Interview with a quant trader

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This is an extremely lucrative but pretty mysterious job that I know many people are interested in learning more about. In this video, I interview Worthan Kwan, a quant trader at a hedge fund to learn about his day to day, how much money people are really making, what the requirements are to become a quant trader, and much more! I also made a post a few weeks back crowdsourcing questions and I'm pretty proud to say that we got through almost all of them in this video :D

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:40 His background
02:54 Why quant trading?
04:00 Why he did a masters in computer science
05:18 Day in the life of quant trader
09:23 Salary expectations + career growth
15:28 Words of warning
16:38 Why quant trading + how to get interview
19:22 Non traditional background?
22:14 Trading related projects
23:10 Interview tips
25:24 What math do you need
30:12 Quant trader vs research vs engineer
34:05 How stressful is the job
39:26 Lightning round
41:00 What he would have studied in undergrad
42:09 Advice for breaking into the field

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Love the content!!! This is a rare and sought after inside view of the quant field!

lianhuang
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I genuinely do think that you will see your effort pay off when it comes to this channel. You simply ask all the right questions.

seth
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Thanks Tina and Worthan! I'm an ML researcher in academia thinking about switching to a career in finance, so the interview is really useful.

ostrodmit
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Hi Tina, thanks for the video, very informative and definitely gives a lot of quant trader related insights. Would love to see more of this talk-with-the-pros type of content

ottoalexander
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Thanks Tina for this interview! Seems like something I would be interested in. This interview gives me some hope that I can potentially get one of these positions.

MrOohhyyaahh
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Your channel is really helpful and informative. Glad that i found this soon enough! ❤

ThuAnh-unzj
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Wanted to drop a comment before I finish this video all the way, love Worthan so far. Thanks Tina!

AndrewMoMoney
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been looking forward to this since you asked for questions :)

HqComphelpqH
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Your channel is definitely going to be big Tina! Excited to watch your content and follow your YouTube journey!

Mario-oxdm
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I've worked in markets for 10 years. I am always more of a technical analysis guy in short term and a fundamental analysis guy when it comes to investing in the long run. Quant analysis is a relatively newer field and it seems quite fun. I always wanted to be a venture capitalist but life is complex. So I'm doing computer science now. I enjoy coding that's why I like your channel but I do feel my experience and studies in finance and business help me out everywhere.

djay
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Thanks for this video, Tina ! You and your guests are an inspiration.

TrinhNgoMinhTruong
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Incredibly helpful interview, thanks!

jonathaneidam
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This is so helpful Tina!! Thank you so much <3

thuytrangduong
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Thanks Tina and Worthan for answering my question :) and well done Tina for creating another quality video!

Bookerer
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Really insightful, I did finance for my undergrad, currently doing a part time msc in comp sci - been working in back office for a few years, looking to jump ship

TheRealAK
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Would you consider going into quant trading? I've actually thought about it before!
Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:40 His background
02:54 Why quant trading?
04:00 Why he did a masters in computer science
05:18 Day in the life of quant trader
09:23 Salary expectations + career growth
15:28 Words of warning
16:38 Why quant trading + how to get interview
19:22 Non traditional background?
22:14 Trading related projects
23:10 Interview tips
25:24 What math do you need
30:12 Quant trader vs research vs engineer
34:05 How stressful is the job
39:26 Lightning round
41:00 What he would have studied in undergrad
42:09 Advice for breaking into the field

TinaHuang
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Such a beautiful, articulate, honest and kind interview by Worthan Kwan and the interviewer Tina Huang was able to get great information from the guest and still make the interview very interesting and fun. Both are pleasant and fun people. Thank you Tina and Worthan for sharing. We appreciate it.

MGAnnAd
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This was unbelievably useful and entertaining! :)
(Atm I'm an economics and management student (desperately) trying to get away from IB and into quant trading)

benwiltshire
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Very good interview! I would consider doing something about the audio setup, I really struggled to hear what you guys were saying

danyt
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The video we wanted and the video we needed!!

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