giants2010

Numi, your coming from research and PE right. So I could see your whole analytical, play safe, don't alienate anyone attitude.

Welcome to the trade floor, where people are a lot more loud and opinionated. Your absolutely correct in that people want to just hear a view and see you have conviction. Sitting on a trade floor staring at a screen all day makes people very ticked and you need to release energy and humour somehow to save face. Politics come in as a way to blow off steam and make jokes, most traders usually will lean to the right simply based on the same notion that traders are performance focused.

I agree with hating on Barney Frank. I sure as heck hope you don't support the ridiculous new CFTC rules and waste of time that Dodd-Frank has caused over the last year.

Truly though no one wants you to "play it safe", that ain't for the trade floor.

I really disagree with people on here about that "politics and relegious" views could affect your bonus in trading. It's really hard for anything outside of P&L to effect your bonus, or maybe outlashing at a co-worker/client.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 06:03PM by adehbone.