Short -Term Trading Quant - CT / USA

Role :-

• Research and develop short-term systematic models with holding periods from a few days up to 2 weeks that trade futures and FX markets
• Research and develop portfolio construction and optimization methods for short-term trading to maximize performance while controlling risk, drawdowns, and trading cost
• Follow robust research and development procedures to reduce differences between simulated and actual performance
• Work collaboratively in a research team environment, using common development tools to facilitate robust implementation of research as well as production versions of trading systems
• Interact with other departments – technology, operations, trading, marketing, and accounting - to ensure current and proposed ideas are implemented, monitored, and executed efficiently and accurately
• Regularly present findings and ideas to management and investment committee
• Complete other projects as requested by senior management

Requirements :-

• MS or PhD in a quantitative field such as science, engineering, or finance
• 2-5 years experience in short-term systematic futures and/or FX trading
• Ability to demonstrate solid knowledge of the nuances of short-term trading
• Prior experience researching alpha signals over intraday market data as well as the execution of the generated trading signals
• Ability to implement systematic trading models for short-term trading
• Strong programming skills in MATLAB and/or Python.

Apply:- Please send a PDF CV to quants@ekafinance.com