🗣️ Pitch builder

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“Pitch me a trade.” Pitch a rates or macro trade, not a stock — it proves you understand the floor. Having a view matters more than whether the interviewer agrees. Ninety seconds, five parts.

1. Thesis (macro)One or two sentences on what the market is mispricing.

2. Expression (product)The specific trade, sized DV01-neutral if it's a curve trade.

3. Why now / catalystThe data print or meeting that resolves it, with the date.

4. CarryDoes the trade pay you or cost you to hold? Sign and rough size.

5. Risk / what makes you wrong…and where you'd stop out.