I have been working at an investment bank for 5 months (to Dec 05) since graduation as a pan euro blue chip equity analyst and would like to make the switch to be an equities prop trader, though i think this would be unlikely at my current bank. #I would appreciate it if anyone had some good advice as to what skills or reading would be helpful to do this (e.g. learning any software packages)? #Would you advise applying for another grad scheme as a trader? #Should I wait until I at least have built up some decent experience as a researcher first (e.g. after a year or so ) to at least build up some basics? #Would it look detrimental to move on too early? Any other suggestions or experiences would be very helpful. Thanks in advance guys.
usually after 12 months you can apply for transfer to another department within the ibank. It might be wise to wait and see what happens then.