I'm in touch with someone at WTS because they can responsor me for the series 7, which is a valuable license to have.
I wanted to provide an update to this thread. I was fortunate to land a director level position at Morgan Stanley in OTC Client clearing. I just wanted to provide a little hope for those ex traders who feel that making a transition from trading is too difficult. Work your network and make your past experiences an asset to you and not a liability. Apologize for the sloppy writing, I'm posting from my phone.
Wait a minute. You jumped from being an unemployed daytrader to a Director position at Morgan Stanley? How is that possible? I thought you have to be promoted within the firm.
Well I did go back for an MBA, but yes I was surprised too. But I leveraged my past experiences and sold myself as capable of handling the position. My point was to show other traders who are looking to get back into a traditional work environment that it is possible.
I met with 5 senior members over the course of two interview rounds so I believe, if you can articulate yourself well and draw parallels between what you used to do and what you will be currently responsible for, you'll have a good chance at being given a shot.
Look, the bottom line is that Steve went in and did an interview, and they were almost sold. It was only until he said that he was a prolific poster on ET that they finally said, "You got the job!".