I don't think im going to stop reading books at the least im learning the terms and others would argue that some of the information could be help full. school is definitely something im looking into thanks for tips tho guys.
This is not accurate. Name one fund who donated $$ to get early access to someone from a "trading" course of study------Why do you say things like this?? Name one person who came out of a "trading" program at school and went on to great things in the business. Early access to brains potentially, but certainly not from trading programs-- the last thing a hedge fund would want is a "hive mind" from a university trading program--- math, physics, or whatever else that has high barriers to entry (mentally) yes, but certainly not from a trading program. surf
Agreed. Eg http://www.ahl.com/ahl-oxford isn't to get people from a 'trading program', it's to get Masters or Phds in econ/stats. I think there is an analogy here with technology jobs. Top firms want to hire people who have done Maths or Physics, to develop software, not someone who has done a more 'vocational' qualification like software enginering. You will be okay if you've done computer science at oxbridge (or US equivalent like MIT) which includes a big chunk of maths and theory but not if you've done software engineering at Greenwich (which for US readers is a 3rd or 4th tier UK university). There isn't really a general trading equivalent of computer science; financial econometrics at LSE or Oxford perhaps comes closest but these still aren't much to do with trading.
I don't know one firm that would-- other than for "sales and marketing". nothing wrong with this--- just expectations need to be managed for students entering these new programs. surf