Probably, but not the company I worked for...

...they hire the top science / mathematics graduates they can find from all over the world (i.e. "rocket scientists"). If they do well, they earn a mint. If they make a mistake, they are fired immediately with no hard feelings - they pay up the rest of your contract, but don't bother coming in again.

Mind you, they are not brokers but simply trade purely for themselves and only deal in derivatives.

www.optiver.nl

Posted By: Steve in Holland on November 16th 2007 at 13:07:33

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Lovely old dumbing down (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:37:06
- Lingot Saint Bousquet d'Orb (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 12:39:23
  - Kin ell, when do they do (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:44:28
    - I did those in Nursery (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:47:48
      - Feckin well has! (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:49:04
        
        We never called it calculus when I was at school... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:52:22
        
        Indeed but, (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:54:26
        
        I called "second order differential equations" ... (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:56:40
        
        You see, (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:59:01
        
        Pisé du Lot (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 12:57:16
        
        Did you do calculus at the hooet? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:54:03
        
        Yeah but we dint call it that. I did A level Advanced Maths though, so that's (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:55:56
        
        Yes, that's what I did at the hooet, "Further Maths" A level (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:57:37
        
        Mr Dyer ? Mr Greer ? Or the legendary P. Brayne ? Boring as fuck BTW (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:58:58
        
        I'm bad at remembering names that far back. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 13:00:35
        
        Miss. White (?) who had once been rather fit (large puppies) and Mr. Jim Fletcher, the (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:02:16
        
        Yep, bang on on both counts. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 13:04:01
        
        Well I think she was just under 50 and had big tits. That's enough when you're 17. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:04:58
        
        Danish Blue (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 13:06:23
        
        lol (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:08:55
        
        Netto Processed Burger Cheese Slices (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:07:50
        
        Babybel (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 13:02:00
        
        No, Jenny foxxy-cumgargler was Miss Day (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:02:52
        
        swot , naturally clever or spotty egghead ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:56:59
        
        No (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:57:49
        
        you must have been one of those three ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:59:31
        
        Only if you weren't (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:03:14
        
        neither of them. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:06:59
        
        You can't be neither of three things. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 13:08:11
        
        No, but it certainly makes him none of them ! (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:09:53
        
        exactly. it's basic maths (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:10:10
        
        Stilton (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 13:10:54
        
        BellCheese (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:22:08
        
        Me too. Pointless bollocks unless you were an egghead. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:53:31
        
        Seems mainlt to be used in Engineering and (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:56:51
        
        and "Advanced Celebrity Studies" (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:59:11
        
        Marketing. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:58:33
        
        Don't forget Social Studies (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:58:04
        
        Well not really. Traders often use it when working with derivative instruments (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:54:25
        
        only by way of software. there are no pencils and calculators on the trading floor (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:55:38
        
        Not over the counter trades, and yes they do need to understand the calculus. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:56:57
        
        Tescos Value Grated White Cheese (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 12:58:59
        
        They are indeed a bunch of what you say. However, (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:00:38
        
        Pougne Cendré (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 13:03:40
        
        Wrong. (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:09:00
        
        Probably, but not the company I worked for... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:07:33
        
        Ah. OTC. I am exchange only. LIFFE/CBOT/CME/EUREX mostly. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:58:16
    - Saint Nicolas de la Dalmerie (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 12:47:20
    - A level. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:46:24
      - So, same as when I did it in 1968, cept (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:48:17
        
        I am talking 12 years ago since I finished A levels though, so plenty (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:50:55
        
        God, yes, almost 17 years ago for me. I feel old! (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:53:52
        
        22 for me. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:56:09

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