Trader

UNIQUE POINT MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

UNIQUE POINT MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD. is seeking an experienced trader to join our family-office style team focused on direct investments in US and HK equities, bonds, and currencies. You will translate research ideas into actionable trade expressions and manage risk across various strategies.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of trading experience, a strong track record with UHNW/HNW clients or in a family office, and a deep understanding of macro and market dynamics. Singapore-based role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field; CFA/CA preferred.
• 5+ years of trading experience, with US and HK markets knowledge.
• Proven track record managing UHNW/HNW clients or in a family office.
• Strong understanding of macro, market structure, and risk controls.

Responsibilities

• Convert research ideas into actionable trade expressions, including long equity, short equity, pair trades, baskets, options, or waitlist ideas.
• Assess whether an idea is best expressed through outright equity, options, relative value, event-driven trades, or no trade at all.
• Define entry points, exit points, stop-loss levels, target prices, and position-sizing logic.
• Identify key downside scenarios and kill criteria before trades are initiated.
• Recommend when to add, trim, hedge, or exit positions.
• Help build a repeatable post-mortem process for both winning and losing trades.
• Monitor market regime, technical setup, sector rotation, positioning, options activity, short interest, liquidity, and catalyst timing.
• Understand how macro, rates, volatility, and factor moves may affect individual equity trades.
• Work with research analysts to challenge thesis quality, catalyst relevance, market expectations, and timing.
• Read earnings calls, company filings, investor presentations, transcripts, and market commentary where relevant.
• Help translate fundamental research into tradeable setups.
• Participate in thesis reviews, red-team sessions, and post-mortems.

Skills

Trading

Financial analysis

Risk management

Market research

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

CFA Charterholder

Tools

Bloomberg Terminal

Excel

Python

R

Job description

Company Overview

Our Single-Family Office specializes in direct investments across public equities, primarily in the US market. We focus on generating substantial returns through strategic investments in US and HK stocks, bonds, and foreign currencies. Our team is dedicated to conducting thorough market and economic research to inform our investment strategies.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate for this position is a trader that works closely with the research team to evaluate investment thesis, challenge assumptions, assess market expectations and determine best trade expressions. The ideal candidate needs to be comfortable in discussing fundamental catalyst, positioning, technical levels and options.

Responsibilities

• Convert research ideas into actionable trade expressions, including long equity, short equity, pair trades, baskets, options, or waitlist ideas


• Assess whether an idea is best expressed through outright equity, options, relative value, event-driven trades, or no trade at all


• Define entry points, exit points, stop-loss levels, target prices, and position-sizing logic


• Identify key downside scenarios and kill criteria before trades are initiated


• Recommend when to add, trim, hedge, or exit positions


• Help build a repeatable post-mortem process for both winning and losing trades


• Monitor market regime, technical setup, sector rotation, positioning, options activity, short interest, liquidity, and catalyst timing


• Understand how macro, rates, volatility, and factor moves may affect individual equity trades


• Work with research analysts to challenge thesis quality, catalyst relevance, market expectations, and timing


• Read earnings calls, company filings, investor presentations, transcripts, and market commentary where relevant


• Help translate fundamental research into tradeable setups


• Participate in thesis reviews, red-team sessions, and post-mortems

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from internationally recognized universities. Relevant financial certifications are highly preferred


• CFA Charterholder status is advantageous


• Deep understanding of investment market principles, practices, and techniques


• Previous experience in direct investment transactions or startup environments will be beneficial


• At least 5 years of relevant experience as a trader, with proficiency in the stock exchanges of the US and HK markets


• Proven track record of working with Ultra-High Net Worth (UHNW) / High Net Worth (HNW) individuals or in Family Office settings