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Option 1 - apply to business school - Wharton, Columbia, MIT, Univ Chicago, or any finance heavy B school. Get MBA, apply for trader job.

Option 2 - Move to New York, seek out a job where you can be the accountant for a hedge fund. On the side, dazzle the traders with your money making ideas until they are forced to make you one of their own.

Good luck.

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I guess i fall into option #2 since i currenty work as a fund accountant at a hedge fund here in NYC. Mainly long/short equities, ton of options, some equity swaps. In the past couple months here, i've learned a great deal about options ranging from basic strategies to more intermediate concepts like butterfly spreads.

But i guess should start thinking about money making ideas, wish me luck.