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Old 12-22-2007, 02:06 AM
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Re: What does one actually do in a trading desk analyst position?

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I need a job and I was surprised to find a job like that in my area. Do pretty much all firms want to hear that their trading desk analysts have the ultimate goal to actually be a trader?
No but from what Ive seen... it requires long hours. Our assistance had to retreive data from the Tokyo Stock Exchange everyday at 7:30pm so would be working till around 8:30-9:00pm. Also note the early hours starting from around 7:00am for traders.

You do want to give off an impression that you are passionate about the markets though.

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