Sector : Algorithmic Trading Strategies Development Position: IT/Quant Developer Start Date: Early April 2012 Duration: 3months Location: Beijing Background A proprietary trading company is seeking a smart and talented individual to w ork closely with its owner on cutting-edge systematic trading models. This po sition will involve research, design, and implementation of systematic tradin g strategies. The work involved will be applied across various asset classes and global markets. Send CV to ap...@aurescapital.com Role Description 1. The role is a hand’s on role requiring the individual to code and deli ver on tight deadlines. 2. Design robust market data acquisition systems pertaining to over 60+ fi nancial instruments including Equity Futures, Commodity Futures, Rates Future s and Foreign Exchange. 3. Responsible for ongoing maintenance of market data database and regular market data updates including responsibility to resolve any issues with mark et data providers. 4. Development of fast and reusable trading strategies backtesting systems based on algorithms and using historical market data. 5. Work closely with the owner to identify new trading algorithms and refi ning existing algorithms. 6. Continuous research of quantitative trading model and technical analysi s indicators. 7. Development of reporting system allowing fair and conclusive comparison across various different backtested trading strategies. 8. Research of trend-following and mean reverting trading strategies. 9. Responsible for managing the ongoing project lifecycle for implementati ons requested by the owner. 10. Development of automated trade execution systems linked to the broker’ s platform using the broker’s proprietary Application Programming Interface API.