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ETF Trader

A trading role pricing and trading leveraged and unleveraged ETFs in Japan and Hong Kong at a systematic trading firm. It works with quant researchers to scale existing strategies.

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.

Price and trade ETFs, tracking fair value and tracking error
Handle index rebalances, corporate actions and dividend adjustments
Build reports and dashboards for performance and risk
Work with researchers to improve and scale current ETF strategies
Study venue and liquidity differences to improve execution

What they ask for

Required

Around five years handling Japan ETF flows
ETF creation/redemption and arbitrage mechanics
Index methodology and corporate actions
Market microstructure across APAC exchanges
Python, SQL and Bash scripting
Ownership and communication

Preferred

Business-level Japanese

Education: Bachelor's, master's or PhD in a quantitative or technical field.
Experience: 5+ years handling Japan ETF flows
Languages and tools: Python
SQL
Bash
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Learn ETF creation/redemption and how arbitrage keeps price near NAV
Study index rebalancing and corporate-action effects
Build a fair-value and tracking-error monitor in Python
Read about APAC exchange structure and trading hours

What to study

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