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[Hiring] Crypto Trader @IFT
Feb 20, 2025 - IFT is hiring a remote Crypto Trader. 💸 Salary: competitive base pay $80-100k. 📍Location: Worldwide.
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Role Description
We're seeking a Trader (or Quant with trading aspirations) to join our Investment team at IFT, focusing on liquid (listed) crypto markets. Traders begin by contributing to team strategies and dedicating time to developing their approach. Successful candidates can manage an allocated slice of our liquid token fund for 3-6 months (depending on demonstrated ability) while benefiting from the small but collaborative team of investment professionals.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Investments, or related field
- Combined 3 years total trading experience across any of Personal trading, Traditional finance or Crypto markets
- Minimum 3 years of involvement & interest in crypto, ideally trading/investing in your capacity
Requirements
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Experience in one or more:
- Directional trading (momentum, mean reversion, event-driven)
- Market-neutral strategies (basis trades, options, simple arbitrage)
- Other consistently profitable approaches across market cycles
- Strategy backtesting experience (e.g. TradingView, Python, RealTest) & trading approach aligned with our higher timeframe focus (0-7 trades monthly, executed on normal CEX accounts & DEX’s)
Responsibilities
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50% Team and Business support:
- Team project work e.g. Backtest indicators, and their impact on crypto majors. Create & maintain a dashboard of live indicators, used by the investment team as data input for investment decisions across the treasury
- Internal investment queries and analysis
- Reporting on performance & risk management for your own strategies
- Internal operations setting up venues, accounts, wallets
- Contribute to team investment debates around opportunities & risks
- Collaborate with the broader investment team to enhance fund performance
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50% of your time on your own trading & strategy implementation:
- Design, test and refine your trading strategies across crypto markets
- Build out any systems, processes and skillsets required to improve your results
- Generate consistent alpha while maintaining responsible risk management
- Document your investment learnings and progress
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Other responsibilities:
- Maintain detailed trading records and performance metrics
- Monitor and manage position risk and portfolio exposure
- Provide regular performance and risk analytics
- Contribute to team strategy discussions and market analysis
Benefits
- Competitive base pay $80-100k
- A discretionary team bonus, tied to the Teams outperformance of ETH benchmarks
- Flexible & autonomous role with the space & support for you to build out your own strategy over 1 year
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If your strategy can demonstrably earn alpha:
- Discretionary capital allocation from 3-6 months (based on demonstrated ability to outperform)
- A high level of freedom to implement your own trading strategies (within risk & operational limits)
- An opportunity to build your own track record, as an asset for your future career
Hiring process
- Introduction call with the Talent team
- Interview with the Investment Analyst
- Interview with the CFO
- Paid project (2-3 hours of work)
- Interview co-founder
- Note: A background check might be required for this role
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competitive base pay $80-100k
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Posted
Feb 20, 2025
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