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View Open RolesTraders make complex, real-time decisions in changing markets. They combine market judgment, quantitative analysis and technology to manage risk, provide liquidity and improve trading strategies.
Why Citadel Securities?
Those who are ready to build and grow can achieve more here.
High-Performing Teams
High-Performing TeamsOur traders and analysts work on high-performing teams and partner closely with quantitative researchers and engineers to shape how we trade.
Unmatched Opportunity
Unmatched OpportunityResponsibility scales with performance, not tenure. Our traders own meaningful projects from day one. Demonstrated success results in more opportunities.
Continuous Learning
Continuous LearningOur flat structure fosters collaboration and the open exchange of ideas. For those starting out, our early careers training is one of the industry’s most robust.
Resources for Peak Performance
Our advanced technology, quantitative models and industry-leading platform empower traders to make confident decisions amid uncertainty.
- Work with state-of-the-art technological tools built by experienced engineering teams.
- Use advanced mathematical models, algorithms and analytics to inform pricing, risk, trade selection and execution.
- Leverage real-time, historical and internal data to test ideas, evaluate strategies and identify opportunities.
- Build on a platform that connects research, data and technology to live trading decisions at scale.
What Traders Do at Citadel Securities
Across strategies, our traders combine quantitative analysis, market judgment and technology.
Risk Taking
Risk TakingUse advanced analytics and market context to price and absorb risk, provide liquidity and make proactive decisions as conditions change
Quantitative Analysis
Quantitative AnalysisUse data, statistics and quantitative methods to test ideas, understand market behavior and improve trade selection and execution. Quantitative traders work closely with quantitative researchers to refine models, signals and strategies.
Automation
AutomationTranslate trading logic into algorithms and tools that automate execution and workflows, monitor strategy performance and improve the trading platform.
Early Career Training
Our trading development program includes initial intensive training and ongoing education and support to propel growth in the first few years.
Immersive Mock Trading
Immersive Mock Trading
Compete in team-based electronic mock trading and game-theory challenges that put pricing, risk management and real-time decision-making into practice.
Markets Education
Markets Education
Learn from traders across equities, ETFs, options, fixed income, commodities and currencies, with business overviews and panels that show how teams work and careers develop.
Technical Training
Technical Training
Learn research fundamentals from quantitative researchers and build skills in data analysis, visualization, algorithmic problem solving and coding, then apply them to investigate markets and improve trading decisions.
Opportunities for Students
Get a jump on your career in trading at one of our programs designed for students.
Roles and Responsibilities
for Traders
Markets & Trading includes distinct paths united by data-driven decision-making and close connection to live markets.
Quantitative Trader
Quantitative TraderUse quantitative problem solving, market knowledge, game theory and technology to make trading decisions and manage risk in real time. Analyze data and trading metrics to improve trade selection, execution and strategies, partnering closely with quantitative researchers and engineers.
Fundamental Analyst
Fundamental AnalystTransform fundamental and unstructured information into trading signals and pricing inputs. Use quantitative analysis to explain changes in historical relationships and evaluate opportunities across securities and derivatives.
Sales Trader
Sales TraderPartner directly with clients to understand objectives and deliver high-quality execution. Combine product expertise, market insight and the firm’s trading platform to provide liquidity, manage orders and strengthen client relationships.
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“People invested and bet on me. And I get to pay that forward now.”
“People invested and bet on me. And I get to pay that forward now.”
Joe sought latitude to make a broad impact – and he found it here. In seven years, he’s scaled a net-new team to seventy people. Today, he focuses on putting others in the position to thrive.
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