Foreign Exchange Trader
Your Name
1234 Any Street, Any Town, USA
(xxx) xxx-xxxx
youremail@hireme.com
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a position as an Institutional Currency Trader
PROFILE
· Demonstrated skills and knowledge in hedging and speculatively trading the Foreign Exchange Market.
· Recognized for excellent relationship building, customer service and communication abilities.
· Proven analytical, research and problem solving skills.
· Series 3 Licensed with National Futures Association.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADING EXPERIENCE
ABC HOLDINGS, ANYTOWN, USA - 2007-2008
Foreign Currency Trader
· Formulated and constructed speculative trading strategies for day and position trading with minimum drawdown, conservative money management, and 2 to 1 risk/reward ratio.
· Accessed and constructed stop and limit orders with trading shift partner during Asian and European shift.
· Managed and traded six figure accounts by trading the G7 and exotic currency pairs under the Asian and European shift using institutional platforms.
· Implemented new speculative trading strategies to capitalize on interest rate adjustments, bank meltdowns, and government interventions.
· Constructed advance level Excel spread sheets for trading shifts that detailed the parameters for executing any trade.
· Reconciled and submitted daily shift reports that detailed the opened and closed positions, and current opened positions from the previous shift.
· Studied and researched upcoming news releases to obtain the best speculative trading strategies for the assigned shift.
· Followed high correlating commodities: gold, silver, wheat, and crude oil prices to access the G7's monetary value.
DEF COMPAY, ANYTOWN USA - 2005-2006
Foreign Currency Trader
· Establish a profitable relationship with private accredited investors by serving DEF as power of attorney.
· Traded the European Shift by implementing trading strategies that provided low drawdown and a minimum of 1.5 to 1 risk/reward ratio.
· Managed 50k plus accounts using institutional platforms offered through DEF.
· Created technical trading strategies based upon the wave theory to be used in position and day trading to set all LPOs and SPO's points in the FX cash markets.
· Constructed hedging techniques in trading futures and option contracts to minimize adverse losses in cash positions in the spot FX market.
· Calculated and constructed advanced excel spreadsheets detailing basis changes in all hedged position throughout the quarter.
· Accurately maintained daily shift reports, giving all opened and closed positions throughout trading shift.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GA - 2004
B.A. in Business Administration, concentration Finance
NATIONAL FUTURES ASSOCIATION
Series 3 Licensed
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Member of the Forex Traders Association and the Emerging Markets Traders Association
KEYWORDS:
Institutional currency trader, foreign exchange market, speculative trading, reporting, investing, spot foreign exchange, spot market, option trading, commodities, hedging, customer service, relationship building, communication, analytical, research, problem solving, series 3 licensed, trading, excel, reporting