Equity Trader

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

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

02-05-2026

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English