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Execution Trader

An execution role on APAC equities, working orders efficiently for systematic strategies. You also help researchers understand local market behaviour.

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 orders across APAC equity markets at low cost
Maintain tools that track fills, bookings, P&L and slippage
Take sensible risk when market opportunities appear
Brief researchers on local market quirks as they open new markets

What they ask for

Required

Execution, program or sales trading in APAC equities
Multitasking and attention to detail
Autonomous working
Communication with researchers and technologists

Preferred

Coding in Python, R, MATLAB, C++ or C#

Education: No degree level stated.
Experience: 2–5 years in execution trading, program trading or sales trading in APAC equities
Languages and tools: Python
R
MATLAB
C++
C#
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Study APAC exchange structure: auctions, lot sizes, price limits and short-sell rules
Compute implementation shortfall and slippage on sample order data
Learn how VWAP, TWAP and participation algorithms behave
Write a small script to summarise daily execution cost by order

What to study

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