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What are your expiration on those calls?

If anything, I think this is a unique opportunity for more people to learn about complex financial products like options, hedging, shorting, margin, etc. The barrier to more people using such tools has been the perceived complexity and with social media, trading apps and finance forums where you...

There is a lot of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) in the media driven by the short interest to distract people from buying GME. Such as an article saying GS warns there will be a systemic risk to the global market if short-driven hedge funds go bankrupt. Go figure. Robinhood is allowing...

The money is real. You can't fake it with the reddit crowd and he has been doing it from day one. His gain is huge but many others have several million dollars gain.

Preordered this book and can't wait to read it https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062979973/

What is your list of the top UK programs? I'm curious to see if we cover all of them or there is any new program we are not aware of.

It will be up to SEC to decide but from what I've seen so far, it's hard to say anything done illegally. A bunch of millennials, Robinhood retail traders decide to buy up a stock that is being shorted by many sophisticated big money funds. As a result, many of those shorts took a loss of several...

Has anyone followed the event relating to GME the last few weeks? Or better yet, participated in (and gaining from)? It's very interesting time for sure. You certainly can't model it.

No Tesla?

Interesting thread. I haven't worn a watch since I got my first phone in the 90s. It's just something I need to tell time for me and I understand some who are into watches like previous posters mention. And if you are into it, you are likely to buy many of them. I have a friend who orders a...

Watched it in one seating. Great story line and acting. One of the best Netflix shows I've seen recently.

Does anyone want to add some new interesting movies to this list?

There are a few "A day in the life of" articles on the homepage which give you some sense of daily duty.

Yes, Cornell MFE is STEM. The ranking has been updated after I got the confirmation from the director today. Only 2 other unranked programs that are still waiting to be confirmed. I suspect they are but will wait for their answer.

It's a PDF file. http://d36av5f9zaworl.cloudfront.net/QuantNetGuide.pdf Page 65

We have a QuantNet guide here Master reading list for Quants, MFE (Financial Engineering) students Download it at the top, there is an article by Ellen Reeves that you may find some pointers to when finding a job. She coached many MFE students and well versed in the space.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/judge-throws-out-trump-rules-limiting-skilled-worker-visas-n1249615

I already contacted the Cornell program's director and should get a reply soon. I suspect most, if not all programs in the 2021 rankings are STEM designated. Many just put up the explicit info after I contacted them.

Glad to help @cheryn I reached out to the directors of the programs I couldn't find the info online. I updated the rankings page after the written confirmation and will update this when they update and provide the link.

I'm going to add a STEM designation on our annual MFE rankings for programs qualified as such. It will be updated as soon as I can link to their respective official declaration. Baruch MFE CMU MSCF UCB MFE UCLA MFE Princeton MFin Chicago MSMF Lehigh MFE Illinois MSFE CGU MFE NYU Courant...

BB = Bulge bracket which refers to the biggest banks, financial institutions. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulge_bracket

Normally, programs under Math dept are STEM. So Baruch is. NYU is. Others are too but I need to double check.

Go to Tracker and filter by CMU MSCF and accepted results. You will get a list of profiles which you can compare yours to.

I posted screenshots of 2021 ranking (left) vs 2020 ranking (right) for you guys to dig in and do your usual analysis.

https://quantnet.com/threads/mfe-in-texas.10669/

They did not participate this year but probably will again in the future.

The 2021 Quantnet ranking is up.

It looks like you are in the Asian timezone. I updated it to use UTC offset timezone. Hopefully, it will show it correctly for you.

When the countdown on the top reaches 0.

You will get permission to see the 2021 ranking at that time :)

We are pleased to announce the publication of the QuantNet 2021 Rankings of Financial Engineering programs. Released during the covid pandemic, the 2021 rankings reflect the great difficulties and challenges many programs face. The pandemic's adverse effects are most evident in the huge drop in...

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The following are testimonials by students who recently completed the "Python for finance with intro to data science" online course. If you have questions, ask here and they are more than willing to answer.

I would say take both, C++ first and then Python to maximize your opportunities for career advancement. C++ is a very solid foundation that you can use to build Python on. Many students completed the course faster than the allocated time. Once you complete it, you will be amazed of how much your...

Yes, you will get a certificate of completion.

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Got this one from Amazon a few days ago and just started on it https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1328662233/

Age should not be a problem. Skillsets and things you would bring to the table are the main priority. Age has always been something people coming into this field are concerned with. It has been asked every year. You can search for "age" in the title and a bunch will come up...

