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John Smith, CFA
Your Address ▪ City, State Zip Code
Phone Number ▪ E-Mail Address
Leadership … Team Commitment … Superlative Business Acumen …
Focused, analytical and quick thinking financial professional with strong communication skills and ability to
comprehend, translate and act upon market fundamentals and breaking news. Offer experience in: performing
autonomously and/or collaboratively in a rapid-paced, high-pressured environment and developing trade concepts and
strategies that generate alpha while minimizing risk. Core competencies include:
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Progressed from the role of Junior Trader to acting Head of Trading Desk at Major Investment Firm in less than three
years. Contributed +25 basis points, in Q4-2008, to $5 billion portfolio’s total return via buying Eurodollars and
other long gamma strategies.
Selected as Head Trader and Strategist for Major Bond Fund with $2 billion assets under management.
Designed the hard-copy trainee template which was implemented and utilized firm-wide in the training of all new
Junior Trader hires.
Formulated a multi-factor swap spreads model that enabled and recommended optimal hedging strategy based on
model output, changes in market and economical variables and the most recent trading patterns that added
approximately 30 basis points to the portfolio performance.
Integral contributor to the sales group that successfully moved from fifth ranked dealer to insurance counterparties
(by notional traded) to the top ranked dealer, within one year.
CAREER TRACK
Company Name
City, State
Associate
09/2009 – Present
Company Name
City, State
Trader
Fixed Income
06/2006 – 09/2009
Company Name
City, State
Intern
Private Wealth Management
05/2005 – 06/2006
CERTIFICATIONS ▪ EDUCATION ▪ LICENSES
Chartered Financial Analyst – 2010
Bachelor of Arts ▪ Economics – 2006 ▪ Your University – City, State
FINRA Series 7 ▪ 63
SOFTWARE/TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCIES
Bloomberg ▪ YieldBook ▪ STAR ▪ TradeWeb Charles River
Microsoft Word ▪ Advanced Excel/VBA ▪ PowerPoint ▪ Outlook
Asset Liability/Risk Management
Macroeconomic Fundamentals
Technical Analysis
Strategic Hedging
Trading Concepts
Relationship Development
CMOs ▪ Foreign Exchange ▪ Options ▪ Futures Interest Rate Swaps ▪ Swaptions ▪ TBAs ▪ U.S. Treasuries
Established relationship and transacted with numerous Tier I and Tier II accounts,
with an average of $25 billion AUM, culminating in a gross production of $100,000
within 12 months. Products included: derivatives and mortgages.
Pitched trade concepts based on client’s cash flows, market support/resistance
levels, portfolio duration requirements and potential/realized rating changes.
Conducted relative value analysis, monitored news flow and macroeconomic
fundamentals, collaborated with portfolio managers to formulate trading strategy
and executed trades for actively managed funds with $100 billion AUM.
Oversaw proprietary trading and hedge trading P&L.
Proactive in the trading of fixed income bonds and derivatives with average face
values of $100 million, including: T-Bills/Bonds and European Governments.
Interfaced with clients to determine investment goals, constraints and risk tolerance.
Utilized mean-variance optimization to determine favorable products that fit these
parameters.
Incorporated the Monte Carlo simulation to aid in evaluation of portfolio risk and
probability of achieving imposed goals.
P&L Monitoring
Relative Value
Trade Execution
CAPITAL MARKETS
FIXED INCOME
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