven my mom was trading for a while.â Clifford says, though she recently gave it up. Ever the good son, Clifford took his parents to Cancun for vacation this year. But his mother wouldnât necessarily approve of everything this budding entrepreneur does. His out-of-office activities include âscuba diving, skydiving and skiing â anything with a bit of rush to it.â All the best to Darren and Rob, good job!! Don
If prop shop is the way to go, why should people still want to work in Goldman Sach? It is much easier, isn't it?
Huh? 99% of daytraders would MUCH rather be on a desk at GS. Those guys get paid unreal amounts of money. I know this one guy, who is 31 and had a 4 million dollar bonus trading there last year. Yeah, I'm sure he works hard for it.. but it beats trying to scalp for pennies.
Wait a minute. The guy's gonna make $350k this year and he's considered one of the top 30 under 30? I thought such a "prestigious" list would require a minimum of a few million. It's probably similar to the PGA money list -- The top ten make 80% of the money and the rest fight for scraps!
Not to be a nuissance, but how does a guy know in August that he is going to make $350k for the year. Now, if its based on 2004's returns, then I stand corrected...
350k? No way would you be on the top 30 under 30. There are a lot of young highly successful traders out there. Don just doesn't ever see them considering the avg age of his traders is 50+. xbrxx
I was thinking the 350k was quite low. My first thought was, are times really that bad? (I don't think they are.) But, to be in the "top 30" with only an estimated 350k is sad.
30 Under 30 We polled the world's trading community to come up with the best young talent currently conquering global markets. By: Imogen Rose-Smith , A.D. Barber Issue: August/September 2005 , Page 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If I'm having a bad day, you literally have to pull me out of my seat. I don't like to give up." The Best Young Traders in the World Oh, to be young and a trader. Trader Monthly hereby introduces our inaugural "30 Under 30" ranking, profiling some of the fastest-ascending traders working today in a wide range of asset classes and arenas, all 30 years old or younger. We've put our ears to the ground to find out who the trading superstars of tomorrow are. In the process, we found many young traders already making a name for themselves today. Some young turks, boasting Ivy League pedigrees, come from a long line of securities-market mavens, while others never even finished college. But all the traders youâre about to meet have one thing in common: tremendous upside potential. Not surprisingly, we found candidates in the ever-expanding ranks of the hedge-fund world, but that's not the only hot zone where you'll find young trading talent. From prop desks to the pits, youth is not wasted on this crop, any of whom could be a billionaire by 40 -- or, then again, they could be belly up and bust. But we, for one, are long the prospects of the group youâre about to meet. For the full text of this article, including traders' biographies, please see the August/September issue of Trader Monthly magazine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Bartley Age: 28 Firm: Fusionary Trading City: Chicago Trades: Eurodollar options Patrick Bartley's Profile -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Brodsky Age: 28 Firm: Balyasny Asset Management City: Chicago Trades: Equity, industrials -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brown Age: 29 Firm: Starmark Trading City: London Trades: Equity-index futures -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tripp Callan Age: 26 Firm: Silver Point Capital City: New York Trades: Distressed, credit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Caperonis Age: 27 Firm: Citigroup City: New York Trades: Convertibles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darren Clifford Age: 26 Firm: PairCo City: Kelowna, British Columbia Trades: Equity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marten Eriksson Age: 29 Firm: Merrill Lynch City: London Trades: Weather, power and gas options -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Handler Age: 29 Exchange: NYBOT City: New York Trades: Cotton, coffee options -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charlie Katz Age: 30 Firm: First New York Securities City: New York Trades: Natural gas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Martin Age: 27 Firm: Satellite Asset Management City: New York Trades: Convertibles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucas McConnell Age: 26 Firm: Fusionary Trading City: Chicago Trades: Eurodollar options Lucas McConnell's Profile -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan McKenzie Age: 23 Firm: Assent LLC City: Scottsdale, Arizona Trades: Equity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manal Mehta Age: 25 Firm: Morgan Stanley City: New York Trades: Distressed securities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Milam Age: 29 Firm: J.P. 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