Equity Trader - proprietary trader About the Job Company Profile: SwiftTrade Inc. is one of the world’s leading equity traders in the NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX markets. Our success was built from recruiting and training successful candidates while providing them with the means to compete in the world’s primary electronic marketplaces. With more than 100 Affiliate Offices and 2200 Traders worldwide, SwiftTrade was recently ranked #2 in Profit magazine’s PROFIT 100 – an annual ranking of the country’s fastest growing companies. The Calgary Affiliate location, operated by Swifttrade’s most experienced and successful Proprietary Trading Managers. Calgary has consistently been ranked among the top offices in the firm for over 3 years based on per trader profitability. Job Description: As an Equity Trader at SwiftTrade’s Calgary Affiliate you will trade the firm’s capital for profit on the NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX, CME and London exchanges. You will execute intra-day trades on our unique proprietary trading platform with the primary responsibility of taking as much profit from the market as possible. Currently, the Calgary Affiliate is in the process of looking for high quality candidates to join the on-going success and growth of the office. If you are competitive, disciplined and self-motivated to succeed, then this is an opportunity for you to pursue. Requirements: § The ability to excel in a fast-paced, competitive environment § History of strong personal discipline § Excellent hand-eye coordination § Dedication and determination to succeed § Energy, motivation, enthusiasm & commitment Qualifications: § While Commerce and Finance backgrounds are preferred, ALL backgrounds will be considered Additional Skills: § Strong history of video game play § Strong history of poker play Please visit the following links to learn more about the connections between trading, poker & video games: § http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3723922.stm § http://www.activetradermag.com/tocs/toc1104.htm Contact: Interested applicants can apply to careers@calgary.swifttrade.com with a resume and cover letter explaining: 1. Why you want to become a proprietary trader? 2. What do you think will make you a good proprietary trader?
AIG - When nerds run a trading firm …I’ll take the natty lights and video games, much cheaper.
I love the additional skills section.
I’ve seen these before…trade the firms capital after you put up $50,000. then they will margin you up to $250,000 or so depending on experience, years service, your capital takes the first hit on the losses and the firm keeps 10& profits. Also you will use their systems and trade through them at 5-10 per trade or .01/share…I’m sure a few succeed and others put in $50,000 and get washed out after a couple good months then lose all their capital…They win through margin and trade execution…sure they will highlight the guy that works 20 hours a day and pockets $300,000 / year.
The trading costs eat into your profits.
Really? I thought commissions added to your profits. Silly me.
ConvertArb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- …sure they will highlight the guy that > works 20 hours a week and pockets $300,000 / year. Fixed…and yea, probably not the best choice to go to a ‘churn and burn’ shop…but then again it’s better than no job.
As far as I know, Swift Trade doesn’t require you to put up any capital. I was contemplating one time upon graduation to land a trading gig and these guys had a job posting at our school’s career center. I tried to find some info about the firm and they have a lot of negative reviews. They have a lot of offices across Canada some offices had good reviews some had really terrible. Most people say go there for 6 months and learn how to trade, then move to a real trading firm. I declined the interview with them. FYI my friend makes some nice $ working in Chicago at bond futures trading firm. He told me that what helped him become successful is poker and competitive video games. So that’s not a joke.
What kind of video games are we talking about? I have yet to be beaten in old school James Bond 007 so theoretically I have the potential to become the world’s best trader! I also killed a shit load of deer and bison back in the day on the Oregon Trail. Too bad I lost it all when my wagon always fucking sank. I hope we’re not talking about Warcraft type games. Nerds.
http://jobview.monster.ca/getjob.aspx?JobID=76193089 here’s the link At first I thought this was an April fools joke. What a bunch of clowns. If this is publicly traded I want to short them.
I knew a guy that pretended to make alot of money in this type of role. I met him at a 16 dollar an hour temp job at a trust and he got shown the door. he was full of all shorts of bullshit
kblade Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As far as I know, Swift Trade doesn’t require you > to put up any capital. > I was contemplating one time upon graduation to > land a trading gig and these guys had a job > posting at our school’s career center. > > I tried to find some info about the firm and they > have a lot of negative reviews. They have a lot of > offices across Canada some offices had good > reviews some had really terrible. Most people say > go there for 6 months and learn how to trade, > then move to a real trading firm. > > I declined the interview with them. > > FYI my friend makes some nice $ working in Chicago > at bond futures trading firm. He told me that what > helped him become successful is poker and > competitive video games. So that’s not a joke. i was cool back in the day but after cfa i turned into the biggest nerd and whenever i see my friends they ask where ive been, im still pretty sure that im still going to fail level 2 because i feel burnt out and im not studying enough. Im pretty sure there are alot of us on this board anyway if you wanna play vids im pretty good at COD4 and street fighter, i dont think that would translate into a career in finance. but if any of you wanna get slayed my playstation online is Shompton sorry for the dr phil moment but if you wanna play hollah hollah!
