Trader (Multiple Openings)
Trade live capital across US equities and other assets at Trend Up Investment. The role implements trade ideas and manages positions under explicit loss and leverage limits.
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.
- Execute strategies and adjust entries, exits and position sizes.
- Monitor liquidity, macro developments and market events.
- Track P&L and explain trading decisions and risk exposures.
What they ask for
Required
- Verifiable live trading record
- Trading risk discipline
- US market and derivative knowledge
- Mandarin communication
Preferred
- Cantonese or English
- Hong Kong residency or valid work permission
- Education
- No degree requirement stated.
- Experience
- At least 2 years of live trading; institutional or proprietary experience preferred.
- Markets
- equities, options, crypto
How to prepare
- Prepare a trade journal with transparent P&L and risk attribution.
- Backtest entry and exit rules with realistic costs.
- Stress position sizing against stop-loss and leverage constraints.
What to study
- Market Microstructure and Execution
- Quantitative Risk Management
- Quantitative Research, Data and Backtesting
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Trend Up Investment (HK) Limited and doesn’t handle applications.