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Experienced Trader

A trading role at a proprietary firm that builds new strategies and tailors existing ones using its in-house software. It suits someone with a record of profitable, high-volume trading who can also code lightly.

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.

Develop new trading strategies on the firm's proprietary platform
Customise and tune existing strategies as conditions change
Write light scripts and analysis in Python or C++
Use judgement on live trading decisions under pressure

What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's in a technical area such as electrical engineering or computer science
5+ years of high-volume trading
Record of developing profitable strategies
Strong mathematical aptitude
Light programming with arrays, loops and file I/O

Preferred

Fluency in C++ or Python

Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical area such as electrical engineering or computer science
Experience: 5+ years of high-volume trading experience; no visa sponsorship offered
Languages and tools: C++
Python

How to prepare

Build and document a small systematic strategy with honest out-of-sample results
Practise writing quick Python or C++ analysis scripts on trade and market data
Study risk limits and position sizing for high-volume trading
Be ready to discuss specific trading decisions and what you learned from them

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 XR Trading and doesn’t handle applications.