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Junior Fixed Income Relative Value Trader

A junior seat supporting the head of a fixed-income relative-value desk at DV Trading. It mixes live trading, research and building tools.

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.

Monitor relative-value relationships and exposures
Build analysis tools, dashboards and data pipelines
Test new strategy ideas with market data
Investigate pricing gaps and explain P&L moves
Help with execution and risk

What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's in a rigorous quantitative subject
Strong quantitative reasoning
Interest in markets and technology
Attention to detail
Willing to work on site in Illinois for 18 months or more

Education: Bachelor's in economics, maths, statistics, physics, CS, engineering or similar
Experience: Entry level; markets exposure helpful
Markets: fixed-income

How to prepare

Learn Treasury and swap basics and what relative value means
Build a yield curve and spread monitor
Study risk measures such as DV01
Practise clear written explanations of market moves

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 DV Trading and doesn’t handle applications.