# Market evidence report — securities-trader

Source: **28 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 28), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-19.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 20 | 71 % |
| junior | 5 | 18 % |
| senior | 3 | 11 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 5 | 18 % |
| 2 | Python | 5 | 18 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | risk management | 13 | 46 % |
| 2 | data analysis | 7 | 25 % |
| 3 | market analysis | 6 | 21 % |
| 4 | trade execution | 6 | 21 % |
| 5 | equity trading | 5 | 18 % |
| 6 | financial modeling | 4 | 14 % |
| 7 | fixed income trading | 4 | 14 % |
| 8 | trading | 3 | 11 % |
| 9 | trading strategy development | 3 | 11 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trade execution | 11 | 39 % |
| 2 | market monitoring | 3 | 11 % |
| 3 | risk management | 3 | 11 % |
| 4 | strategy development | 3 | 11 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 28 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

**Insufficient evidence** — 28 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Equity Trader | 2 |
| Asset-Backed Securities Analyst/Trader | 1 |
| Credit & Rates Rotational Trader - Intern (US) | 1 |
| Cross Asset Futures Sales Trader, Equities, Vice President or Assistant Vice President | 1 |
| Derivatives Trader | 1 |
| Director, Institutional Equity Sales | 1 |
| Entry Level Trader | 1 |
| Equities - Corporate Derivatives - Equities Solutions Trader - Vice President | 1 |
| Equity Trader / Portfolio Analyst | 1 |
| Fixed Income Trader | 1 |
| Institutional Equities – Sales Trader | 1 |
| Institutional Trader | 1 |
| Investment Securities Trader | 1 |
| Investment Trading Specialist | 1 |
| Jr. Equity Trader | 1 |
| Junior Equities Trader — Night Shift & Real-Time Risk | 1 |
| Junior Floor Trader | 1 |
| Options Trader - Expression of Interest | 1 |
| Remote Trader – U.S. Financial Markets – Miami, FL Area | 1 |
| Retail Fixed Income Trader | 1 |
| Securities Algorithmic Trader, Associate | 1 |
| Securities Algorithmic Trader, Associate – Credit/Muni/SPG | 1 |
| Securities Prime Brokerage Sales/Trader | 1 |
| Series 7-Institutional Equity Sales | 1 |
| Trader | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.