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vix options and futures?

go to a brand name school, in the US-ivy league and top engineering schools, most hft firms recruit only from the top schools and a few schools around the chicago area. they dont expect you to know anything much, although having a computer science background puts you at an advantage.

i think an MFE is pretty risky given that you do not have any experience in finance and that you will be spending a hundred grand on it. Yes, new laws/regulations are definitely taking a toll on S&T jobs. On the other hand, private trading firms might get some advantages due to this. However, no...

you will have a broader experience with a degree from the IIMs than from an MFE degree. Moreover, you will have the same kind of jobs open to you from the IIMs, namely sales and trading in London/Asia as well as light quant roles. Given that a lot of sales and trading roles are now in Asia, I...

I would strongly advise you not to join any such firm. Try finding firms which have a strong business and train you in their way of trading. good shops pay around 80-90k while smaller ones around 30-50k.

are you comparing the closes at the same time, in the US, the index closes are at 3 cst while the futures close at 3:15 cst

when you see so many people buying something, you know it is the high..

do not do a phd because you want to get a quant role and that too from a low tier school. it is unfortunate but the first thing people generally look is the school and dismiss it. and personally, i would do the same too.

the hiring season is usually fall when they go to schools to recruit for full time positions. some firms have days when they bring in a whole bunch of preselected candidates and interview them..i am not sure what school you are in, but they typically visit top schools. in the midwest, they do...

try the prop trading firms in chicago or nyc, although the hiring season is past, they are not averse to hiring off season..

you will be surprised, walk into any good chicago options trading firm...

I would advise you to talk to people in both firms, look at what people have done with their careers in both places. Historically, people from McKinsey have tended to do really well (ignoring the few recent /past scandals) either in corporations/governments/non-profits. Moreover, its alumni...

most hft firms in chicago hire kids right out of college from places like mit, princeton etc. the ones focused on hft equities etc typically expect you to have good programming skills or statistics and some scripting skills. the ones in hft options trading don't care as long as you are smart. i...

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if you are in the mood to give away money to market makers and the like, it is a good idea.