Hi everyone!
I am seeking advices for a proper education program to advance a career in algorithmic trading.
Right now I am working financial IT for a commercial bank in China. But the kind of job i really want is developing trading algorithms and/or automated execution tactics for hedge funds or large sell side investment banks. Although I am confident with my software dev skills and knowledge of finance necessary to progress to this field, I think i still need something to "back up" them when i really get the chance to be interviewed with people doing it right now.
I considered moving to some 3rd party software vendor that specializes trading technologies. After doing some research, however, i found that most of these software providers focused on either the IT infrastructure or the presentation of their trading systems, which doesn't involve quite much of auto order execution, price monitoring sort of thing.
I also tangled with MFE applications for two years but didn't get any good result yet. So right now I am wondering maybe doing a master in Computer Science around something that is the new trend in pushing the trading market (such as Complex Event Processing etc.) However I am not quite sure if one more degree in CS (i got Bachelors in CS) will make a fundamental difference in the job market. On the other hand, i didn't even find as much CS programs that open courses in CEP as regular MFE programs, which makes the few good programs none the less difficult to get in.
Above all, any advice on how I could get a better chance to enter the field will be appreciated.
I am seeking advices for a proper education program to advance a career in algorithmic trading.
Right now I am working financial IT for a commercial bank in China. But the kind of job i really want is developing trading algorithms and/or automated execution tactics for hedge funds or large sell side investment banks. Although I am confident with my software dev skills and knowledge of finance necessary to progress to this field, I think i still need something to "back up" them when i really get the chance to be interviewed with people doing it right now.
I considered moving to some 3rd party software vendor that specializes trading technologies. After doing some research, however, i found that most of these software providers focused on either the IT infrastructure or the presentation of their trading systems, which doesn't involve quite much of auto order execution, price monitoring sort of thing.
I also tangled with MFE applications for two years but didn't get any good result yet. So right now I am wondering maybe doing a master in Computer Science around something that is the new trend in pushing the trading market (such as Complex Event Processing etc.) However I am not quite sure if one more degree in CS (i got Bachelors in CS) will make a fundamental difference in the job market. On the other hand, i didn't even find as much CS programs that open courses in CEP as regular MFE programs, which makes the few good programs none the less difficult to get in.
Above all, any advice on how I could get a better chance to enter the field will be appreciated.