Quantitative High Frequency Manager- intraday- Global Algorithmic Trading House- $500K++ recruitment

Background

The firm have in excess of $10BN under management and operate across all major asset classes. They have historically been one of the major players within the high frequency trading space and have been consistently generating positive returns over the past 2 decades. Constantly at the forefront of technological advancements and setting the technological pace for its peers, the firm is currently on the lookout for quantitative high frequency portfolio managers to take advantage of next generation infrastructure and a fantastic platform for years to come. The firm have recently invested heavily in research labs globally which allows the PM’s to take advantage of signals generated by PhD researchers whilst also developing their own trading signals.

Responsibilities

Running your on systematic trading book you will be responsible for the research and deployment of quantitative high frequency trading strategies. This will go beyond just a plug and play model and will allow you to deploy your strategies across different asset classes and markets, without leveraging the performance of the strategy. The firm is keen to give risk ownership and allocate capital in excess of $200MN for the candidates in question- with a percentage payout, whilst also giving them the opportunity to take advantage of signals generating in global research labs.

This is a fantastic opportunity for existing PM’s or high frequency traders to take their strategies to their next level- greater infrastructure, capital, risk appetite, percentage payout- whilst also building their own internal global business.

You

• 2 years current live trading record within an intraday environment

• Sharpe of above 1.5

• Must be managing at least $5MN with scalable strategies that are not affected with greater risk

• Motivated by greater responsibility and trading across different asset classes

• A systematic mindset

Contact

If you find this role of interest please contact Rizwaan Ahmed on apply@mavenalpha.com quoting reference RZAM or by telephone at +44 (0)203 178 5678.