Summer Trading Internship
An eight-week paid summer internship in the Amsterdam trading department, with classes, simulations and real trading projects. It is open to students living in Europe and can lead to a full-time offer.
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.
- Work on a real trading project with traders and researchers
- Build tools or design strategies and test them in a simulation
- Attend classes on markets and trading
- Learn how arbitrage and market making work
What they ask for
Required
- Graduating in 2028 with a BSc or MSc
- Scientific programming (Python, MATLAB, R)
- Mental arithmetic
- Logical reasoning under pressure
- Spotting and acting on opportunities
Preferred
- Maths, econometrics, engineering or physics degree
- Education
- BSc or MSc graduating 2028, preferably maths, econometrics, engineering or physics
- Experience
- No finance background required
- Languages and tools
How to prepare
- Practise mental maths and probability puzzles
- Learn basic Python for data analysis
- Read about market making and ETF arbitrage
- Play trading or market-making simulation games
What to study
- Probability, Statistics and Financial Data
- Mathematics Primer
- Python and Data Primer
- Financial Instruments, Markets and Conventions
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Flow Traders and doesn’t handle applications.