<p>Is it me, or does this degree combine the skills needed for trading with the knowledge needed for trading? Giving you the independence and financial ability to succeed in Ibanking - Trading?</p>
<p>Your thoughts?</p>
<p>Instead try: Finance/Stats/CS or math or engineering triple major. If one wants to do only a double major: stats/CS or math or engineering double major. Typically most places like to teach their trainees finance themselves (this way they strip away the junk from the stuff that matters).</p>
<p>You can have a triple major? </p>
<p>Sound.</p>
<p>Does this put more of a strain on one's studies?</p>
<p>LoL. Of course.</p>
<p>What kind of trading do you want to do?</p>
<p>Algorithmic training would require a lot of Math and CS</p>
<p>but just 'regular' trading would be fine with a Finance degree and good simple mental math skills</p>
<p>How much of a math wiz do you have to be to do algorithmic trading? What about doing a PhD in Economics...how much mathematics do you need to know to be able to get into a good PhD program? I saw the kind of math tested on GRE Mathematics, but that's esentially high school/first year of college level mathematics, and I doubt that a PhD has such easy requirements.</p>
<p>A PhD in econ I'm guessing would have alot of statistics in it.</p>
<p>Regular trading, in things such as equity, is being taken over by algorithmic trading, so even a finance degree probably won't cut it that much if you're competing against engineering and math degrees.</p>
<p>Its not just that algo trading is the only area. Algo trading itself a ridiculously broad statement. Many "regular traders" (by which I am guessing you mean make decisions discretionarily) also need extensive mathematical abilities in areas just as derivs.</p>