Our number one priority is to help turn your interest in the markets into a long and lucrative trading career – but what does that actually look like? Meet a few of our traders and learn how they’ve built a career at Trillium. Our traders are a diverse group, but all have taken advantage of our technology, training, and mentorship to build their skillsets and achieve success. Can you see yourself at Trillium? Read on to find out.
“One of the biggest struggles as a trader is being around like-minded individuals and people who are trading similar things as you are. At Trillium, we have an environment where people are open and willing to talk trading. What we have here is a professional community of world-class traders…You can’t get this environment anywhere else.”
“A good trader: the character that they possess is someone who is fearless, but yet very consistent and mindful, someone that is willing to be very competitive but also understands their limits, knows when it’s their pitch, and what a good trade looks like for them.”
“But every now and then some massive thing happens and you’ve got to really go for it. And it took me a little while to get there. But the good traders are people who get there.”
“I can’t say enough positive things about trading. Many people, when they wake up for work, they dread it… I could tell you with the utmost honesty, when I get up, I am jacked up to go to work. I love it, I can’t picture myself doing anything else.”
“Being here for over 20 years, I’ve had the opportunity to mentor a lot of young traders. I’ve also felt the support of my fellow traders who make me better every day. So I feel that I’ve learned from both teaching others and from my fellow traders as well.”
“It’s an inspiring atmosphere to be in, because seeing more experienced traders do well motivates you to improve yourself and really get after it…At the end of the day, Trillium is the only place I’d want to trade at.”
“Trillium supports its traders in a variety of ways, whether it’s through one-on-one mentorship, classwork…to learn basic terminology and processes that will support you becoming a great trader, meditation techniques, and other ways to manage stress.”
“The quality of training at Trillium is pretty exceptional. You’re essentially sat next to someone whose responsibility it is to help you day to day. Having that resource available, as well as other colleagues throughout the trading floor, is definitely helpful.”
“I want to be a mentor. I was lucky enough to have a very good mentor when I first started, and I think that’s something that attracted me a lot to Trillium in the first place. And I think I really like that culture of giving back.”
“Trillium has an amazing tech side to the firm that certainly does not go unnoticed by the traders. They are able to take the best ideas from 150 traders and great ideas from management and implement those that are most beneficial to us as a group…The work they do is pretty exceptional.”
“In order to get to the next level, you need to have a deeper understanding of not just markets, but also yourself. You need to be able to figure out what makes you tick, stay locked in, and focused for longer than the next guy.”
“5 to 10 years down the road, I’ll definitely be trading. I don’t think I’ll ever stop… trading is a part of my life now.”