Send 2 and in your application you can mention the other Q score. Realistically, the difference between 169 and 170 is very small so no program will reject you because you didn't have a perfect Q score.

I hope this story would give you inspiration How Quantnet's C++ certificates got me a job on Wall Street I'm sure there are similar success stories by our students since we have thousands of them completed the courses since 2011. Hang in there. It is a tough time to find jobs during the pandemic...

Do it. When Elon Musk asked his staff in California where you like to live, the majority chose Austin. That's where they are building a new Giga factory. I drove to Austin a few times and it's a pretty nice area to live, young, liberal and hip. People compare it the next Silicon Valley for a...

@MLV Great post. Nice to see posts from a seasoned ex-MFE professional here. I share similar experience. Lived in NYC for almost 20 years, with last 2 years in Forest Hills before moving out of the big Apple. I live in Katy, TX for a few years now. Hello from another NY transplant living in...

And the price today exactly doubled when you asked this 6 months ago. Go TSLA!

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Of all the gloom and doom posts by @bigbadwolf over the years he's been here, I think he is right for once. NYC is powered by finance industry, tourism and people who come to the city everyday to work, study and live. When tourism is shut down, companies realizing they can have employees work...

The reason why C++ is used as a filter for MFE admission is because it's a hard language and it will prepare you well for interviews and actual work on Wall Street. Lot of programs on Wall Street is still used C++ and that's why C++ knowledge is valuable. Some programs might accept Java/Python...

Testing the new GIF feature :)

I got notifications on the app just fine (look at my second screenshot). I believe Apple still close off their app ecosystem so PWA is not fully supported by them yet.

How is it working out? Getting any notice through the app?

Both Android and iOS. Just different method to install on iOS.

Can you post some sample questions here @jeanpeyre ?

Can you try the method I just posted above for Iphone?

On your iPhone, using Safari, go to quantnet and share/add to home screen in Safari. Can you try that and let me know. I don't have iPhone to test.

@MichaelLewis @ShailP What phone do you use? Can you open our site with Chrome browser on your phone to see that option?

As we work to modernize our platform and create a better experience for our users, I like to invite you all to try out the QuantNet app. It is a PWA (progressive web app) that you can add to your mobile homepage like a native app. On a desktop device, you can install it via the browser and add...

I'm curious to see your strategy to get to that 5M mark given your long horizon. I hope you got a bunch of TSLA stuffed somewhere.

That is correct. All the big firms have a compliance dept where you have to get approval for any personal trading activities. It may be easy to get an OK to buy and hold a blue chip stock. It may be another story if you want to short or any other complex trading. This is why you may not see many...

I'm sure many of QuantNet members have a 10+ years experience post MFE degree. I wonder if any of you guys have a personal investment portfolio that is appreciated enough that they are thinking of retirement in the next 5, 10 years? @IntoDarkness

User name change can now done via your account https://quantnet.com/account/account-details

Pretty impressive progress on the C++ program @WZhang We at QuantNet were actually planning to host a collaborate/brainstorming area here that accessible to all C++ graduates. We have a pretty big number of the C++ alumni that are now working in the industry worldwide so I'm sure with enough...

Final exam is given once. You should be only concerned with whether to earn a distinction at that level. In a rare case that you fail, you can re-enroll to take the final again.

You can only take the final once. In our experience with thousands of enrolled students, it is rare that someone that has advanced to the final exam will fail it. It is accumulative of all the levels prior to it.

@APalley who is a current practitioner with years of industry experience. I'm sure you are familiar with his exceptional guidance as TA for the C++ courses.

Quantnet now offers an online Python course as well :) Would love to hear about the kind of Python projects you do at CMU and the level of knowledge expected there.

Hey Dexter, Thank you for your interest in the course. Gotta applaud your effort to do the work in earnest. At the moment, the DROPBOX where you submit your HW is only accessible to enrolled students. That said, once you enroll, you will get instructions on how to properly format and submit your...

https://quantnet.com/python/ Please sign up here and i will reach out to you when we open it to the public. It is only available to our invitees at the moment. Thanks for the interest, @cihigne

If we don't list them, chances are very few people applying there. https://quantnet.com/tracker/ https://quantnet.com/resources/

Now, the scramble is on for every school and programs to deal with this mess. I thought we dodged the bullet recently with the recently H1-B/OPT executive order but now it's another thing to worry about. It's election year so wouldn't be surprised that it's political motivated.