Copy of Quant researcher/trader for Systematic trading Group recruitment

The group has been trading live for just over a year and have established themselves within the market trading several strategies across equity. The strategies are all intraday ranging from high frequency strategies to ‘mid term’ strategies depending on one’s definition of ‘high frequency’. The group do not hold position over night and everything is executed through DMA.

The group is looking to hire an experienced quant-researcher/trader. The candidate will work on existing strategies but their main role will be to develop and trade their own strateiges. As such the ideal candidate will have had at least 18months experience working on high frequency trading strategies and have a thorough understanding and working knowledge of an OO language.

The candidate will be in a position to research and implement their own strategies within the framework of the group and as such will be bringing a new dimension to the desk. This is an ideal role for someone who has experience working on high frequency strategies but has not had the opportunity to trade them live. The majority of the group come from a scientific background and as such there is a ‘collegiate’ feel to the group with a focus on exchanging ideas, developing innovative strategies and working towards one common goal. This is reflected in the compensation with the bonus being structured around the performance of the group as a whole as well a discretionary element based on individual input. This structure has resulted in the group performing extremely well as there has been free flow of ideas in capital generation.
The fund is extremely well positioned in terms of capital and as such the group are looking to produce saleable strategies that lie within the risk framework of the fund. The group already has a comparatively high Sharpe ratio and are looking to maintain this. The strategies across the group have an average SR of about 3 and as such would be keen to speak to individuals whohave worked on similar strateiges. the strategies can be purely backtested strategies and the group is able to trade the global markets.

For further information or to apply for this role please contact Georgina on 0203 157 7051 or email me at g.otten@qtgconsulting.com