Capital Markets & Trading Coaching, Events, and Resources

Welcome to my profile! With a Master of Finance in Financial Engineering from MIT and a B.Tech from IIT Roorkee, I bring a strong academic foundation to my coaching in capital markets and trading. My professional journey includes roles as a Quantitative Analyst at Goldman Sachs and a Quantitative Researcher at a High Frequency Trading Firm, where I honed my skills in financial data science and quantitative analysis. I have also served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at MIT, further solidifying my expertise in financial data science. Whether you're looking to break into the world of trading or advance your career, I am here to guide you through the complexities of the industry. Let's connect and chart a path to your success in capital markets!

I worked at JP Morgan sales & trading for four years across rates sales and futres & options electronic sales. I have experience on both sides of sale & trading and across both fixed income and equities. As a junior I interviewed with all the bulge brackets and received an offer at almost all the banks so I have extensive interviewing experience

Fiona Taft is a highly experienced career and admissions coach for Master’s programs, with over a decade of demonstrated success in top-tier academic institutions such as UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. At Berkeley’s Master of Financial Engineering (MFE) Program, she has consistently achieved outstanding student placement outcomes (100% internship placement & 95% placement by Graduation), designed and implemented strategic employer relations initiatives, and provided tailored coaching in quantitative finance career pathways, networking, and interview preparation. In her prior role at Stanford, she led executive education programs and coached high-level professionals through career transitions and academic admissions processes. Fiona’s extensive background in admissions strategy, career development programming, and industry engagement—combined with her strong analytical and communication skills—positions her as a trusted guide for aspiring graduate students navigating the competitive admissions and recruitment landscape.

I help STEM and finance professionals break into trading, structuring, and systematic markets roles across banks, hedge funds, and prop shops. Before coaching independently, I served as Assoc. Director for Career Services for Carnegie Mellon’s MSCF program, where I worked closely with managing directors and recruiting teams responsible for front- and mid-office markets hiring across trading, desk quant, structuring, and risk My approach is practical and role-specific: profile positioning, recruiting strategy, interview prep, and skill-gap targeting for trading, strats, risk, and quant markets roles.