Junior Discretionary Trader

Squarepoint Capital London, England Mar 10, 2026

Type Internship
Pay £150,000
Work Onsite
Level Junior

Junior Discretionary Trader focuses on as a junior discretionary trader, you will have the opportunity to work alongside our senior discretionary traders, who will provide on the desk training and mentorship.

What the role involves

  • As a Junior Discretionary Trader, you will have the opportunity to work alongside our senior discretionary traders, who will provide on the desk training and mentorship.
  • Your goal will be to help maintain target portfolio positions by assisting the senior traders with daily portfolio monitoring, maintenance, and hedging.
  • Develop a broad range of skills including fundamental and macro analysis, research, portfolio construction, risk management and execution.
  • If you have an interest in trading and would like to learn how to manage your own risk over time, we encourage you to apply.
  • Analyze portfolio performance to generate risk reports.

Skills and requirements

  • Please only apply to the one job you feel best fits your skillset and experience.
  • Recent, or soon to be graduate, with relevant course work, internship, or other applicable experience or knowledge.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or related field such as Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, Physics, Economics, Finance.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate with teammates globally.

Additional role context

  • Collaborate with senior traders and quantitative researchers to structure and evaluate new trading opportunities.
  • Generate PnL tracking and attribution reports based on trade ideas.
  • Hedge books and allocate hedges appropriately.
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