Trader
DRW , Chicago
The role
As a Junior Trader, you will have an opportunity to combine the disciplines of risk management, research and technology to operate trading strategies across multiple asset classes. You will work closely with experienced traders, software engineers and quantitative researchers to ensure optimal system performance.
What you will do
- Operate automated, latency-sensitive trading systems
- Conduct quantitative research into strategy performance, back-testing hypotheses and refine strategies
- Adjust system parameters dynamically based on market conditions
- Manually trade to reduce risk exposure when necessary
- Identify opportunities for automation and propose improvements to trading systems and operational workflows