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Senior Mortgage Trader

A senior trader role in mortgage products on TransMarket Group's derivatives desk. It combines risk-taking with work on algorithmic pricing and hedging.

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 mortgage products and manage the book's risk
Build analytics that improve strategy and pricing
Help automate pricing and auto-hedging workflows
Work with sales and clients and mentor juniors

What they ask for

Required

Five years or more trading mortgages for a proprietary book
Profitable trading record
Deep knowledge of mortgage pricing and risk metrics
Specified pool trading experience
Proficiency with trading and risk systems
Strong quantitative aptitude

Education: Not stated
Experience: 5+ years trading mortgages for a proprietary book
Markets: fixed-income

How to prepare

Review prepayment behaviour, TBA and specified-pool pricing
Study duration, convexity and hedging for mortgage books
Learn how algorithmic pricing and auto-hedging are built
Prepare to explain a profitable trade and its risks

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 Transmarket Group and doesn’t handle applications.