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Senior FX Futures and Spot Trader
A senior desk role trading FX futures and spot for TransMarket Group, backed by the firm's capital. The post requires a proven profitable record and includes mentoring.
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.
- Trade FX futures and spot with quantitative tools
- Build tools and analytics to tune strategies
- Run real-time execution of trading systems
- Mentor junior traders and share ideas on FX markets
What they ask for
Required
- Five years or more trading FX futures and spot with consistent profit
- Degree in financial engineering, statistics, maths, computer science or similar
- Strong knowledge of spot, forward and futures structures
- Python or similar for analysis
- Judgement under pressure
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's or doctorate in financial engineering, statistics, maths, computer science or a related field
- Experience
- 5+ years trading FX futures and spot
- Languages and tools
- Markets
- fx, futures
How to prepare
- Review FX basis, forwards and futures-versus-spot relationships
- Analyse FX returns and carry in Python
- Prepare a record of risk-adjusted performance
- Study FX market structure and liquidity across venues
What to study
- Financial Instruments, Markets and Conventions
- Quantitative Risk Management
- Python for Quantitative Finance
- Market Microstructure and Execution
Apply
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Transmarket Group and doesn’t handle applications.
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