Securities Trader Resume Sample

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Jake Collins
Securities Trader

Disciplined trading across equities and fixed income

+44 20 5550 0671
linkedin.com/in/jake-collins-trader

Securities trader with nine years trading equities and fixed income for an asset manager and a brokerage in London. Executes and manages trades, prices risk, provides liquidity, and turns market views and client orders into well-executed positions while controlling risk. Improved execution quality and reduced trading costs by refining strategy and broker selection. Trades across cash equities, bonds and ETFs, manages a book and intraday risk, works orders for best execution, and partners with portfolio managers and sales. Strong on both the fast decision-making the desk demands and the discipline that keeps risk in check. Calm and decisive when markets move hard. Looking for a securities-trader or execution role with a fund, bank or trading firm running serious flow.

LocationLondon, UK
NationalityBritish
GenderMale
Notice Period3 months
Date of Birth1991-09-19
Work Experience
London Asset Management - London, UK

Securities Trader

(April 2016 to Present)
Execute and manage all the trades across equities, bonds and ETFs while carefully controlling risk.
Improved the execution quality and reduced the trading costs by refining strategy and broker selection.
Manage a trading book and the intraday risk and provide the liquidity to the desk.
Work all the client and portfolio orders for the best execution right across the markets.
Price the risk and turn all the market views into well-executed and tightly controlled positions.
Partner with all the portfolio managers and the sales desk on the flow and the strategy.
City Brokerage - London, UK

Junior Trader / Trading Assistant

(August 2012 to March 2016)
Supported the desk with the execution, the bookings and the market analysis.
Worked the orders and learned the market structure and risk processes.
Progressed through the CFA studies alongside the growing desk responsibility there.
Then earned a full securities-trader seat managing a trading book there.
City Brokerage - London, UK

Settlements Analyst

(June 2010 to July 2012)
Worked in trade operations handling the settlements, the bookings and reconciliations.
Learned how the trades clear, settle and flow through the bank.
Built up the market-plumbing knowledge that good trading is built on.
Then earned the move into a full trading-assistant role from there.
Education
University of Warwick

BSc (Hons) Economics & Finance

September 2009 to June 2012
Degree in economics and finance covering markets, instruments and quantitative methods, with a trading internship. The internship led directly onto the desk. Built the markets foundation the role needs.
CFA Institute

CFA Level II & Financial Markets Certification

January 2014 to June 2016
CFA Level II plus financial-markets certification covering instruments, valuation and risk. It deepened the technical grounding behind trading. Applied directly to pricing, risk and execution decisions.
Languages
English (UK)
Native or Bilingual Proficiency
German
Limited Working Proficiency
Certifications
CFA Level II

CFA Institute (June 2016 to Present)

CFA Level II plus financial-markets certification covering instruments, valuation and risk. It deepened the technical grounding behind trading. Applied directly to pricing, risk and execution decisions.
Derivatives & Market Microstructure

CISI (April 2019 to Present)

Certification in derivatives and market microstructure covering pricing, execution and liquidity. It supports the risk pricing and the best-execution decisions made on the desk.
Highlights
Better, cheaper execution
Improved execution quality and reduced trading costs by refining strategy and broker selection. Better execution adds up to real performance across thousands of trades.
Disciplined under pressure
Keeps to strategy and risk limits precisely even when markets move hard and fast. Discipline under pressure is what separates a trader from a gambler.
Financial Risk Management
Financial Risk Management

CISI (January 2017 to June 2017)

Completed a financial-risk-management course covering market risk, value-at-risk and hedging. It sharpened the risk discipline applied on the desk and improved how positions and intraday exposure are managed.
Algorithmic & Quant Trading

WorldQuant University (March 2021 to Present)

Course in algorithmic and quantitative trading covering execution algos, signals and backtesting. It sharpened how strategy and broker routing are used to improve execution and cut trading costs.
Professional Skills
  • Trade Execution
  • Equities Trading
  • Fixed Income
  • Risk Management
  • Best Execution
  • Market Making / Liquidity
  • Book Management
  • Market Analysis
  • Trading Systems
  • Pricing
Personal Skills
  • Composure
  • Decisiveness
  • Discipline
  • Numeracy
  • Quick Thinking
Activities & Interests

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