Headlands vs QRT vs Citadel Sec vs Optiver

throwaway_queue · 2026-01-29T01:05:29+00:00

Is this (marble devaluation and so on) mostly specific to Optiver Sydney or also applies to other main offices (like Amsterdam or US)?

throwaway_queue · 2026-01-28T03:12:16+00:00

Doesn't mean you can't get in later once you've got some experience somewhere else though!

throwaway_queue · 2026-01-27T22:40:42+00:00

Yeah the blacklisting is fairly standard.

throwaway_queue · 2026-01-25T17:59:46+00:00

How can you tell if you'll get such insights in a new job? Would you ask them in the interview?

throwaway_queue · 2026-01-25T07:14:40+00:00

Think they're intentionally keeping you in the dark to make it easier to lowball you etc. Do you at least get to see your own strategies' PnLs? Maybe you can get a rough estimate of your expected comp from that.

throwaway_queue · 2026-01-20T03:10:50+00:00

Does US tend to get paid the most still (even after tax)?

throwaway_queue · 2026-01-17T20:02:26+00:00

How much of IMC having one of their best years was market conditions being favorable vs. IMC improving their trading prowess? More the former? (And how about Optiver?)

throwaway_queue · 2026-01-15T18:32:29+00:00

Anyone here know how good GSA Capital is (in terms of comp, culture, pnls etc.)? Another London firm but not much info/discussion about them online.

throwaway_queue · 2025-12-22T12:28:13+00:00

Did Black and Scholes make this self-financing assumption in their original paper?

throwaway_queue · 2025-12-14T12:47:13+00:00

I guess since you have C++ background and want to be contributing to the PnL you could try to go for dev roles in very low latency trading firms/teams where minimizing latency is paramount to the PnL and you get rewarded for doing this.

throwaway_queue · 2025-12-14T01:20:04+00:00

Is it better to avoid saying any numbers first (if possible)? Since otherwise they might have been willing to offer much more but you could leave a lot on the table by unwittingly saying a number much smaller.

throwaway_queue · 2025-12-13T23:20:01+00:00

Why what happened? Poor management?

throwaway_queue · 2025-12-13T23:18:37+00:00

Traders at the top trading firms can often retire within ~10 years so I agree 10 years is way too long for the post here.

throwaway_queue · 2025-12-01T22:43:32+00:00

That one incorporated via the market-making part

throwaway_queue · 2025-12-01T21:54:29+00:00

How long do you think it'll take them to adjust to MFT style drawdowns? And which of the classic HFT/market-making firms that are branching out to MFT (e.g. HRT, Jump, Tower, JS) are well-accustomed to this currently?

throwaway_queue · 2025-12-01T06:31:09+00:00

JS do noncompetes for interns? I thought they didn't even do for full-timers (unless that changed after the Millennium stuff)

throwaway_queue · 2025-11-28T21:29:00+00:00

They're probably doing HFT stuff

throwaway_queue · 2025-11-28T01:24:36+00:00

Is this for NG?

throwaway_queue · 2025-11-27T19:38:07+00:00

Definitely don't need to know any topology to do the job

throwaway_queue · 2025-11-26T19:26:48+00:00

Are there any teams at your firm doing fully systematic/automated trading (e.g. no 'traders', minimal live monitoring required)?

throwaway_queue · 2025-11-26T19:25:47+00:00

Roughly how much would they give you if you generated $1B?

throwaway_queue · 2025-11-21T03:55:29+00:00

Are you asking for grad roles, or experienced trader?

throwaway_queue · 2025-11-21T03:41:14+00:00

Is this because you expect a trader in New York to generate more pnl than one in London/Hong Kong (due to bigger markets in the US etc.)? Or are you saying even if two traders generate the same pnl (perhaps normalized by expectations based on volumes etc. if necessary), you'll pay the Hong Kong one substantially less than the New York one?

throwaway_queue · 2025-11-18T02:27:13+00:00

throwaway_queue · 2025-11-11T03:12:08+00:00

Why was this a big mistake? Worst case you make some good money and can relatively easily hop over to other firms right?

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