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Coding for quantitative trader, quantitative portfolio manager and derivative trader.

SAIL KIM

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Hello!! I'm one of the students who recently got admitted to one of the MFE programs.

I'm from finance undergraduate background and I got some work experience as derivative analyst. My future career goal is to become one of the list below

Future career path

- quantitative trader
- quantitative portfolio manager
- derivative trader.
- algorithm trader

I know basic about below languages but I want to improve my coding skills to next level

R
Python
C++
VBA
SQL

How much coding experienced are required for those jobs and what kind of language should be learned?
I was considering to take Advanced C++11/C++14 and Multidisciplinary Applications course from Quant.net.
Does advanced C++ Skills are required for those jobs? or is it too much for trader?

What kind of coding courses should I take ?
Thank you in advance. I really want to hear advice from experienced people.
 
One fact is that if you have good C++ skills then it's the top of the programming languages heap. In this sense it is a real blue-chip skill IMO.
 
Thanks for advice

Then, in order to become trader what should I do?
Even though I need luck, I want to improve my chance by education and experience.

I have traded stocks with my own account. Even if I stopped because of my full time job which was derivative analyst. I will restart trading.

Can you give me any advice to increase my chance of becoming a trader?
Thank you in advance
 
It's not "getting more important"; it already is... if not to write tools, then to understand the company trading systems. To be very honest though, no one is going to hire you as a trader (in America at least) unless your English is up to scratch, as communication is extremely important
 
JLevin said:
It's not "getting more important"; it already is... if not to write tools, then to understand the company trading systems. To be very honest though, no one is going to hire you as a trader (in America at least) unless your English is up to scratch, as communication is extremely important
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Thank you very much. I really appreciate your advice. I will work on improving my coding skills and English.
 
yetanotherquant said:
Get a track record or a least (paper) trading experience.

I can recommend you my book "Knowledge rather than Hope: A Book for Retail Investors and Mathematical Finance Students" (in parallel you will learn R) and my blog (start reading with this: Einstein - a star trader on Wikifolio, who can beat the market — letYourMoneyGrow.com - Serving Retail Investors ).
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I will visit the blog and read the book to get more knowledge about trading. I also think that track record is really important.

Thank you for great advice.
 
One issue that I do not see in discussions is how to design and create a stable architecture for a software system that is easy to maintain down the years.

I'm not talking about a one-person throwaway/short lifecycle proof of concept.

Coding is not design and design is not architecture although the three are blurred in many(most?) software projects.

The Advanced C++11/C++14 course does address these topics in addition to C++ syntax. It's the only course I know that does so. Long story short: we combine the best design techniques from the last 35 years and map it to multiparadigm C++.
 
Daniel Duffy said:
One issue that I do not see in discussions is how to design and create a stable architecture for a software system that is easy to maintain down the years.

I'm not talking about a one-person throwaway/short lifecycle proof of concept.

Coding is not design and design is not architecture although the three are blurred in many(most?) software projects.

The Advanced C++11/C++14 course does address these topics in addition to C++ syntax. It's the only course I know that does so. Long story short: we combine the best design techniques from the last 35 years and map it to multiparadigm C++.
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That issue is not for Financial Engineers/Quants to solve.
 
pingu said:
That issue is not for Financial Engineers/Quants to solve.
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What's the story then? How does the process work?

How then do you guarantee the quality of the finished product?

Requirements -> architecture -> design -> software products.

There must be a big communication issue here between the different stakeholders.

Won't things "get lost in translation" with so many links in the chain?

So, a trader does not have to program but how much of the other stuff does a trader need to know?
 
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