3.4 KiB
Market evidence report — stock-trader
Source: 25 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 25), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 17 | 68 % |
| n/a | 3 | 12 % |
| junior | 3 | 12 % |
| senior | 2 | 8 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python | 8 | 32 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 4 | 16 % |
| 3 | Bloomberg | 3 | 12 % |
| 4 | C++ | 3 | 12 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | risk management | 19 | 76 % |
| 2 | equity trading | 7 | 28 % |
| 3 | market analysis | 6 | 24 % |
| 4 | trade execution | 5 | 20 % |
| 5 | data analysis | 4 | 16 % |
| 6 | options trading | 3 | 12 % |
| 7 | technical analysis | 3 | 12 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trade execution | 8 | 32 % |
| 2 | position management | 4 | 16 % |
| 3 | risk management | 4 | 16 % |
| 4 | research and analysis | 3 | 12 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 25 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 — 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Proprietary Trader | 2 |
| Associate, Equity Assistant Trader & Operations Administrator | 1 |
| Equity & Options Trading Lead — Order Flow & Best Execution | 1 |
| Equity Trader | 1 |
| Global Equities - Equity Trader - Vice President or Executive Director | 1 |
| Global Equities - Single Stock Swaps Trading Vice President - Americas Equities Prime | 1 |
| Global Equity Trader | 1 |
| Jr. Equity Trader - TRPIM | 1 |
| Junior-Mid Options Trader (US Hours) | 1 |
| LSET Trader | 1 |
| Mean-Reversion Equity Trader Short-Term, Risk-Aware | 1 |
| Operations Associate and Trader (West Financial Services - Registered Investment | 1 |
| Proprietary US Equities Trader/Active | 1 |
| Quantitative Equity Trader - Build & Scale Trading | 1 |
| Quantitative Trader: Equity Quantitative Research - Intern (US) | 1 |
| Quantitative Trader: Equity Quantitative Research - University Graduate (US) | 1 |
| Remote Equity Trader Position | 1 |
| Remote Finance/Stock Trader Job in Sedgemoor, UK | Full Time |
| Senior Index Options Trader | 1 |
| Stock Trader Job in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK | Part Time |
| Stock Trader Job in West Suffolk, UK | Part Time |
| Systematic Equity Trader | 1 |
| Trader/Quant Analyst | 1 |
| Unleash Your Trading Potential: Now Hiring Proprietary Traders. | 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.