This seems right. One disadvantage of intraday pairs is that the upside is limited while the potential downside is unlimited. If news comes out,...
For a beginner with very little previous knowledge, what books/sources do you guys recommend for learning python? Thanks.
Yes, this is a good summary. My desk does intraday equity pair stat arb; the actual code was written in python by a quant. My role is a...
Yes, GETCO is an amazing shop. They're dominating HFT of equities. Compensation is ridiculous, and very few people ever leave the firm. They're...
Here's my ranking of prop trading firms. most of them are in chicago. 1. GETCO 2. Jane Street (they're in NYC) 3. DRW 4. SIG (offices in...
Speaking of Misha Malyshev, did citadel end up paying him the $100 million they owed? the guy was a beast, his high-frequency unit made the firm...
I talked today to a guy who works in alumni career services at my alma mater, and he said he talked to a morgan stanley partner just this week and...
I'm wondering if there are any traders here in Chicago who enjoy playing poker. It will be good to get a group together and play occasionally.
My guess is either Mark Warner or Hillary Clinton. The problem is that no democrat can raise as much money as Clinton during the primaries, where...
I'm a hardcore democrat, but a Hillary nomination will be a disaster for my party. I don't hate her, but her attempts to be a centrist are futile...
I'm wondering if anyone has applied for the equities trading job at allston trading in chicago. Has anyone heard anything back from them yet?
Has anyone heard of darwin capital in chicago? I heard vaguely that they trade fixed income products, but I can't find their website or any...
When I used to work at CME people used to talk about this young Russian guy named Igor, who is supposedly the biggest e-mini S&P trader in the...
Hey guys. I just joined ET and am looking for other traders in chicago. It will be nice to meet up at a bar or something.
I used to work for a guy at the chicago mercantile exchange, where I electronically traded euribor spread futures. I got laid off in august and...
At the better prop firms, they will offer you a draw of $2000 per month and give you about 50% of the trading profits. You normally do not need to...
I was recently offered an interview with them for their equity trader position. The guy told me over the phone that salary is negotiable during...
The partner told me they've been around for about six years and have around 150 employees and growing. For some unusual reason, I just can't find...
Hey guys. I just interviewed with a prop firm in chicago called great point capital. They trade NASDAQ stocks and use the anvil platform and clear...
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