Preface
Why I Wrote this Book
Starting off as a 22-year-old analyst at JPMorgan on the interest rate swap trading desk with a math degree from MIT was one of the biggest challenges of my life. I had read a few books and had understood that the trading floor was a high-energy place. I also understood that trading derivatives would suit my analytical background. Yet, despite that and the intense JPMorgan training program, I had no idea what to do when I was told on one of my first days on the job to “trade the short end of the CAD dollar swap book and hedge using BAs and FRA switches.”
Later, as I interacted with the middle and back office at JPMorgan, I began to appreciate how little was even understood within the bank itself about the activities ...
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