Depending on what you want to do, grad school might not be the best option. If you want to work for some big firm and be an economic advisor or a financial analyst then a degree in finance and/or economics will be a must. If you just want to trade stocks, none of that is necessary. I "work" two Wall Street "jobs" (well, okay, only one of them is actually on Wall Street) and I'm only seventeen and a highschool "dropout." Trading doesn't require degrees, especially if you're as interested in short term daytrading as you say you are. Furthermore, you'll find that unless you're planning long term investment strategies, all that you learn from academia will be useless. My advice would be to finish your degree and get a job at a respected prop firm that will provide you with hands on training.
If you're located in New York I can talk in more specificty about what I do and how I do it, but basically I shift my time between being a daytrader and developing mechanical, automated trading systems. Both are really rewarding and fun and require completely different skillsets/patience.
I also recommend you go the entrepreneurial route instead of working at some big investment bank that doesn't care about you. There's something uniquely satisfying (as well as scary) about being your own boss and responsible for your own destiny and not getting paid any fixed salary, only bonuses of a size of your own choosing.  |