SPEC Finance (IFSC) Pvt. Ltd.
Website:
specfinance.in
Job details:
Position: Trader – International Markets
Department: Capital Markets
Location: GIFT City, Gandhinagar
Employment Type: Full-time
Working Hours: 6:00PM - 2:00AM
Experience: 3-15 years
Reporting To: Head – Capital Markets / Senior Management
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced International Markets Trader to join our Capital
Markets team. The candidate will be responsible for trading and managing positions
across international financial markets, with a primary focus on US and other global
futures, options and fixed-income markets.
The role requires strong knowledge of international market structure, derivatives,
margining, execution, liquidity and risk management.
Key Responsibilities :
• Execute and manage trades across international exchanges and markets within
approved trading limits.
• Trade and monitor instruments including:
• US equity index futures and options
• Treasury futures and options
• Commodity futures and options
• International equity/index derivatives
• US Treasury securities and other fixed-income instruments
• Monitor global markets including US, European and Asian markets.
• Analyze:
• Price action
• Volatility
• Open interest
• Yield curves
• Interest rates
• Macroeconomic indicators
• Options pricing
• Market liquidity
• Identify trading, arbitrage and relative-value opportunities.
• Execute trades through approved international brokers and trading
platforms.
• Monitor real-time positions, MTM, initial margin, variation margin and
available collateral.
• Monitor exchange and broker margin requirements
• Manage trading exposure across multiple instruments and currencies.
• Monitor major global events including:
• US Federal Reserve decisions
• US economic data
• Treasury auctions
• Inflation and employment data
• Central-bank announcements
• Major geopolitical/economic developments
• Maintain strict adherence to approved trading limits and risk parameters.
• Prepare daily position, P&L, margin and exposure reports.
• Coordinate with international brokers, clearing members, custodians and
internal operations teams.
• Investigate and resolve trade execution, settlement, margin and
reconciliation issues.
• Escalate significant market movements, losses, limit breaches and
operational issues to senior management.
Preferred Trading Experience
Experience in one or more of the following markets will be preferred:
• CME equity index futures/options – ES, NQ etc.
• CBOT Treasury futures/options
• COMEX precious metals
• NYMEX energy products
• US equity/index options
• US Treasury securities
• Interest-rate products
• Cross-market arbitrage
• Options and volatility strategies
Key Skills
• Experience: 3–7 years in international financial markets/trading.
• Strong practical knowledge of US/global derivatives markets.
• Experience with futures and options execution.
• Understanding of exchange margining and clearing mechanisms.
• Strong knowledge of options, volatility and market microstructure.
• Experience with trading platforms such as TT, Bloomberg, CQG,
Interactive Brokers or similar platforms will be an advantage.
• Strong understanding of CME/CBOT/COMEX/NYMEX markets will be
preferred.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills.
• Ability to monitor markets across different time zones.
• Strong discipline in risk management and position sizing.
Key Performance Areas
• Trading execution and efficiency
• Risk-adjusted trading performance
• P&L management
• Margin and collateral management
• Position management
• Adherence to risk limits
• Market analysis
• Reporting and operational accuracy
Candidates with hands-on proprietary/institutional trading and execution
experience will be preferred. Purely research-oriented profiles may not be suitable
for this role
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