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Quantitative FX Trader

A trading role to lead the growth of Old Mission's FX business, reporting to a managing partner in Chicago. It covers spot FX and related derivatives with a focus on pricing, risk and market structure.

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.

Design, run and monitor FX trading strategies
Work with engineering and research on pricing models and risk
Set up clearing, vendor and venue relationships with the operations team
Train and guide junior traders
Handle several projects while building a new business

What they ask for

Required

Deep FX market knowledge
Forecasting and portfolio construction
Risk management
Some Python, SQL or Excel/VBA
Communication
Quantitative or finance degree

Education: Bachelor's in computer science, engineering, maths, statistics, finance or economics
Experience: Deep FX market experience; a leadership component is implied
Languages and tools: Python
SQL
Excel/VBA
Markets: fx

How to prepare

Learn FX market structure: spot venues, prime brokers and liquidity
Build a simple FX carry or momentum strategy and backtest it
Study FX options pricing and risk
Practise portfolio construction with currency risk limits

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 Old Mission and doesn’t handle applications.