Desk·2026-10-02
Jane Street still leads the quant trader rank
Same quant-trader title. Jane Street prints the NY cash year. Jump prints the Chicago HFT book under it. Name the shop before the city.
Jane Street typical $550,000 against $500,000 at Jump Trading.
QT typical
Jane Street typical sits ~1.10× Jump
Same title. NY shop clears $550k typical. Chicago HFT clears $500k. Thin samples on both books.
How to plan it
Sit the NY trader book before the Chicago HFT seat
A trader planning 2027 should treat Jane Street and Jump Trading as two cash books fifty thousand dollars apart, not one shop market. Jane Street prints $550k typical on the ledger with a $200k base, sample eight, marked hot. Jump prints $500k typical with a $180k base, sample seven, also hot. The NY shop compounds the year inside a thicker top — $2M against $1.5M — and leads the trader rank. The Chicago HFT book compounds a quieter trader year in a city that already leads the SWE cash rank. If you need the 2027 cash year and can clear the NY loop, take Jane Street first — it leads the pair by about $50k. If you want the Chicago door and can live with the thinner typical, sit Jump — but name the tradeoff. Do not treat a $550k NY year and a $500k Chicago year as the same next seat. The title is shared; the shops are not.
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