Full-Time
Campus Full Time
Quantitative Trader
Five Rings Capital
201-500 employees
Proprietary trading firm using data analytics
No salary listed
London, UK
In Person
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- Quantitatively-focused
- Thrive in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment
- Quick learner
- Intellectually curious
- Detail-oriented
- Self-starter
- Traders manage their unique strategies in rapidly evolving live markets.
- They tune model parameters to reflect prevailing conditions, execute trades based on model recommendations, evaluate the real-time feedback provided by market participants’ reactions, and reincorporate this information into their models in a continuous feedback loop.
- New hires work closely with senior traders – analyzing risks and rewards, exploring new strategies, collaborating with quants and software developers to build and optimize trading models.
- Quant Traders work independently and with others to develop ideas and analyses, and integrate them into our trading strategies and systems.
Five Rings Capital is a proprietary trading firm that uses its own capital to trade financial instruments across global markets, providing liquidity and executing trades for financial institutions and individual investors. Its approach centers on data-driven strategies that quickly move from insight to implementation, often within days or weeks, across both liquid and less common markets. The company differentiates itself through a team-first, meritocratic culture that emphasizes mentorship, collaboration, and analytical thinking, along with a broad market footprint and fast iteration. Its goal is to grow capable minds and generate returns by combining rigorous data analysis with rapid execution in a wide range of markets.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2009
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Founded in 2009, expanded to London, Amsterdam, Boca Raton offices.
- Employs 201-500 people generating $34.4 million revenue.
- Machine learning optimizes trade execution and quantitative profitability.
What critics are saying
- SEC and CFTC target Five Rings' rapid execution for latency arbitrage in 6-12 months.
- OpenAI and Citadel poach senior quants with 40-60% premiums in 3-6 months.
- Citadel's AI systems obsolete Five Rings' workflow in 12-18 months.
What makes Five Rings Capital unique
- Five Rings Capital trades esoteric markets like crypto derivatives using data-driven strategies.
- Firm executes strategies from insight to implementation within days or weeks.
- Team-first meritocracy fosters collaboration among quants, developers, and traders.
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ElectronX has closed a $30 million Series A led by seed round investor DCVC and joined by XTX Markets, Five Rings, NGP, GTS, and JACS Capital, along with returning investors Innovation Endeavors, Systemiq Capital, Equinor Ventures and Shell Ventures.