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19 Oct 2026
The green book, Heard on the Street, Joshi and Stefanica compared for quant trading, research, developer and derivatives interviews, plus the free prep guides Jane Street and G-Research publish and what reading cannot train.
4 Oct 2026
Reported pay at Jane Street, Citadel Securities, HRT, Two Sigma, D.E. Shaw, Optiver, IMC, XTX, Millennium and more, with the year, location and source type of every figure, and why public numbers rarely agree.
3 Oct 2026
How multi-manager platforms like Millennium, Citadel, Balyasny, ExodusPoint and Point72 differ from centralized quant funds and prop firms on risk, pay, deferrals, non-competes and autonomy, with every claim labeled by source and year.
2 Oct 2026
Which trading firms and systematic funds sit in each US hub, what work clusters there, and how pay, living costs and state income tax compare, with every figure labeled by source and year.
2 Oct 2026
What a quant actually models on an equities, options, futures, FX, rates, credit, commodities or crypto desk, what data each runs on, and which firms are visibly active in each, with every claim labeled by source.
30 Sept 2026
How XTX, Jane Street, G-Research, Two Sigma, D.E. Shaw, Man AHL and others publicly describe their research approach, why the ML versus statistics split is blurrier than it looks, and what each emphasis means for hiring and interviews.
30 Sept 2026
What changing jobs as an experienced quant actually involves: how recruiters and referrals work, why moves cluster after bonus season, what happens to deferred pay, how non-competes and garden leave differ by jurisdiction, and how lateral interviews differ from graduate ones.
26 Sept 2026
Posted base salaries for quant traders, researchers and developers are often identical at top trading firms. The gap opens in the bonus. Sourced ranges, how the spread widens with seniority, and where the real ceilings sit.
26 Sept 2026
Which trading firms and quant funds are building in each Asia-Pacific hub, what roles they hire for, the dated expansions behind the headlines, and what the public pay data does and does not show.
24 Sept 2026
How quant pay is actually structured at prop shops, hedge funds and banks: base salary, discretionary bonuses, PM payout percentages, deferred pay, clawbacks and buyouts, with every figure labeled by source and year.
24 Sept 2026
How quant trading firms are owned and how their profits reach employees: partnerships like Jane Street, founder-controlled firms, profit-share schemes, Renaissance's insider-only Medallion fund, and what public filings reveal.
22 Sept 2026
How quants move from graduate to senior at banks (analyst to MD), prop trading firms (flat titles, P&L-driven pay) and hedge funds (analyst to PM), with every timeline labeled as official, reported or self-reported.
22 Sept 2026
Strats, pricing quants, XVA and model validation at banks versus quants at hedge funds and trading firms: what each job is, what the published pay ranges show, how regulation shapes the bank seat, and how people move across.
20 Sept 2026
The four main quant business models (market making, statistical arbitrage, systematic macro and CTAs, event-driven), which firms are associated with each, and what each one means for the daily work of traders and researchers.
20 Sept 2026
How long quant non-competes and garden leave run, whether you are paid during them, and where the law stands in New York, California, Florida, the UK and the EU as of October 2026, with every claim labeled by source.
18 Sept 2026
High-frequency, mid-frequency and low-frequency trading reward different skills. What the research and firms' own job ads say about speed, Sharpe ratios, capacity, technology, and who operates where.
18 Sept 2026
Trading roles rarely ask for a PhD; research roles often run separate PhD and BS/MS tracks, frequently at the same base pay. What firms state in their own job ads, where a doctorate really matters, and what the PhD route costs in time.
16 Sept 2026
How crypto-native trading firms and the crypto arms of traditional quant shops compare on work, pay and risk, plus the dated events (hacks, collapses, lawsuits, licenses) that shaped the sector, with every claim labeled by source.
9 Sept 2026
What the evidence says about working hours and culture across prop trading firms, multi-manager pod shops, systematic funds, and bank quant teams, with every claim labeled as official, reported, or self-reported.
2 Sept 2026
Posted summer 2027 intern pay at Jane Street, HRT, Jump, IMC, DRW and others, when applications open, how programs are structured, and what the evidence says about return offers. Every figure is sourced and dated.
24 Aug 2026
Where Europe's trading firms and systematic funds sit, why each city built its cluster, and how pay and expat tax rules differ, with every figure labeled by source and year.
16 Aug 2026
What candidates report about Optiver's online assessment: the 80-in-8 arithmetic screen, the sequences test, and the cognitive-games battery, with every claim labeled by source, and how to practice each part.
24 Jul 2026
Jane Street trading and quant research interviews round by round: what the firm itself says it tests, what candidates consistently report, and how to train for each part. Every claim labeled by source.
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