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Quantitative Trader: Equity Quantitative Research – University Graduate (US)

A graduate trader on Citadel’s Equity Quantitative Research team. The role connects systematic research with capital allocation, execution costs and live portfolio risk.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Evaluate how capital and risk are allocated between signals
Investigate transaction costs, impact and strategy capacity
Monitor exposures and adjust decisions as conditions change
Work with researchers and engineers on production trading strategies

What they ask for

Required

Quantitative university degree
Reasoning about optimisation and risk
Interest in games and decision theory
Independent problem-solving
Clear communication

Preferred

Graduate research or competition experience

Education: Degree in statistics, maths, computing, physics or a related quantitative field
Experience: Graduate role; no minimum years specified
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Optimise a small signal portfolio with exposure limits
Measure how trading costs affect a backtest’s returns
Practise explaining a portfolio-risk decision under time pressure

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Citadel and doesn’t handle applications.