ETF Trader

talisman; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Meaningful profit split

Job summary

Talisman seeks an ETF Trader to run risk on their own capital in a high-autonomy role. You will manage a personal book of ETF exposures, taking directional and relative value positions across ETFs, baskets, futures and correlated assets.

You will identify dislocations, manage real-time risk, and develop scalable strategies without a fixed house model, trading from New York or Chicago. A strong P&L track record is required for this opportunity.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of profitable P&L from a personal book.
• Experience running your own risk rather than executing for others.
• Strong ETF mechanics knowledge (creations, redemptions, index construction).

Responsibilities

• Run your own book and your own risk across ETF markets.
• Take directional and relative value positions across ETFs, baskets, futures and correlated products.
• Identify and trade dislocations between products and across asset classes.
• Manage risk in real time, including sizing, hedging and adjusting exposure through changing conditions.
• Develop and scale your own strategies without a fixed house model.

Skills

Proven P&L management

Own risk management

ETF mechanics knowledge

Equities/Fixed income/International ET

Data & execution tooling

High-pressure performance

Job description

We're partnering with an established proprietary trading firm on a search for an ETF Trader to run risk on their own capital. This is a risk-taking seat with full autonomy over your book.

This is not execution or ETF operations. You need P&L in dollars from a book you traded, not benchmark-relative returns.

Responsibilities

• Run your own book and your own risk across ETF markets
• Take directional and relative value positions across ETFs, baskets, futures and correlated products
• Identify and trade dislocations between products and across asset classes
• Manage risk in real time, including sizing, hedging and adjusting exposure through changing conditions
• Develop and scale your own strategies without a fixed house model

Requirements

• 4+ years of profitable P&L in dollars from a book you traded
• Experience running your own risk rather than executing for others
• Deep understanding of ETF mechanics, including creations and redemptions, index construction and cross-asset relationships
• Experience across equity, fixed income or international ETFs. Index arbitrage and cross-asset backgrounds also of interest
• Comfort with data and execution tooling
• Track record of performing in a high pressure, results driven environment

What's on offer

New York or Chicago. Competitive base plus a meaningful profit split on what you generate. No client business and no franchise flow.