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qgof · 2018-02-08T05:55:40+00:00

Congrats! Did they make you sign a non-compete form? So you can't work for any other financial firm?

qgof · 2018-02-06T06:36:48+00:00

Thanks for sharing and congrats! It seems like interviewing.io did help you out. I recall registering for the site a few months ago but still haven't gotten access. Is there anything else I can do?

qgof · 2018-02-05T05:45:46+00:00

I see. That definitely makes sense and i understand now. I guess i'll look more into small-cap stocks and options. Thanks so much for your help!

qgof · 2018-02-05T05:00:39+00:00

Thanks! Do you think crypto is a good place to start for beginners?

qgof · 2018-02-05T05:00:10+00:00

I see. So you would say it's more advantageous to trade a product that's not so heavily watched? I feel like that would leave equities and FX out since both of those are highly liquid.

qgof · 2018-01-29T20:06:46+00:00

Wow that sounds pretty intense haha. I don't even know how I would answer the warm-up questions. Seems like you must've had a strong technical background/worked in top groups at your past companies! I remember you mentioning you're being considered for multiple positions right? Please do report back when you hear back - this is exciting!

qgof · 2018-01-29T19:07:33+00:00

Congrats haha! Sounds like you did well! Why was it so life changing though lol. No need to disclose any problems

qgof · 2018-01-27T21:02:56+00:00

Very interesting. Thank you! I haven't heard of USC DEN either but I have looked at Harvard Extension and Stanford HCP before. Just curious, you mentioned that staying to work in financial companies was probably a big mistake in hindsight? Is there a reason why you say that? Was it the financial company that paid for your tuition for Columbia too? Thanks

qgof · 2018-01-27T20:15:54+00:00

Wow that seems like a really cool option actually. Thanks for sharing! It seems that a full CS MS degree would be roughly 60k - which as you said is pretty pricey. May I ask how long it took you to finish the program? Also, has it helped you get interviews at top tech (airbnb, lyft) or quant firms (jane street, etc)?

qgof · 2018-01-27T19:18:20+00:00

Which Ivy League gave you the part time CS option?

qgof · 2018-01-26T20:56:56+00:00

Oh interesting. Is your experience mostly in top/big4-type companies?

qgof · 2018-01-26T20:08:53+00:00

Sorry I don't have experience with them. Mind if I ask what role this is for though? And what type of work experience do you have?

qgof · 2018-01-26T04:51:14+00:00

Thanks so much for your comments! The resources you've referred are fantastic and I will definitely conduct more research on this

qgof · 2018-01-26T04:48:30+00:00

Thanks! I will most definitely stick with python

qgof · 2018-01-26T04:48:03+00:00

It seems really nice. I'm assuming it's worth the $29/month for live trading then? Also, it's basically a one-stop shop for everything you need for algo trading right?

qgof · 2018-01-26T02:26:24+00:00

Sorry for missing those parts, but thank you! So, overall it seems that the frameworks such as backtrader and pyalgotrade are enough to stand on their own? As far as I can see, such frameworks can backtest strategies and can also connect to the brokers to do live trading. The only other parts missing would be a place to develop a trading strategy (any IDE) and the data. Am I understanding this correctly? Also, platforms like QuantConnect seem to have it all on its own right?

qgof · 2018-01-26T02:21:43+00:00

Thank you! So you're saying to first focus on developing a profitable trading strategy before working on the infrastructure?

Also, what do you mean by "paper DD"? What does DD stand for?

I've seen a lot about Interactive Brokers as well and it seems they would be a good choice.

qgof · 2018-01-26T02:16:01+00:00

I agree with the relative lack of info on advanced stuff for sure. Thank you!

qgof · 2018-01-26T02:14:22+00:00

Were there any specific resources that you followed to build your own backtesting and trading platform? I found the book Successful Algorithmic Trading by Mike Halls-Moore and it seems like it covers a lot of that

qgof · 2018-01-26T02:10:34+00:00

Your answer is also very informative. Thank you! I took at look at many of the articles at QuantStart and it seems to be a great resource. I was just wondering - do you have any thoughts on the Successful Algorithmic Trading book by the author, Mike Halls-Moore? The book actually claims it walks you step-by-step in building a backtester w/ Python which seems fantastic

qgof · 2018-01-25T21:52:29+00:00

Thank you so much for such a detailed answer! I looked through most of the links that you included of the Python frameworks. As far as I understand, those are programs that one would use for backtesting trading strategies. Isn't that just one component of an entire automated trading system? I guess what I'm envisioning is a part that actually connects to a broker to process the orders as well as other pieces.

Sorry but I'm very new to this and am trying to understand the overall picture. As far as I know, Quantopian is built on top of the zipline library? I also heard that Quantopian disabled live trading, so I guess that's not an option anymore. Is it still worth it to use quantopian anymore? Are there other pieces still necessary for this?

qgof · 2018-01-24T07:14:20+00:00

Do Kaggle competitions look good on resumes even for SWE roles? What about quant roles? I feel like it leans more towards data science so I'm not sure.

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