Ask a derivatives trader anything.

>>34333232
What is the integral of 3X?

>>34333248
3/2 x^2 + C

>>34333232
What do you do day to day? How are financial derivatives different than standard mathematical derivatives?

>>34333232
Watts a derivative

>>34333232
what is a derivatives trader?

>>34333254
wrong.

1.5 x^2 + K

>>34333270
>What do you do day to day?

A mixture of looking at market data, upcoming events etc., and monitoring my positions and trades.

>How are financial derivatives different than standard mathematical derivatives?

They're completely different. Financial derivatives have nothing to do with mathematical differentiation - a financial derivative is an instrument whose value is derived from an underlying stock (e.g futures, CFDs, options)

>>34333232
>Ask a derivatives trader anything.

Why are you posting this on /R9k?

how saturated is the field for actuaries

>>34333335
I don't think it's saturated. Pretty good career path IMO.

>>34333232
I want to become an economist. Am i fucked?

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-worlds-largest-hedge-fund-is-building-an-algorithmic-model-of-its-founders-brain-1482423694?mod=e2tw

Where are you based? US, Europe, other? Do you work for a well-known company?

>>34333364
Don't really know anything about that field desu. If get a good economics degree you could definitely get into banking though if you work hard.

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>tfw no professor hot teacher to guide me in partial differential equations and time series

>>34333401
US, it's a relatively well known company.

How hard was to get into it? I'm gonna graduate in applied maths and that's probably a possible path I could take. I'm in Europe though.

Are you concerned about your future? Trading is becoming more difficult to make a buck on. Are you into, or looking at, HFT?

>>34333454
Your probability of success is determined by...
-How good your degree is (what uni, what grade)
-How many internships you did
-How many firms you apply to
-How good your resume is/how you've demonstrated your interest in trading
-How good you are at interview questions (check out glassdoor interview questions beforehand)

By the time I was in my final year of college I was spamming applications, from big banks to prop trading firms, hedge funds and smaller prop shops. Got accepted by about 40%, picked the one I liked most.

>>34333232

What's a good investment nowadays?

Why is Rei best girl?

>>34333232
How long have you been doing this? How long are your work hours? What kind of degree or expertise is necessary to get into it?

How much do you take in?

T. young anon interested with investing as a career