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HFT / ELECTRONIC MARKET-MAKING PORTFOLIO MANAGER — CAPITAL ALLOCATION
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Job Description: Capital-Allocated Portfolio Managers
We've been mandated exclusively to source capital-allocated portfolio managers for a proprietary trading firm building a systematic platform. This is not employment — it's a capital partnership.
You'll trade the firm's capital in their accounts, under their risk framework, with quarterly distributions. The firm handles operations, risk management and infrastructure. You focus on what you do best: trading.
Who We're Looking For
- 10+ years of live trading experience (20+ preferred)
- Genuine HFT / electronic market-making background — proprietary (not broker-provided) low-latency infrastructure, direct exchange connectivity or colocation experience, and high-performance C++ or equivalent systems
- Pod-trained background from top-tier systematic shops: hedge funds or prop trading houses — firm structure doesn't matter, the quality and scale of the platform you've built or traded on does
- Audited, live P&L — not backtests, simulations, or pro-forma results
- Very short-horizon systematic trading — market making, electronic liquidity provision, or sub-second/intraday strategies across FX, global futures, crypto
- Clean IP ownership — signal library and execution stack are yours (or portable)
- Genuinely portable edge — your strategy works on your terms, not dependent on your current employer's proprietary infrastructure or risk framework
- Open to an allocated book model — not looking to raise your own AUM or manage external investors
- You can work remotely — not a problem, globally
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What Makes You a Fit
- Attributable personal P&L (not a team's desk, not co-managed)
- Systematic and repeatable edge, not discretionary
- Real experience with proprietary low-latency infrastructure and direct market access — not third-party platforms or broker APIs
- Track record across multiple market cycles
- Comfortable operating under capital-constrained trading and institutional risk frameworks
- Open to scaling capital on a platform, not solely focused on raising external AUM
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The Structure
- Capital: $10–50M initial allocation, with scope to scale for exceptional strategies
- P&L Participation: 40% of attributable P&L, after direct costs (capital charge, brokerage, exchange fees, data, strategy-specific infrastructure)
- Distributions: Quarterly
- Capital Charge: Annual charge on committed capital — a direct cost, deducted before the profit pool
- Full economics, including a worked example, shared once we've had an initial conversation.
What We Need From You
- Your track record (monthly returns, net Sharpe ratio, max drawdown, current AUM)
- Strategy overview (asset classes, timeframes, edge type, and the infrastructure it runs on)
- Current situation and timeline (when could you start trading live capital?)
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