Fixed Income Trading Cover Letter

Fixed Income Trading Cover Letter

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Compelling Details
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9121 Cormier Terrace
West Ismaelmouth, KY 96841-1734
Dear Drew Olson,

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the fixed income trading position.

Previously, I was responsible for full Operational/Middle Office day to day coverage to Traders and Portfolio Managers trading fixed income securities on behalf of the firm and its entities.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

  • Experience of working under tight deadlines and under pressure
  • Understanding of a client's workflow and the trade life cycle
  • Have experience in a full software development lifecycle, with exposure to a wide array of technologies, including development languages and testing tools
  • Familiarity with modern software engineering techniques such as Continuous Delivery, build, test-driven development and other automated acceptance testing techniques
  • Work closely with the QA and the development teams to assure items are closed and provide final acceptance signoff
  • Assist the development team to perform UAT/QA/ PROD releases
  • Understand distributed source control systems for branching model such as GIT/Mecurial
  • Help development team to adhere to the highest standards of the code security and standards (SSAP, Static and Dynamic Scan requirements)

I really appreciate you taking the time to review my application for the position of fixed income trading.

Sincerely,

Lennon Hyatt

Responsibilities for Fixed Income Trading Cover Letter

Fixed income trading responsible for market intelligence to the fixed income team on local markets, flows, positioning, trader insights etc.

Ensuring all electronic activity is captured between front end and back end systems
Ensure that all the trades on T+0 are checked out and reconciled from the front-end trading systems to the books and records
Interest in market microstructures and quantitative trading in forex
FX markets experience and general trading concepts and terminology
Experience of working with ECNs especially EBS, Reuters, Currenex, CME, FXall, Hotspot, etc
Knowledge of Perl and XML, UNIX scripting, database technologies
Minimum B.Sc in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or equivalent
Communicates work priorities and maintains regular relationship to stakeholders, in order to improve integration of similar efforts and drive toward shared component model

Fixed Income Trading Examples

Example #1

Example of Fixed Income Trading Cover Letter

966 Abraham Ports
South Ashleahaven, NE 68490-6420
Dear Brooklyn Donnelly,

I would like to submit my application for the fixed income trading opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for exceptional leadership to and be an advocate for the Global Fixed Income Trading Team, developing a best in class function.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

  • Interest in fields relative to finance and data analysis
  • Basic understanding of finance and fixed income investments
  • Strong mathematical/quantitative and analytical skills
  • Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of tools with advanced knowledge of MS Excel or other spreadsheet applications
  • Identify specific industry initiatives that require product changes and new product development
  • Knowledge of UNIX scripting, KDB, SQL
  • Creativity for finding pragmatic solutions for task given
  • Experience or understanding of the new issues process

Thank you for considering me to become a member of your team.

Sincerely,

Greer Hettinger

Example #2

Example of Fixed Income Trading Cover Letter

5691 Belinda Street
New Luigi, NE 42521
Dear Sam Armstrong,

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the fixed income trading position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for support to the trading desk for trading systems and the flow of trades downstream to settlement systems.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

  • Expertise in Statistical tools and building models to analyze and identify data patterns
  • Knowledge of the SEC, FINRA and MSRB securities regulations with focus on rules for fixed income sales and trading
  • Self-starter, organized and able to work independently
  • Collaborate with Sales Traders, Operations, and other teams at the firm in building and supporting order management and execution functions more effectively and efficiently
  • Work in challenging yet fulfilling environment which gives opportunity to work on critical projects to uplift systems
  • MongoDB(Preferred), Gemfire (Preferred)- Sybase, DB2, Hibernate
  • Experience in financial industry particularly in front office trading systems
  • Experience with web technologies such as Angular Js is preferred

Thank you for taking your time to review my application.

Sincerely,

River McClure

Example #3

Example of Fixed Income Trading Cover Letter

438 Norene Avenue
West Olin, MS 45561
Dear Rowan Hansen,

I would like to submit my application for the fixed income trading opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for support for fixed income, money market, repo and/or foreign exchange trading and ticketing.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

  • Experience with C++, preferably Visual Studio in a Windows environment
  • Windows 7 and Windows Server platforms
  • Knowledge of fixed income securities, specifically Treasuries, Agencies and / or MBS / ABS
  • Relevant experience with production systems
  • Creativity and pragmatism
  • Comprehensive knowledge of securities and markets, trading characteristics and approaches, and factors influencing price trends, willingness to learn and adapt to new trading and investment products
  • Strong background in derivatives and/or high-yield fixed income trading
  • Knowledge of trade booking systems such as Charles River Bloomberg and other market data platforms (including execution platforms)

Thank you for considering me to become a member of your team.

Sincerely,

Tatum Pfeffer

Example #4

Example of Fixed Income Trading Cover Letter

6209 Edgardo Greens
North Dorothaburgh, FL 98691-4855
Dear Rowan Reichert,

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the fixed income trading position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for timely delivery of high quality communications, both written and oral, which cover market trends, timely ideas, new product introductions, competitive market developments, performance and fixed income market outlooks.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

  • Coding experience in Scala
  • Familiar with SQL/Non-SQL databases, Message Queue, Web Service
  • Familiar with Agile, Test Driven Development process
  • Knowledge of technology in financial industry like equity or derivatives
  • Experience using Maven or Gradle, SVN or GIT, Anthill or Jenkins
  • Advanced experience in capital markets business and processes, and developing trading systems
  • Basic knowledge and understanding of MSRB, FNRA, and other regulations for building fixed income technology solutions
  • Quantitative Experience in Fixed Income securities pricing and IR Risk, VAR, Portfolio management

Thank you for taking your time to review my application.

Sincerely,

Armani Stokes

Example #5

Example of Fixed Income Trading Cover Letter

83040 Morissette Dam
Kuphalshire, MA 44772-2235
Dear Ryan Torp,

I am excited to be applying for the position of fixed income trading. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for weekly update at team meeting on short term rates, and market expectations with respect to Federal Reserve Board strategy.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

  • Experience in SecDb and Slang is highly preferred
  • Understanding and experience in electronic trading platforms is highly preferred
  • Experience in object oriented languages (Java), Messaging systems (MQ, FIX), and RDMBS (Sybase/Oracle)
  • Experience in analysis, design, and implementation of complex technical solution
  • Possess a technology agnostic approach
  • MongoDB(Preferred), Gemfire (Preferred)- Sybase, DB2, and Hibernate
  • Strong team and communication skills are essential to manage the business interaction and the global nature of projects
  • Experience with web technologies such as Angular Js

I really appreciate you taking the time to review my application for the position of fixed income trading.

Sincerely,

River Hettinger

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