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Employer: Huxley Associates
Location: London, United Kingdom
Posted: July 07, 2008 Expires: October 05, 2008
Job Title: Quantitative Trading Analyst for London Prop House
Description:

This role will involve working closely with the trading group to develop new and improve existing trading strategies. The emphasis will be on the development of automated trading strategies, applying quantitative techniques to the testing and validation of models. There is huge scope and potential for this role. It is expected that the candidate will be educated to PhD level in a quantitative discipline and is looking for a challenging role in the trading environment that will give them the chance to excel.

This is a rapidly growing company and the role will be at the core of future development and as such this could be a very exciting role.

Day-to-day job spec

The Quantitative analyst will be responsible for:

  1. Applying statistical methods and time series modeling (regression, hypothesis testing, non-linear constrained optimization etc.) to the analysis of trading strategies.
  2. Back testing and evaluating strategies.
  3. Optimization of strategy parameters.
  4. Development of and investigation into new trading strategies.

Key requirements/skills

  • Experience with statistical methods
  • C++
  • Excellent academic background
  • Some trading knowledge, preferably in a futures environment
  • Self starter

 

Please send your CV to Rachelle Biernacka at Huxley Associates to be considered - contact details are listed below

To apply: Rachelle Biernacka at +44 207 743 8566 or r.biernacka@huxley.com

When you apply, please mention that you saw this job on jobs.phds.org
Job Type: Employee
Sector: Academia
Website: http://www.huxley.com
Salary: £50'000 plus bonus
Hours: Full time
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