Hi all,
I have been working in the financial markets for just over 7 years now and have recently quit my job to pursue a different career. I was a Spot Trader for 4 1/2 years and have been on the Options Desk for the past 2 1/2 years. In this time I have been in 2 BB banks and 1 smaller European bank. While my experience is of course not representative for the whole industry I would say I have a pretty good grasp of how the markets work and what drives them.
I want to use this thread to answer any questions you may have about what it is like to trade for an institution or anything else you might want to ask me. I know that there is a few other people in this forum that have a lot of experience working for banks/funds or whatever so please feel free to chime in and discuss!
Why am I doing this?
I have been a long term lurker in several trading forums because I always found it interesting to see what the retail sentiment is like.I have been online more again since I quit working and just want to give back in a way. I also noticed that there seems to be a lot of misconception of what is driving the markets (especially short term movements) and havent really found many threads where this is discussed.
Anyways shoot away if you have any questions....
I have been working in the financial markets for just over 7 years now and have recently quit my job to pursue a different career. I was a Spot Trader for 4 1/2 years and have been on the Options Desk for the past 2 1/2 years. In this time I have been in 2 BB banks and 1 smaller European bank. While my experience is of course not representative for the whole industry I would say I have a pretty good grasp of how the markets work and what drives them.
I want to use this thread to answer any questions you may have about what it is like to trade for an institution or anything else you might want to ask me. I know that there is a few other people in this forum that have a lot of experience working for banks/funds or whatever so please feel free to chime in and discuss!
Why am I doing this?
I have been a long term lurker in several trading forums because I always found it interesting to see what the retail sentiment is like.I have been online more again since I quit working and just want to give back in a way. I also noticed that there seems to be a lot of misconception of what is driving the markets (especially short term movements) and havent really found many threads where this is discussed.
Anyways shoot away if you have any questions....