Junior Flow Trader
The client order executor — learning to trade customer orders efficiently.
What it's like to be a Junior Flow Trader
As a Junior Flow Trader, you're beginning your career executing customer orders in financial markets. Flow trading focuses on processing client orders efficiently rather than proprietary position-taking.
Your day involves supporting order execution, learning trading systems, monitoring markets, and developing execution skills. You're building foundation for client-facing trading.
The work balances service with execution. Flow traders serve clients by executing their orders with minimal market impact and best execution. Junior traders learn these skills while developing market intuition. The people who succeed here are service-oriented, quick thinkers, and interested in market microstructure.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.
Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.
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