Recent content by PeteyG

Hi folks, I'm setting up a dummy account in CFDs (oil) and working on what my screen should look like. I understand its depends on preferences but would be good to know what people use. So far I have bid/ask, volume with trade and moving averages. Is there anything else anyone has has used on...

Hi Guy, Looking for a formula or pricing structure for the cost of storing natural gas/liquefied gas per annum, if anyone has any ideas, it would be much appreciated. if anyone knew how to calculate how much liquefied gas escapes naturally from the tankers would be a big benefit. Thanks in...

Hi Guys, I did an undergrad in Maths and Economics and am now doing a MSc. in Computational Finance in Ireland. The masters is very practical (we have a live trading floor using Reuters) and our lecturers were traders our quants in Asia and America before turning to academia, so at least their...

Hi Guys, Like many out there, I am looking for jobs in trading but just finishing college. I have had a number of interviews and usually reach the 2nd or 3rd rounds but unfortunately fall thereafter. My background is in maths and economics but the reason tends to be that I don't have C++...

Hi Guys, I know there are other threads here with similar stories but wanted to run this by ye and see what the general consensus about it is. I have noticed it is either a feast or a famine and after 9+ months of hunting, countless interviews in home and abroad follwed by loads of rejections...

Hi Guys, Does anyone have a list of the trading firms in Ireland (Dublin)? Doesnt matter if they are big/small, just looking for experience (Summer Internship/Graduate Programme). Presently an undergraduate in final year doing econometrics and trying to get into trading. Like most finding it...

Hi Guys, Was wondering if anyone could answer the following questions about Positiv Equity (Dublin): 1) What does their trainee trader program entail? 2) I e-mailed their HR department ([email protected]) asking them will I have to pay any of the training myself or my own funds and about what...

Hi Guys, I know this is a trading thread, but the questions are somewhat similar to the trading questions, but from a brokerage viewpoint so thought that it could fit in here. I have made it to the 2nd round of interviews with a large broker to attend an assessment centre. The basic e-mail...

Hi Guys, I have made it to the 2nd round of interviews with a large broker to attend an assessment centre. The basic e-mail says that I wil have a panel interview, group assessment and numerical test. Could anyone tell me what to expect in the panel interview and group exercise? Will the...

Thanks for the help any Jason. Will take your advice also

Hi Guys, I have previously posted this thread in the brokerage and general career advice forums but no replies. Hoping that by putting it in the most popular forum to get responses. Apologies to anyone that this annoys as I know I am in the wrong forum, I'm just trying to get some answers and...

Hi Guys, I have a phone interview with a brokerage firm (for a graduate programme) within in the next week and was wondering whether anyone could tell me the type of questions to expect? They have told me to expect it to last about 20mins. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Pete

Hi Guys, I have a phone interview with a brokerage firm (for a graduate programme) within in the next week and was wondering whether anyone could tell me the type of questions to expect? They have told me to expect it to last about 20mins. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Pete

Hi Guys, I have an aptitude test next week to join an assistant trader graduate programme. Could anyone please tell me what type of questions to expect? Guessing probability Thanks, Pete

I think ur right with regards to passion and an open mind. What I also did to show an entrepeneurial skill was to start a tuition school for secondary students, which has double in size over 2 years, reason being from a small enough town and word travels fast. Also, just turnedd 22 so can relate...