Hi ,
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 had been a Spot Trader for 4 1/2 years and have been around the Options Desk for its past 2 1/2 years. In this time I have been in two BB banks and 1 smaller European bank. While my experience is of course not representative for the whole sector I would say I've a fairly good grasp of how the markets work and what drives them.
I would like to use this thread to answer any questions that you may have about what it's like to trade for an institution or anything else you may want to ask me. I am aware there is a couple other folks in this forum that have a lot of experience working for banks/funds or whatever so please don't hesitate to chime in and talk!
Why am I doing this?
I've been a long term lurker in many trading forums because I always found it fascinating to see what the retail sentiment would be like.I have been online more again since I ceased working and only need 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 moves ) and havent really found many threads in which this is discussed.
Anyways shoot away in the event you have any queries...