Junior Discretionary Trader

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Squarepoint Capital

đź“ŤUnited States, United Kingdom

Job highlights

Summary

Join our Discretionary Trading team as a Junior Discretionary Trader and collaborate with senior traders to structure and evaluate new trading opportunities, generate PnL tracking reports, monitor portfolio performance, hedge books, and execute complex trades.

Requirements

  • Recent, or soon to be graduate, with relevant course work, internship, or other applicable experience or knowledge
  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or related field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, Physics, Economics, Finance
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate with teammates globally
  • Strong sense of urgency with the ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
  • Programming skills essential, with at least one major programming or scripting language, strong preference for Python

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with senior traders and quantitative researchers to structure and evaluate new trading opportunities
  • Generate PnL tracking and attribution reports based on trade ideas
  • Monitor and analyze portfolio performance to generate risk reports
  • Hedge books and allocate hedges appropriately
  • Execute large or complex trades which cannot be automated due to complexity or liquidity constraints
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