Fixed Income Trader (USA)
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Job Location:
Stamford, CT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Trexquant is seeking a Fixed Income Trader to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience executing both high-touch and electronic trades in corporate credit and rates addition to trade execution this role also involves cultivating relationships with liquidity providers and trading venues contributing to the firms execution excellence and working closely with quantitative researchers and technologists to enhance execution workflows and advance Trexquants systematic fixed income strategies.
Responsibilities
- Execute trading in corporate credit instruments (IG HY EM) including cash bonds credit indices and ETFs as well as rates instruments including treasuries bond futures and other interest rate derivatives
- Conduct both high-touch and electronic executions across OTC and exchange venues covering both secondary and new issue transactions
- Cultivate and strengthen relationships with street sales trading and syndicate teams to broaden liquidity access
- Monitor market microstructure liquidity dynamics and credit developments to optimize execution manage transaction costs and improve portfolio outcomes
- Track execution metrics and conduct transaction cost analysis to identify and implement execution enhancements
- Collaborate with quantitative researchers and technologists to develop and refine execution workflows and algorithmic trading strategies
- Coordinate with operations on settlements and corporate actions
- Monitor risk exposures and ensure adherence to the firms trading operation and compliance standards
- Provide real-time market insights and feedback to researchers and contribute to alpha and strategy development
Requirements
- Bachelors Masters or PhD in STEM related fields
- 3 years of experience in corporate credit and rates trading preferably on the buyside
- Proficiency in trading platforms: MarketAxess TradeWeb TruMid and Bloomberg
- Exposure to fixed income quantitative/systematic strategies
- Proficiency in programming languages (such as Python) and statistical modeling
- Deep understanding of corporate credit and rate markets
- Strong problem-solving skills with an ability to work independently and as part of a team
Benefits
- Competitive salary plus bonus bonus based on individual and company performance
- Collaborative Casual and friendly work environment
- PPO Health dental and vision insurance premiums fully covered for you and your dependents
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Weekly company meals
Trexquant is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Key Skills
- Income Tax
- Jpa
- EMC
- Informatica
- Audio Visual
- ACCA
About Company
Trexquant applies quantitative methods to systematically build optimized global market-neutral equity portfolios in liquid markets. Trading signals (Alphas) are developed from thousands of data variables and extensively tested. Strategies dynamically adjust allocations to Alphas depen ... View more
