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Clear StreetClear StreetDel Mar, CA

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.

95k – 110k
Hybrid3+ YOESecurity Engineering

About the role

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 SurveillanceNtsEquitiesListed OptionsSpoofingLayeringMomentum IgnitionWash TradingTrade ReconstructionOrder Book AnalysisSurveillance Case Management

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