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Junior Trader – Fixed Income

A junior trader seat on DV Trading's fixed-income relative-value desk in Illinois. It centres on supporting trading, monitoring risk 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.

Help find and assess relative-value trades
Support execution and risk monitoring
Track liquidity, positioning and macro news
Build and maintain reports and models for the desk

What they ask for

Required

Six months or more on a relative-value desk
Discipline and attention to detail
Judgement under pressure
Willingness to relocate for at least two years

Preferred

Fixed income trading experience

Education: Not specified
Experience: 6+ months on a relative-value desk
Markets: fixed-income

How to prepare

Learn bond, swap and futures relative-value concepts
Build a simple spread and curve monitor
Study risk metrics like duration and DV01
Follow macro releases and rate markets

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.