Little Background.:
I have a B.Tech Degree in Electronics and Communications Engg from one of the top schools in Asia, though a low grade point average
Work Experience : 5 years as a successful Discretionary trader on Cmegroup/ ICE.
Currently i am automating my own trading ideas.
Have basic coding skills, good with algorithms
What i wish to do is get a head start into algorithmic trading. I have found it hard to get into a good Algo trading firms , from the trading side. generally the environment is they hire freshers or people with good coding background. Longterm goal is to work on own trading ideas, but i do wish to learn as much i can about this business.
1.) Is MFE a relevant course? What are the other relevant courses. I would strongly prefer those which can help me add on to coding/algo/math skills.
2) What would be the pre requisites for taking any course which would help towards my goal.
I have a one year time frame within which i would be able to complete automating these strategies and test how well and if they work. After that MFE/Relevant courses seem like a very good option.
Is there anything i can do meanwhile to build my case.
When do schools start accepting applications for MFE? i would of course have to attempt gre/gmat before.
