PLATINUM & PARTNERS
SYSTEMATIC TRADER — HIGH SHARPE / LOW DRAWDOWN, CAPITAL ALLOCATION
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Job Description: Capital-Allocated Systematic Trader for Proprietary Trading Firm
We've been mandated exclusively to source capital-allocated systematic traders for a proprietary trading firm building a systematic platform. This is not employment — it's a capital partnership.
We're specifically looking for exceptional risk-adjusted returns, not scale. If your strategy has a very high Sharpe and tightly controlled drawdowns but only deploys $1M–5M, that's exactly who this is for — capacity will never be held against you.
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
- A live, audited track record of exceptionally high Sharpe and low, well-controlled drawdowns — not backtests, simulations, or pro-forma results
- Genuine HFT / electronic market-making or very short-horizon systematic experience — proprietary (not broker-provided) low-latency infrastructure, direct exchange connectivity or colocation, and high-performance C++ or equivalent systems are a strong plus
- Short-horizon / HF or intraday systematic strategies — market making, electronic liquidity provision, or directional strategies across FX, global futures, crypto
- Consistent, personally attributable P&L — this can be a small, capacity-constrained book and still be exactly what we want
- 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 leverage, 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
- Sharpe and drawdown that stand out even if absolute capacity is limited
- Real experience with proprietary low-latency infrastructure or direct market access is a plus, but not a hard requirement — the numbers matter most
- Track record across multiple market cycles
- Comfortable operating under capital-constrained trading and institutional risk frameworks
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The Structure
- Capital: Sized to your strategy's genuine capacity — small allocations are fine where the risk-adjusted profile justifies it
- 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 realistic capacity)
- 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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