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Equities Trader resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what equities traders actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most equities traders should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Equities trader with a strong background in financial analysis, risk management and real-time market execution across ASX-listed securities. Skilled at using Bloomberg, Reuters and trading platforms to identify opportunities and manage exposure within strict internal controls. Known for remaining calm under pressure and communicating trade rationale clearly to portfolio managers and clients.
Key skills
- ASX equities execution
- Financial analysis and modelling
- Data analysis
- Risk and internal controls
- Bloomberg Terminal
- Reuters Eikon
- Trading platforms (Interactive Brokers, TD Ameritrade)
- Excel and Python
- Trade reconciliation and CHESS settlement
- Best execution and market integrity rules
- Problem solving
- Written communication
- Time and deadline management
Experience: example bullet points
- Monitored live equity markets and price movements across ASX and international exchanges to identify trading opportunities and inform position adjustments.
- Executed buy and sell orders for institutional clients, ensuring compliance with best execution and market integrity rules.
- Analysed financial statements, economic indicators and company announcements to support trade decisions and risk assessments.
- Managed trade positions and monitored exposure, applying stop-loss and hedging strategies to control downside risk.
- Reconciled trades and reviewed settlement documentation, resolving discrepancies with back-office teams to ensure timely CHESS settlement.
Education
Bachelor degree in finance, economics, commerce or a related field; many traders also hold a postgraduate qualification such as a Master of Finance or the CFA Program.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- ASIC
- AFSL
- RG 146
- ASX
- CHESS
- market integrity rules
- best execution
- T+2 settlement
- FINSIA
- CFA
- Bloomberg Terminal
- Reuters Eikon
- FIX protocol
- Excel
- Python
- Corporations Act 2001
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.