BRENDAN SMITH

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201-***-****

abmrvn@r.postjobfree.com

FINANCE EXPERIENCE

HOLD BROTHERS LLC Jersey City, NJ

Proprietary Trader 07/09 -

Present

. Generated and executed equity and derivative trading ideas through

independent research and technical analysis

. Maintained various spreadsheets to assess trading performance versus

the S&P 500 as well as trading peers

MOMENTUM TRADING-LYNX CAPITAL Hoboken, NJ

Trading Group Assistant 11/02 - 09/08

. Managed a group of ten proprietary equity traders

. Reconciled all trading activity and acted as a liaison between the

trading group and the firm's back office and management

. Maintained accurate real-time P&L analysis for trading team,

maximizing profit and risk management

. Reviewed order execution ensuring compliance with all company, SEC and

exchange policies, rules and regulations

. Provided functional requirements for development teams

. Preformed user acceptance testing to ensure that developed software

met end user needs

. Provided Functional requirements for future releases of trading

platforms

. Executed equity and derivative trading ideas, entrusted with

management of firm capital, up to $1,000,000 per investment position

. Assisted in developing firm trading strategies and analytic programs

to enhance trader performance Facilitated daily equity market and

economic strategy meetings

. Facilitated daily equity market and economic strategy meetings

. Acted as a liaison for the trading group's international division in

Cairo, Egypt

WEATHERLY SECURITIES CORPORATION New York, NY

Execution Trader/Market Maker 09/99 - 11/02

. Executed client order flows both institutional and retail, either on

an agency or market making principal basis for equities, derivatives

and fixed income securities

. Generated new institutional trading business with an emphasis on

client service

. Responsible for institutional client correspondence and order

execution reporting

. Executed trades on behalf of the firm based entirely on independent

ideas with unlimited discretion over firm capital

Operations Manager 01/98 - 08/99

. Reconciled all trading activity between the firm and other trading

desks

Created and maintained spreadsheets to assess broker, trader and

firm rate of return performance against the market

. Monitored incoming assets and margin debt

. Worked directly with the compliance department regarding suitability

of client trading

. Opened all client accounts and maintained compliance documents

Stockbroker, Investment Planner 10/96 - 12/97

. Generated new business and managed individual and institutional

accounts

. Raised capital and investors for private placements and IPO's

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, Rutgers College New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Arts, Economics 1996

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

Series 7 (1997) Series 63 (1997) Series 55 (2000)

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

Nasdaq Work Station, Brass, ECN's, Bloomberg, Reuters, Graybox, Anvil, UBS

order entry and trading systems, eSignal, Microsoft Office including Excel

and Word

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