Chuckrox8 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What kind of video games are we talking about? > > I have yet to be beaten in old school James Bond > 007 so theoretically I have the potential to > become the world’s best trader! I also killed a > shit load of deer and bison back in the day on the > Oregon Trail. Too bad I lost it all when my wagon > always fucking sank. > > I hope we’re not talking about Warcraft type > games. Nerds. Pfftt… bond… c’mon now. Own me in COD4 and then you’ll have skills… the likelihood is slim though.
Chuckrox8 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I also killed a > shit load of deer and bison back in the day on the > Oregon Trail. Too bad I lost it all when my wagon > always fucking sank. Anyone who can actually beat Oregon Trail probably does have what it takes to become the world’s best trader. I mean, think about all the chances you have to practice risk / return trade offs. Do I cut back on rations and risk getting my people sick? Do I try to ford that river even though one of my oxen is hurt? That game is really tough.
Chuckrox8 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What kind of video games are we talking about? > > I have yet to be beaten in old school James Bond > 007 so theoretically I have the potential to > become the world’s best trader! I also killed a > shit load of deer and bison back in the day on the > Oregon Trail. Too bad I lost it all when my wagon > always fucking sank. > > I hope we’re not talking about Warcraft type > games. Nerds. werd, i mopped an assload of deer on oregon trail in grade 4
Damn. . . I gave up Madden 5 years ago. Time to dust off the PS2. . . if I can find it. I used to dominate.
brianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Chuckrox8 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > What kind of video games are we talking about? > > > > > I have yet to be beaten in old school James > Bond > > 007 so theoretically I have the potential to > > become the world’s best trader! I also killed > a > > shit load of deer and bison back in the day on > the > > Oregon Trail. Too bad I lost it all when my > wagon > > always fucking sank. > > > > I hope we’re not talking about Warcraft type > > games. Nerds. > > Pfftt… bond… c’mon now. Own me in COD4 and > then you’ll have skills… the likelihood is slim > though. I’m sure you would. I traded in my Xbox and drunken nights of debauchery for 20 lbs of textbooks. I’d probably get like 5 kills and die 30 times. Someone showed me a website before where you can play all those old mac games. Anyone know it?
JustPass Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Damn. . . I gave up Madden 5 years ago. Time to > dust off the PS2. . . if I can find it. > > I used to dominate. get a ps3 dude, its alot of money but you can play online with your buds at 3am. which is awesome for me because me and my friends are closet nerds. other then fifa i dont like sport games (because i rather actually play them) but my buddy jim would put you in a world of hurt. dude is a fuckin monster
Chuckrox8 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > brianr Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Chuckrox8 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > What kind of video games are we talking about? > > > > > > > > > I have yet to be beaten in old school James > > Bond > > > 007 so theoretically I have the potential to > > > become the world’s best trader! I also > killed > > a > > > shit load of deer and bison back in the day > on > > the > > > Oregon Trail. Too bad I lost it all when my > > wagon > > > always fucking sank. > > > > > > I hope we’re not talking about Warcraft type > > > games. Nerds. > > > > Pfftt… bond… c’mon now. Own me in COD4 and > > then you’ll have skills… the likelihood is > slim > > though. > > I’m sure you would. I traded in my Xbox and > drunken nights of debauchery for 20 lbs of > textbooks. I’d probably get like 5 kills and die > 30 times. Someone showed me a website before > where you can play all those old mac games. > Anyone know it? yo man theres plenty of rom sites. i dont know if this works, let me know. http://www.romnation.net/ http://romhustler.net/ http://www.rom-world.com/ http://www.coolrom.com/ this is some easy stuff try it out. if you have a problem with it don’t blame me. im an alchi but if you come at me ill shoot you. take care
> § Excellent hand-eye coordination I’m fairly sure that is 95% of this board…