Thomas Gould

Establishing customer client accounts. Meeting with clients to understand goals and recommend solutions to fit specific needs. Working with clients and finance companies to find optimal solutions for facilitation.

Traded my personal account utilising equities and equity derivatives. Monitored market trends and developed strategies to capitalize on potential opportunities. Enhanced portfolio performance through diligent research, stock selection, and timely adjustments to market conditions. Assessed daily market conditions to look for hedge and arbitrage opportunities.

Established an Equity Long/Short hedge fund under the Vantage umbrella. Managed risk and trading strategies utilising vanilla equities and equity derivatives. Collaborated with analysts to identify promising investment opportunities, maximizing portfolio growth. Managed a successful fund, consistently outperforming benchmarks over multiple years.

Equity options Market Maker on London Traded Options market based on the London Stock Exchange floor and the London International Financial Futures Exchange. UK & European equity Market Maker trading in various financial sectors, offering risk to global pension funds and hedge funds, specialising in global resource stocks and cross border arbitrage. Culminating in the management of the European trading desk monitoring risk across numerous stock sectors and managing individual and collective risk books.

Processing equity corporate actions and Private client share transactions. Sending investor orders to the dealers on the exchange.