Markets & Trading

Traders make complex, real-time decisions in ever-changing market conditions, maximizing the success of our strategies.

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Why Citadel Securities?

Those who are ready to build and grow can achieve more here.

High-Performing Teams

Our traders work with some of the highest performing teams in the industry and shape the future of trading.

Unmatched Opportunity

Responsibility scales with performance, not tenure. Our traders own meaningful projects from day one. Demonstrated success results in more opportunities.

Continuous Learning

Our 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.

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Resources for Peak Performance

Our advanced technology and industry-leading platform empower traders to make confident decisions amid uncertainty.

We work with state-of-the-art technological tools built by our experienced engineering teams.
Cutting-edge mathematical models and algorithms power our strategies.
Our advanced analytic toolkit optimizes trade execution, manages risk and uncovers market opportunities with reliability and precision.
Traders leverage massive amounts of real-time, historical and internal data to stress-test ideas and strategies and inform their decisions.

What Traders Do

In both our algorithmic and discretionary strategies, we work across the trading ecosystem.

Risk Taking

Leveraging our advanced analytics toolkit, traders help price and absorb risk, providing liquidity to our clients.

Quantitative Analysis

Working closely with quantitative researchers and engineers, they optimize our strategies and interactions with the market.

Automation

Traders collaborate with our engineering team to automate our processes. They help to streamline our workflows and better connect with clients and exchanges.

Early Career Training

Our development program includes initial intensive training and ongoing education and support to propel growth in the first few years.

Immersive Mock Trading

We dive deep into market simulations, practicing risk management strategies in various market dynamics to learn how to make complex decisions in real time.

Markets Education

Our early career traders learn the fundamentals of the products we trade, from options to ETFs, from our industry professionals.

Technical Training

We develop critical technical proficiency with training on data analysis, visualization and tool building, along with coding languages.

Opportunities for Students

Get a jump on your career in Markets & Trading at one of our programs designed for students.

Event

Trading Invitational

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Program

Ignite Women’s Trading Program

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Roles and Responsibilities

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Fundamental Analyst

Identify and transform unstructured data sets into trading signals. Provide quantitative explanations for qualitative changes in historical relationships. Convert fundamental information into inputs for pricing in various securities and derivatives.

Semi-Systematic Trader

Blend automated execution with intelligent decision-making. Adapt your strategy for selecting securities in response to changing risks, prices and market opportunities.

Systematic Trader

Manage our trading systems in real time. Help develop and deploy new systems and trading technologies while monitoring and managing risk.

Hear from Our Team

Louise is a scientist. At Citadel Securities, she applies theory to the markets. In a few years, she’s become both a critical contributor and mentor, innovating and building the business while helping new colleagues apply their academic skills.