Job Description
Equity Trader – Long/Short Hedge Fund
Location: London
Working Model: 5 days in-office
Overview
London-based hedge fund seeking an experienced Equity Trader to join a five-person investment team managing $1bn+ GMV across long-only and long/short strategies.
The long/short fund runs a 30 long / 40 short book at +/-20% net exposure, trading around news flow, earnings, events, and catalysts. It returned 24% last year. The long-only strategy returned 40%, concentrated book of ~15 stocks.
The Role
You will execute trades across global equities and derivatives, working closely with PMs in a fast-paced environment handling 20–30 trades per day. Execution quality and speed are critical.
Responsibilities
* Execute global equity trades across regions
* Trade options, equity derivatives, and index futures
* Implement ideas around earnings, corporate events, and news flow
* Manage hedging, beta exposure, and tactical risk
* Optimise execution across brokers and venues
* Provide market colour and liquidity insight to PMs
Candidate Profile
* Hedge fund or buy-side trading background
* Strong experience trading global equities
* Proven derivatives experience: options and index futures
* Strong judgement, urgency, and attention to detail
* Team player suited to a lean, high-performance culture
Why Join
* High-performing environment with highly skilled investment professionals.
* High-impact role trading meaningful size
* Strong compensation linked to performance