About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Delta One Trader to join our Equities Trading team. The successful candidate will be responsible for trading and risk-managing Delta One products, including equity swaps, ETFs, futures, and other listed and OTC instruments. This role requires strong market knowledge, risk management discipline, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced trading environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage and trade Delta One products, including equity swaps, ETFs, and futures, across relevant markets
- Monitor and hedge trading positions to maintain appropriate risk exposure
- Optimize financing, funding, and inventory management to enhance trading profitability
- Provide competitive pricing and execution for clients, including institutional investors and internal desks
- Collaborate with Sales, Structuring, and Prime Brokerage teams to support client activity and generate ideas
- Identify arbitrage opportunities across cash equities, derivatives, and ETF markets
- Track market developments, flows, and liquidity conditions to inform trading strategies
- Ensure compliance with internal risk limits, regulatory requirements, and trading controls
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field
- Relevant experience in Delta One trading, equity derivatives, or related markets
- Strong understanding of financial instruments including swaps, futures, and ETFs
- Solid quantitative and analytical skills with strong attention to detail
- Ability to make decisions under pressure in a fast-moving market environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Skills
- Delta One trading
- Equity derivatives
- Financial instruments (swaps, futures, ETFs)
- Quantitative analysis
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Decision-making under pressure
- Communication
- Collaboration
Experience Level
- Associate/VP
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field
Benefits
- Attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks
About the Company
- At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals.
- We have been operating for 90 years.
- Our values include putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back.
- We guide our decisions with our values to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries.
- At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered.
- Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey.
- There’s also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.
- To learn more about our offices across the globe, please copy and paste https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/global-offices into your browser.
Equal Opportunity
- Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a workforce that is diverse in experience and background.
- Our recruiting efforts reflect our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion, where individuals are hired, developed, and advanced based on their skills and talents.
- Our workforce reflects a broad cross-section of the global communities in which we operate, bringing a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences.
- For more information, please visit: https://www.morganstanley.com/people-opportunities/eeo.
