Quantitative Prop Trader recruitment
Key responsibilities of the position include:
• Developing, implementing, and back-testing strategy ideas for automated trading.
• Identifying profitable trading opportunities through back-testing and optimization.
• Maintaining a profitable P L trading account.
• Maintaining in-depth knowledge of financial markets, and staying abreast of market research and trends.
• Identifying and quickly responding to changes in market conditions as it affects positions and PL trading.
• Effectively using tools such as Bloomberg for analytics, research, and communication.
• Monitoring all systems and communicating incorrect information and/or functionality of technology to management in a prompt manner.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and/or Economics. Candidates with a Master’s Degree in Financial Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Computational Finance, Financial Economics, or other quantitative backgrounds, are preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Time Series Analysis, Statistical Arbitrage, Algorithmic Trading, Optimization, Asset Allocation, Financial Markets and Macroeconomics.
• Experience in recognizing system issues relative to automated trading strategies, and the ability to provide resolution effectively and efficiently is required.
• Familiarity with equity option and fixed income trading applications.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as financial market indices, rates, articles and reports, with a strong understanding of risk management.
• Programming familiarity with C#, Matlab, Excel VBA and R. Proficiency in Outlook, Excel and Bloomberg.
• Superior communication and negotiation skills are essential.
We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.
E/O/E