iamamonkey

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   by iamamonkey 17y ago

   > I call bullshit. Reasonable. Mine is a highly unlikely story. > He says he is 24 and at a well known quant fund. I know a few people who work at some of these places and at 24 you simply would not get the risk allocation to be ma
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   by iamamonkey 17y ago

   > Of course, but bonus is based on P&L, and no one's going to give a 24-year-old enough trading freedom to run up the kind of profit that would justify an 8-figure bonus. My risk limits and capital have been increasing that allow th
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   by iamamonkey 17y ago

   Reddit OP here. > Nearly impossible. No financial firm is going to pay a 24-year-old that kind of salary, so it's only possible if he got it through bonus. Traders get bonuses based on P&L, usually around 10% if they're senior. Let'