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Trader / Quant Analyst – Convertibles

A hybrid trading and quantitative analysis role on a convertible bond relative value team at Point72. You would trade and hedge converts while building tools to analyse the universe.

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.

Find relative value between converts, underlying equity and credit derivatives
Model convertibles under different credit, rate and volatility scenarios
Build front-office tools for idea generation and risk
Hedge positions dynamically and track daily P&L drivers
Analyse historical convertible pricing and valuation

What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's in finance, economics, maths or engineering
3+ years trading convertible bonds with quant skills
Credit markets, bond maths, equity derivatives and volatility
Convertible modelling and scenario analysis
Excel and a programming language

Preferred

Advanced degree or CFA

Education: Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, maths, engineering or related; advanced degree or CFA preferred.
Experience: 3+ years in convertible bond trading (or equity, FX or rates derivatives) with quantitative skills.
Languages and tools: Python
R
VBA
Excel
Markets: credit, equities, options, fixed-income

How to prepare

Price a convertible bond with a tree or PDE model including credit spread
Learn convertible Greeks and hedging
Build a screen of the convert universe in Python
Study how credit, rates and volatility drive convertible value

What to study

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