Best prop houses in london?

[BrTarolg]

Hi there,

I've been looking into opportunities for prop houses/trading opportunities in london (not banks)

A bit about my background, i got a degree in maths and i'm studying a quantitatively heavy masters focused on financial applications

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So far these are the places i've applied to and what i've heard about them

STA - churn and burn? Everything i've heard about them is really negative but they give everyone a shot

Futex - 500 quid a month remuneration for the first few months, work in woking (hmm), heard good things from the inside

Amplify - ???

Marex - Heard good things, they don't take people regularly though - don't think they are taking atm

Liquid capital - they pay a salary, different from the prop houses listed above

Mako global - options (my course and background knowledge might actually be useful here) - also pays a competitive salary?

optiva - location - not london
tibra - location - not london

savi - ??????

jane street - plenty of info out there, apparently the craziest interviews in the world

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Would be incredibly appreciative anybody's input - seems to be a lot of knowledgeable people here - your opinions are worth gold to me!

 

[Pi3141]

Futex have an office in London. They also hold open days every fortnight so you can just register on their website and check out their offices beforehand if you want. I dont work for Futex but Im thinking about applying there.

 

[SlowlyButSurely]

Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but did you have an luck applying at these places? Can you share any experiences you had (if any) with me. I am looking into a career in trading but having studied business at uni feel like i may have a hard time being taken on.

 

[tommog]

SlowlyButSurely, what degree you did has no real bearing on how well you will do at a prop firm. There are far more important character traits. It is hard to get a foot in the door though, if you want to PM a copy of your CV i could look to see if there are any areas you could improve/expand on/get rid of. It may be that you have a great CV and competition is just too strong at the moment, but if i can help i will.