| Here is a typical day: |
| 6:00 |
| Get up |
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| 6:30 |
| Run around to get some exercise |
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| 7:30 |
| Shower and connect remotely to the WorldQuant trading system |
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| 8:30 |
| Go through trading numbers from Asia and Europe, make sure strategies are running properly, check integrity and performance numbers |
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| 9:00 |
| Go through emails from overseas, discuss research topics and projects |
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| 9:30 |
| Eat breakfast and come to work |
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| 10:00 |
| Go through various news sources to see what happened overnight |
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| 11:00 |
| Meet with some researchers to discuss current research topics |
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| 12:00 |
| Develop strategies, trying out various ideas; this is the fun part and takes up most of my time |
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| 15:00 |
| Sometimes, debug codes and implement new features to my simulator; other times, attend meetings to improve executions and data management or read academic papers and discuss them with peers |
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| 15:30 |
| Throughout the day, constantly check U.S. trading numbers to make sure strategies are working properly |
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| 16:00 |
| After the close, check the final trading numbers |
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| 17:00 |
| More research-related email communication |
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| 18:00 |
| Go home, eat dinner and relax |
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