Many women believe trading, though still dominated by men, is a place where they are judged by performance before anything else.
A number of women traders told the New York Times that though their numbers may still be relatively small, trading is a part of Wall Street where they're judged more by performance than gender.
''We need to dispel the myth that women cannot get into this field," said Lisa M. Utasi, who's been trading for some 20 years and is currently an equities trader at Legg Mason unit ClearBridge Advisors. "We are doing it and there are many women that are successful and we need to make sure that message is open to all women.''
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The Times interviewed the women at a party given by Trader Monthly to mark publication of its women-in trading-issue.