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BestEx Research is a financial technology and research firm specializing in building sophisticated execution algorithms and transaction cost modeling tools servicing multiple asset classes. The firm provides its services to performance-demanding hedge funds, asset managers, and banks through a traditional electronic agency broker and in a broker-neutral Software as a Service (SaaS) model. BestEx Research's mission is to become the leader in automation and measurement of execution across asset classes globally and significantly reduce transaction costs for our clients. Its cloud-based platform, Algo Management System (AMS), is the first end-to-end algorithmic trading solution for equities, futures, and foreign exchange that delivers an entire ecosystem around execution algorithms, including transaction cost analysis (TCA), an algo customization tool called Strategy Studio, a trading dashboard, and pre-trade analytics in a single platform. The platform is currently live for Global Equities and Global Futures trading. BestEx Research is disrupting a $100 billion industry by challenging the status quo of stale, black-box solutions from banks and offering next-generation execution algorithms that combine performance improvement with transparency and customization.
ROLE OVERVIEW
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Americas Electronic Equities Trading team and become a key player in the expansion of our institutional equities business. This is a client-facing seat on the electronic equities desk, reporting to the Head of Equities Electronic Coverage, with an opportunity to take significant strides in career growth. The role sits at the intersection of institutional client coverage, execution analytics, advanced trading technology, and market microstructure. Your focus will be to support institutional clients on a day-to-day basis and help optimize their equities execution through our advanced equities trading suite. You will work with many of the largest asset managers and hedge funds and play a key role in driving growth by developing relationships and expanding client engagement across the platform. You will work closely with our quantitative research, product, and trading technology teams, and act as a client advocate, providing feedback that will directly influence the direction of the product roadmap.
Responsibilities
- Actively cover existing clients and provide real-time oversight of client algorithmic order flow across the US equities trading session.
- Engage with our clients to understand their execution needs and offer tailored solutions from BestEx Research's product suite.
- Facilitate new client onboarding from testing, strategy configuration, and support through initial go-live.
- Analyze execution outcomes across strategies, venues, order size, and market conditions to support execution consulting conversations and algorithm customization.
- Help deliver market structure intelligence to clients on liquidity trends, regulatory change, and the competitive landscape.
- Lead issue escalation to trading technology and development teams during incidents, manage trading risk, and coordinate clear client communication.
- Prepare client meeting materials alongside senior coverage, maintain the client record, and own follow-up items to completion.
- Deliver structured client feedback to product and quantitative research so platform investment aligns with client demand.
- Participate in beta testing of new algorithmic features and introduce relevant enhancements to clients.
REQUIREMENTS
- Experience in electronic trading, execution services, algorithmic sales trading, market structure, or execution consulting. Sell-side electronic desk, buy-side trading desk, exchange, and execution technology backgrounds are all relevant.
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- Active FINRA registrations: SIE, Series 7, 63, and 57, or the ability to obtain them within an agreed period post hire.
- Solid understanding of US equity market structure, including exchange and alternative trading system landscape, order types, and the tradeoffs between dark and lit routing.
- Understanding of execution algorithms, their parameters, and how behavior changes when those parameters change.
- Demonstrated experience working directly with institutional clients, including handling issues under time pressure.
- Comfortable with data. Ability to build and interpret an execution analysis independently, including interpreting TCA output without guidance.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- High integrity and accountability, maintaining high standards for our firm and clients.
- Willing to work in our Stamford, CT office Mon-Thurs (WFH on Friday), and travel to client meetings as needed.
PREFERRED
- Familiar with FIX connectivity and institutional OMS and EMS platforms.
- Exposure to TCA methodology.
- Existing institutional equities client relationships, at any scale.
BENEFITS
- Direct client ownership and visibility earlier than a comparable seat at a large firm.
- Close working proximity to industry leaders in electronic trading.
- Direct influence on the direction of the equities business.
- A clear path from coverage support to owning an account list and a revenue number.
- Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and research-driven environment focused on data and execution quality.
Description
BestEx Research is a financial technology and research firm specializing in building sophisticated execution algorithms and transaction cost modeling tools servicing multiple asset classes. The firm provides its services to performance-demanding hedge funds, asset managers, and banks through a traditional electronic agency broker and in a broker-neutral Software as a Service (SaaS) model. BestEx Research's mission is to become the leader in automation and measurement of execution across asset classes globally and significantly reduce transaction costs for our clients. Its cloud-based platform, Algo Management System (AMS), is the first end-to-end algorithmic trading solution for equities, futures, and foreign exchange that delivers an entire ecosystem around execution algorithms, including transaction cost analysis (TCA), an algo customization tool called Strategy Studio, a trading dashboard, and pre-trade analytics in a single platform. The platform is currently live for Global Equities and Global Futures trading. BestEx Research is disrupting a $100 billion industry by challenging the status quo of stale, black-box solutions from banks and offering next-generation execution algorithms that combine performance improvement with transparency and customization.
ROLE OVERVIEW
We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join the Americas Electronic Equities Trading team and become a key player in the expansion of our institutional equities business. This is a client-facing seat on the electronic equities desk, reporting to the Head of Equities Electronic Coverage, with an opportunity to take significant strides in career growth. The role sits at the intersection of institutional client coverage, execution analytics, advanced trading technology, and market microstructure. Your focus will be to support institutional clients on a day-to-day basis and help optimize their equities execution through our advanced equities trading suite. You will work with many of the largest asset managers and hedge funds and play a key role in driving growth by developing relationships and expanding client engagement across the platform. You will work closely with our quantitative research, product, and trading technology teams, and act as a client advocate, providing feedback that will directly influence the direction of the product roadmap.
