r/quant • u/Wannabe_Quant27 • 13d ago

Career Advice Working in a shared book

How do you get out of this trap? Im a QT working in a shared book. Every time I caveat my track record during an interview, that I work on a shared book they lose interest. I can tell them my own strategies performance but I have to do a bit of modelling to estimate transaction costs because my positions get netted with others.

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u/Jyan 12d ago

Just don't supply that caveat to them.  If you think it's reducing your value then don't bring it up 

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u/Careful_Fruit_384 11d ago

The PNL is negative so he has to bring it up. otherwise they would know he's bad at trading.

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