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#117: Susquehanna's Todd Simkin: Great Traders Are Made, Not Born

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The Evolution of Trading and Risk Transfer

This chapter explores the evolution of trading from open outcry to electronic markets, highlighting the shift from high touch to low touch trading. It discusses the core function of financial markets as risk transfer and how trading facilitates this. The chapter also delves into the speaker's unconventional education, their journey in the trading industry, and their current role in overseeing education and recruiting programs.

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