Responsibilities
- Actively cover existing clients and provide real-time oversight of client algorithmic order flow across the US equities trading session.
- Engage with our clients to understand their execution needs and offer tailored solutions from BestEx Research's product suite.
- Facilitate new client onboarding from testing, strategy configuration, and support through initial go-live.
- Analyze execution outcomes across strategies, venues, order size, and market conditions to support execution consulting conversations and algorithm customization.
- Help deliver market structure intelligence to clients on liquidity trends, regulatory change, and the competitive landscape.
- Lead issue escalation to trading technology and development teams during incidents, manage trading risk, and coordinate clear client communication.
- Prepare client meeting materials alongside senior coverage, maintain the client record, and own follow-up items to completion.
- Deliver structured client feedback to product and quantitative research so platform investment aligns with client demand.
- Participate in beta testing of new algorithmic features and introduce relevant enhancements to clients.
REQUIREMENTS
- Experience in electronic trading, execution services, algorithmic sales trading, market structure, or execution consulting. Sell-side electronic desk, buy-side trading desk, exchange, and execution technology backgrounds are all relevant.
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- Active FINRA registrations: SIE, Series 7, 63, and 57, or the ability to obtain them within an agreed period post hire.
- Solid understanding of US equity market structure, including exchange and alternative trading system landscape, order types, and the tradeoffs between dark and lit routing.
- Understanding of execution algorithms, their parameters, and how behavior changes when those parameters change.
- Demonstrated experience working directly with institutional clients, including handling issues under time pressure.
- Comfortable with data. Ability to build and interpret an execution analysis independently, including interpreting TCA output without guidance.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- High integrity and accountability, maintaining high standards for our firm and clients.
- Willing to work in our Stamford, CT office Mon-Thurs (WFH on Friday), and travel to client meetings as needed.
PREFERRED
- Familiar with FIX connectivity and institutional OMS and EMS platforms.
- Exposure to TCA methodology.
- Existing institutional equities client relationships, at any scale.
BENEFITS
- Direct client ownership and visibility earlier than a comparable seat at a large firm.
- Close working proximity to industry leaders in electronic trading.
- Direct influence on the direction of the equities business.
- A clear path from coverage support to owning an account list and a revenue number.
- Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and research-driven environment focused on data and execution quality.
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Frame your credentials around quantitative disciplines
Traders who qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship typically hold degrees in finance, economics, mathematics, or statistics. Organize your transcripts and any CFA or FRM designations before outreach, since employers use these to build the specialty occupation case with USCIS.
Use O*NET to verify your role classification
Pull the O*NET occupation profile for your specific trading function, whether equities, derivatives, or commodities. The profile confirms which degree fields DOL associates with the role, giving you language to match against employer job descriptions and LCA filings.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate's verified employer data
Target firms with documented H-1B filing history in trading and quantitative roles. Migrate Mate lists employers with verified LCA sponsorship records, so you can prioritize outreach to organizations that have already navigated the process for roles like yours.
Check prevailing wage tiers before accepting an offer
Run your job title, SOC code, and worksite ZIP through the OFLC Wage Search before negotiations close. The LCA must certify your offered wage at or above the prevailing wage for that location, and mismatches discovered late can delay or complicate the USCIS filing.
Confirm each worksite appears on its own certified LCA
If your trading role involves rotating between offices or reporting to multiple locations, each worksite requires a separately certified LCA. Raise this with the employer's immigration counsel early, since adding worksites after filing requires an amended petition.
Account for cap selection timing in your offer negotiation
H-1B cap selection rules have changed recently, so align your start date expectations with your employer before signing. If your employer is cap-exempt, such as a university-affiliated research fund, you can file outside the annual cycle entirely and avoid the wait.
H-1B Visa Trader: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Trader role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
It depends on how the position is structured. Trader roles built around quantitative analysis, derivatives pricing, or algorithmic strategy typically qualify because they require a bachelor's degree in finance, mathematics, economics, or a related field. Execution-only or order-entry roles that don't require degree-level knowledge generally don't meet the specialty occupation standard. Employers sponsoring Traders for H-1B usually write job descriptions that emphasize the analytical and modeling duties that justify the degree requirement.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Traders?
Proprietary trading firms, investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, and commodity trading advisors are the most active sponsors for Trader roles. These organizations regularly file Labor Condition Applications with DOL for quantitative and derivatives-focused positions. You can identify firms with verified H-1B filing history in trading roles by searching Migrate Mate, which surfaces employers based on documented LCA sponsorship records.
How long does H-1B status last for a Trader position?
H-1B status is initially granted for up to three years and can be extended to a six-year maximum. Extensions beyond six years are possible only if a PERM labor certification or an immigrant visa petition has been filed and meets specific age-of-filing thresholds under AC21 portability rules. Plan your sponsorship timeline with your employer before the initial period expires.
What happens to my H-1B status if I move to a different trading desk or office location?
A material change in your role, such as moving to a different asset class with different duties, or relocating to a new worksite, typically requires an amended I-129 petition filed with USCIS before the change takes effect. Each new worksite also needs its own certified LCA. Firms with active immigration programs usually handle these amendments routinely, but you should confirm the process with your employer's counsel before any transfer.
Can I switch employers while on an H-1B as a Trader?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules established by AC21, you can begin working for a new employer as soon as they file a new I-129 petition on your behalf, provided your current H-1B was approved and you've maintained lawful status. The new employer must file a fresh LCA certified for the new worksite and role. Traders with niche strategies or desk-specific experience should allow extra lead time since the new employer's immigration counsel will need to document specialty occupation for the new position.