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Maven Securities

4.7
  • 100 - 500 employees

Graduate Trader Program (Aug 2024)

Location details

On-site

  • Australia

    Australia

  • Netherlands

    Netherlands

  • United Kingdom

    United Kingdom

    • England

      London

  • United States

    United States

    • Illinois

      Chicago

Location

Australia, Netherlands, London

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Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeGraduate Job or Program
  • SalaryGBP 100,000 - 125,000 / Year
  • Additional benefitsCompetitive
  • Number of vacancies10-20 vacancies
  • Application open dateApply by 27 Oct 2023
  • Start dateStart date 26 Aug 2024

As a Trader Graduate, you will complete an intensive training program run by our most talented traders, including theory training, education sessions, live-market trading, and programming courses. We will teach you the skills to trade with the latest available tools and we aim to give you responsibility for the profit and loss of your book as soon as you are ready.

We are looking for final year applicants from any quantitative background with a competitive nature and a strong understanding of probability and statistics to join our Graduate Trader Program. The program start date will be 27th August 2024.

Global mobility

All Graduates will complete the initial 3-month training period in London. Upon completion of training, opportunities may be available in our offices in Amsterdam, London, Chicago, or Sydney. Please note, timelines for relocation will vary depending on individual circumstances and regional visa requirements. 

What we’re looking for

  • Outstanding numeracy
  • Competitive nature and a strong understanding of probability and statistics
  • Curiosity to learn with a keen interest in financial markets 
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to solve problems creatively 
  • Strong communication skills and drive to work collaboratively  
  • A final year undergraduate student or a final year masters student 
  • Familiarity with programming languages such as Python, VBA, SQL, R, C++ or C#

What we offer:

  • Opportunity to execute live trades within 3 months of starting
  • Direct exposure and graduate training from industry leaders 
  • The upside of start-up without the associated risks
  • Informal, friendly and highly rewarding culture with a  relaxed dress code and frequent social events.
  • Fast growing global firm where your work will have a significant impact

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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United Kingdom
Visa Sponsorship Included

Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Option A

Degree or Certificate
Qualification level
Qualification level
Bachelor or higher
Study field
Study field (any)

OR

Option B

Final year student

Hiring criteria

Alternative pathway available

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Working rights
    Visa Sponsorship Included
  • Study fields
    Sciences
  • Degree typesBachelor or higher
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Reviews

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Graduate
London
5 years ago

Started with a mixture of group training exercises, classroom sessions and simulation training during grad training. Now I trade live on the market throughout the day and are in control of my own book which I am responsible for. Spend time during the day thinking about ways to optimize my setup and improve my strategy via analysis.

user
Graduate
London
5 years ago

Day to day I am trading, which involves writing, monitoring and adjusting parameters to trading software while monitoring live trades and news. After trading closes, I write software or analyse data, usually in python.

user
Graduate
Hong Kong
5 years ago

day-to-day operations of the desk, project work that aims to improve our setup

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About the employer

Maven Securities Logo

Maven Securities

Rating

4.7

Number of employees

100 - 500 employees

Industries

Trading

Maven implements both fundamental and quantitative trading & market making strategies across global markets, utilising only the group’s capital.

Pros and cons of working at Maven Securities

Pros

  • Stimulating, meritocratic, intense

  • Flat Hierarchy, causal dress code, caring culture

  • Friendly environment, everyone very willing to teach and help out. Every day is different depending on news.

  • Small, young, meritocratic, lots of room for progression, fun coworkers

  • Lots of really smart people who are always happy to teach you. Challenging job, tons to learn. Company growing really fast, so opportunities to genuinely contribute. Great pay + perks.

  • The intellectual challenge. Constantly being pushed to learn new ideas which makes everyday interesting and stimulating. Doing it as part of the grad team has been really good fun as you all work together towards the same goals.

Cons

    • Intensity isn't for everyone

    • Fast-paced, which means you have to make sure you are keeping up

    • Early mornings, quite periods interspersed with busy so not as regular flow compared to other jobs.

    • Long hours (although not relative to say investment banking) and you have to stay focused all day (not a lot of downtime)

    • It's hard work and intellectually difficult, which can be tiring.