<p>I'm a freshman interested in doing quantitative trading. Maybe somewhere in the Chicago area. What kind of internships should I try aiming for during sophomore and junior year summers? What should I learn/prepare for?</p>
<p>I could use ANY advice.</p>
<p>Quantitative analysis in investment/asset allocation in the asset mangement/hedge fund space is growing pretty quickly, but strict quant trading (mid/high frequency trading) is pretty much a race to the bottom, survivors are still making a killing but the space is getting crowded out. Quants on the sell side trading desks are also not doing quite well.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. Finance has always been an interesting field to me. What would be the best path/plan at this point for AM or HF?</p>
<p>Bearcats, what would be a good preparation for a quantitative analysis gigs? I’m a Financial Mathematics and Economics major who’s not particularly interested quant trading, but other finance roles (except IB). </p>
<p>Also what’s sort of the career path for people who do quantitative analysis for HFs/AMs?</p>