Associate - Surveillance
Conducts daily trade surveillance reviews for active trader clients using Nasdaq Trade Surveillance (NTS), detecting and investigating market manipulation in equities and listed options. Requires 3-5 years NTS experience and strong analytical skills in abusive trading patterns.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Review order lifecycle data (order entry, modification, cancellation and execution) to assess intent and impact
- Analyze activity to identify potential manipulation and abusive practices such as spoofing, layering, momentum ignition, wash trading, marking the open/close and pre-arranged trades.
- Perform cross-product surveillance across equities and listed options.
- Independently review and disposition NTS alerts through trade reconstruction, order book analysis and market context review.
- Document findings clearly and concisely in surveillance case management systems
- Escalate potential to senior surveillance personnel with clear supporting analysis
- Assist in preparing case summaries for month Trade Surveillance Committee meetings
- Provide feedback to senior team members on alert performance, false positives and recurring patterns observed in NTS.
- Identify surveillance caps or emerging risks associated with new products, order types or customer trading behavior
Experience and Skills
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience using NTS in a broker-dealer or exchange environment
- Demonstrated experience identifying and investigating layering, spoofing, momentum ignition, coordinated trading, and other market manipulation alerts.
- Strong understanding of equities and listed options markets, including order types, routing, execution mechanics and common trading strategies
- Ability to assess trading intent and distinguish legitimate strategies from abusive conduct
- Experience supporting active retail trading environments
- Strong analytical, investigative and documentation skills
Compensation
Base Salary Range: $95,000-$110,000 (does not include bonuses or equity)
Skills
Nasdaq Trade Surveillance, Nts, Equities, Listed Options, Spoofing, Layering, Momentum Ignition, Wash Trading, Trade Reconstruction, Order Book Analysis, Surveillance Case Management
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