Careers
If you want to become part of this industry it is important to know who came before you and what they did to form the markets into what they are today.
Your Future Starts with You – Paul Georgy
Paul Georgy - Allendale, Inc. We were gung-ho we were going to be commodity brokers. When one of the speakers walked into the room, he said, within one year, half of you are no longer going to be in business. Within two years, there will only be five of you left in...
How to be a Successful Trader – Jennifer Wilson
Jennifer Wilson - DRW People who do well, they stick around. They invest more money and make the markets more efficient. People who don’t do well generally move on pretty quickly to other opportunities. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity...
How I Discovered My WILD Side – Leslie Sutphen
Leslie Sutphen -Financial Markets Consulting LLC I didn’t like the floor very much... It was the [CBOE], which wasn't quite as rough and tumble as the futures floor, but I still felt kind of like this isn’t really a place for a nice girl like me. In this video from...
A Look Into Your Future Employment – Phupinder Gill
Phupinder Gill - CME Group Ten years from now, we don't count anymore," Gill said of himself and most others in the C-suites. "In 10 years from now, the people who will be running this world are you folks. The people who will be influencing the world in the direction...
Market Structure Change Presents Commercial Opportunity – Kevin Wolf
Kevin Wolf - Eris Exchange When I worked at Lehman, periodically people would tell me that I looked like Dick Fuld, and I thought that was pretty cool, especially when I was rising up in the ranks. I don’t find that amusing anymore. The fall of Lehman Brothers ushered...
The Fintech Evolution – Scott Feldman
Scott Feldman - ICAP Infinity That ability to communicate well and play [the role of] Google Translate is a differentiating factor for someone in the fintech space. You’ve got to marry the technology with the finance, and a lot of times they don’t speak the same...
From Hire to Retire: Talent Management and Culture Transformation – Tracy Raben
Tracy Raben - OCC We start with the business strategy, align that with the goals and objectives, then align the employees with the goals and objectives of the organization, to help everyone understand the big picture and your role in it, and ultimately how you are...
Make a Market: Proprietary Trading in the Modern Era – Jeff Levoff
Jeff Levoff - DRW Holdings This is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It's hard work to try to find positive expected value. That's what we do every day. Conceptually, proprietary trading is easy. One must follow two simple steps - finding positive expected value and...
Growing Up with Options – Boris Ilyevsky
Boris Ilyevsky - International Securities Exchange Your first impressions matter quite a bit, and perception is reality. When Boris Ilyevsky joined the fledgling International Securities Exchange back in 1999, he had no idea what it would entail. He quickly learned...
Connecting the Dots and Innovating Ratings – James Gellert
James Gellert - Rapid Ratings International While you are completing your internships, it is important to think about where you want to be, but you cannot over-prescribe it. You may need to take a circuitous path to get where you need to be. James Gellert is a former...
Illustrating Trading System Design and Planning for Failure – Carlos Saez
Carlos Saez - Spot Trading There's a tension between a desire to win and the things you need to do to manage your trading system When planning for success, how often to we embrace the possibility of failure? Carlos Saez of Spot Trading illustrates and explains trading...
Quant Trading and Superpowers – Morgan Slade
Morgan Slade - CloudQuant You have a chance, single-handedly, without anyone looking at your resume, to try and change an industry. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in New York, Morgan Slade, CEO of CloudQuant, discusses the...
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