Hi guys,
I am new on this forum, i have read many threads in the last weeks but it's the first time i write here. I am evaluating the possibility to join a prop firm in london in september or december, and I'd like to hear some comments about wheter I can reasonably expect to have a chance in joining a graduate/training program in some good prop firm (i am not interested in arcades at all). I am Italian, 23 years old, I am a last year student of the master of science in finance in the most accredited business school in italy. Now I am doing a 6-month internship in a Tier I italian bank in the structured finance risk control division, which will end in late july, and i am going to graduate in semptember with a gpa around 27/30 which should be simlar to 2:1 (UK) or 3.5 (US). I got my bachelor degree two years ago in the same university and roughly with the same gpa. I don't have any other work experience. I have played poker quite a lot during my studies, and in the last 6 months i managed to earn almost 10k euros becoming a very good high stakes heads up (which means 1 vs 1 for those of you not familiar with poker) player; i think this would be helpful in terms of money management skills, numerical skills, and the ability to take important decisions under pressure. I have very good numerical skills and i'm planning to take the gmat. I don't have any experience with trading basically because i didn'y want to risk my parents money, but now that i have earned some money i'm going to open my own trading account very soon and start practicing; i have always been fascinating by trading, and during the last weeks i surfed the net a lot to gather information about trading, prop firms, technical analysis and so on; i have also bought some books about technical analysis and trading in general, and i am starting reading them; anyway, I've always read financial newspapers (even if mostly the italian ones) so i am quite informed about the markets. Now the question is: given my background, do i have any reasonable chance to join a prop firm after my graduation? i know i don't have any experience, but i plan to trade on my own account in these months, at least to understand how it really works and getting some real experience; in addition, they offer those training programs that i think are specifically planned for unexperienced graduates, so i am not sure the lack of experience in previous trading jobs would be a problem. I want to stress that i am not interested at all in arcades, i want a real prop firm that trains me and backs me after the training.
Hoping you will be able to answer me, I thank all of you in advance,
Jacopo
I am new on this forum, i have read many threads in the last weeks but it's the first time i write here. I am evaluating the possibility to join a prop firm in london in september or december, and I'd like to hear some comments about wheter I can reasonably expect to have a chance in joining a graduate/training program in some good prop firm (i am not interested in arcades at all). I am Italian, 23 years old, I am a last year student of the master of science in finance in the most accredited business school in italy. Now I am doing a 6-month internship in a Tier I italian bank in the structured finance risk control division, which will end in late july, and i am going to graduate in semptember with a gpa around 27/30 which should be simlar to 2:1 (UK) or 3.5 (US). I got my bachelor degree two years ago in the same university and roughly with the same gpa. I don't have any other work experience. I have played poker quite a lot during my studies, and in the last 6 months i managed to earn almost 10k euros becoming a very good high stakes heads up (which means 1 vs 1 for those of you not familiar with poker) player; i think this would be helpful in terms of money management skills, numerical skills, and the ability to take important decisions under pressure. I have very good numerical skills and i'm planning to take the gmat. I don't have any experience with trading basically because i didn'y want to risk my parents money, but now that i have earned some money i'm going to open my own trading account very soon and start practicing; i have always been fascinating by trading, and during the last weeks i surfed the net a lot to gather information about trading, prop firms, technical analysis and so on; i have also bought some books about technical analysis and trading in general, and i am starting reading them; anyway, I've always read financial newspapers (even if mostly the italian ones) so i am quite informed about the markets. Now the question is: given my background, do i have any reasonable chance to join a prop firm after my graduation? i know i don't have any experience, but i plan to trade on my own account in these months, at least to understand how it really works and getting some real experience; in addition, they offer those training programs that i think are specifically planned for unexperienced graduates, so i am not sure the lack of experience in previous trading jobs would be a problem. I want to stress that i am not interested at all in arcades, i want a real prop firm that trains me and backs me after the training.
Hoping you will be able to answer me, I thank all of you in advance,
Jacopo
