CFD QUANT / TRADER recruitment
CFD QUANT / TRADER
Base: £90K - £150K Dependent upon Experience + Competitive Bonus + Benefits
Our client is a leading trading house who have taken the strategic decision to offer CFD trading on a wide range of single stock, multiple stock, futures and FX based markets.
The range of products traded will include those priced within the Grey Markets and therefore prior experience of market making or pricing CFD’s within grey markets is highly desirable.
Our ideal candidate can either be a Quant with experience of building derivative pricing models with a strong understanding of risk management or will be someone who has solid trading experience that includes pricing derivative products within grey markets (24 hour markets, Binaries Baskets).
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated, driven and enthusiastic individual with an interest in creating imaginative trading solutions to join a small and new team tasked with creating market leading solutions to the trading and pricing of CFD’s.
The position will report into the CEO and will involve you working closely with the Chief Dealer to create trading strategies and new tradable products.
The role and its objectives:
- To develop new pricing model / strategy for the pricing of CFD’s in line with the company’s strategic objectives. The company’s vision is to create unique and previously unseen strategies which will give them competitive edge
- To create strategy for the hedging of derivative products traded out of hours (e.g 24hour FTSE, 24hour European, Baskets, Binaries)
- To assess risk scenarios and implement risk management best practice
- To develop trading methodologies
- To develop new tradable products
- To proactively work with sales / marketing to ensure clients receive best of breed service
- To forge strong working relations with key stakeholders and business peers
Personal attributes and required skills:
- Proven track record as a Quant or Derivatives / CFD trader
- Experience of building pricing models
- Experience of market making and risk management
- Understanding of price formation for grey markets including 24 hour markets, Binaries and baskets
- Prior experience of working with internal compliance and external regulators
- Understanding of trading technologies and trading systems development
- Having a keen interest in the development of new trading strategies and pricing models
- Highly motivated, driven self-starter
- Professional , smart, presentable with a sense of humour
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Good interpersonal skills
- Customer focused
- Strong leadership skills highly desirable
- Strong math/physics background highly desirable
If you are interested in finding out more about this excellent opportunity, please call Amy Hinton or Spencer Whitbread on 01442 827 857 or email your resume in confidence to cv@sabre-rm.com.